April Gaming 2007
April gaming went off to a good start when Li Li invited her friend, Lena, over for a chatting session. We eschewed the typical mamak for the Mages Cafe, a boardgame cafe of sorts. A good refreshing experience for both of them, we did Carcassonne 3-player, then Alvin joined us for a few rounds of Blokus. Li Li got the hang of the nasty tactics while Lena didn’t.
Another week pass and it’s introduction of Old Town Kopitiam Cheras Friday Nite gaming to my primary school friend, Phuah. An unfortunate victim of my early days forays into game design, Phuah was nevertheless an avid gamer who was said to be the champion of ‘wei qi’ in my primary school. That night, Phuah was intro-ed to Bang!, Coloretto, Caylus, Havoc and Battleline. An okay session, one in which Phuah commented that he was bewildered by the many games played.
Then of course there’s the Kijal trip with the many games of Bang!, Heck Meck and Coloretto.
1st of May saw Li Li wanting to find out about the games that I play (which she assures won’t be a permanent curiosity). So she join us for a spot of gaming at Boardgamescafe Cheras. We did 6-nimmt (Take-6)
and then she watched as veterans out-maneuver each other in a competitive game of 1856. Lotsa rules, this game, not sure she followed every step.
2nd of May saw me and Li Li filling our time by getting reacquainted with Jon and Sze Sze. Long time no see. Again Li Li suggested Mages Cafe for that novelty thing and a spot of gaming should we run out of things to say. We didn’t run out of things to say but that doesn’t stop us from intro-ing Jon and Sze to gaming! We did Blokus, HEck MEck and Carcassonne. Fun times again as Jon and Sze gets reaquainted with the competitive/nasty side of Aik Yong (Nyuk! Nyuk! nyuk! :P)
This week: hopefully a second intro game for Phuah at Friday Night Boardgaming!
