We were just told about the Western MA Living Adventure Game Club! “Living Adventure Games are immersive, participatory programs that inspire kids to experience a setting and interact with that setting first-hand. This format gives kids agency over certain aspects of the game and encourages a deeper level of learning, understanding, and skills practice because […]
Read More May 26th – June 2ndIt’s the end of Game of Thrones! We were never wildly into the show, but it was nice to have a thing lots of people saw that had dragons in it, we don’t get to talk about dragons nearly as often as we’d like to. Donate to Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and the Yellowhammer fund. If […]
Read More May 20th – 26thHappy Mother’s Day to all! We are lucky to have a very good mom who has always been someone we try to emulate. We can only hope that we’ll be as capable and as accomplished as she is over the course of our lives.
Read More May 13th – 19thGood news! The ROOT expansion pack is fun as heck. We had the delightful experience at Wednesday Games of playing as The Great Duchy, a powerful mole civilization hiding under the feet of the other factions! We were mostly testing that the rules were understandable, which meant a lot of being asked “what do YOU think that means?” but also they pretty much were! The new factions are very straightforward while introducing fun new mechanics!
Read More May 6th – 12thWhy not check out Retro Wing Prime! It’s made by a local and it is as they say cheap as chips!
Read More April 29th – May 5thWe got sent a good event and we forgot to fold it into the main newsletter! So instead we’re going to put it here, in a place of honor! Go to this cool thing!
Read More We forgot a good event!“ValleyCon is a one day student organized games conference at Hampshire College taking place Saturday, April 27th. The purpose of the conference is to bridge the various communities of people critically engaged with games in the Pioneer Valley, such as students/professors across the 5-Colleges and local game developers. We also hope to encourage people to discuss issues surrounding representation “
Read More April 22nd – 28thHampshire Valley Con is the weekend of the 27th! Why not take a look at the future of games in a delightful little convention?
Read More April 15th – 21stDon’t forget to go to Nerd Nite NoHo this week! It is 100% of the time a great time for all, everyone agrees! Even you!
Read More April 8th – 14thDon’t forget to head to Easthampton for Wednesday Games at the Brass Cat this week! It’s always a good time for everyone. No better place to find other folks to play a good game with. Speaking of board games you still have some time to hop on the Root: Underworld expansion Kickstarter! It’s the best way to grab Root for cheap (well not ‘Cheap’, but like ‘good value’ because it’s just 100% of all stuff from the base game and two expansions) right now! We love the game, we wish we could play it more often, and we can’t recommend it enough.
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