Well said Matthew. For a further history lesson, our beloved founder Mark Crane, made a suggestion about a local Utah board game convention at Board Game Geek, and thus planted the seed of A Gathering of Strangers - AGOS in the summer.
It is a fact the Mark Crane created all these gaming goodness in Utah county and in Utah. NOTE: And this is not an April Fool's Joke, it is simply true. --- Ken --- On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > > This group will, no doubt, continue to evolve. It actually came into > being because I had started a group down in Spanish Fork and Mark > Crane had come to attend. The trip and times we had were not the best > for him so he fired up this particular group which brought many of our > core members on board. > > The shop that we played at down in Spanish Fork shut down so Bob and I > (the only members left since Jeremy had moved up to the north end of > utah) merged into UCBGA and so far the group has flexed and evolved. > > The primary intention of this group AND this site is to allow for a > central place for people in our hobby to come and find one another. > That is why in our information page I list several other local groups > that play. We just want to FIND one another. > > If anyone here is interested in firing up an additional night at > another location OR even play at another location on the same night > (as MarkT suggested) we will be happy to add it to the front page. > The more playing the better IMHO. > > I will make ANY changes wanted if another night wants to be created. > > > On Apr 1, 11:50 am, Mark Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Allow me to reprint the wise words of Mark Crane, "There is nothing to > > prevent anyone from posting to this list and > > setting up a game session on another night at DK if they'd like." I > would > > go one step further and say that setting up a game session at DK on the > SAME > > night that the GPP group meets is also possible. > > > > As our group continues to grow and we encounter crowding issues, why not > > have two groups with people attending the location of their choice. It > does > > add a bit of confusion to the mix but as long as everyone is informed > about > > the alternatives, it should work. > > > > Andrew, I suggest your "vote" would become a way of identifying who all > > wants to continue gaming at DK and you can coordinate that effort. > Several > > members of the group have already "voted" for gaming at GPP on the first > > Friday, so you just need to recruit enough players to make things work at > > DK. You already have Rob on your team. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Wispwalker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I didn't mind the crowding- if anything, it brought new faces to the > > > table- has there been a request for us to game elsewhere? We were > > > cramped, but close- and there was enough chairs for everyone- not the > > > case at Games P P- Fury of Dracula had new faces, and I even brought > > > my roommates and fiancee to game because of the conveniently close > > > local. "sigh, perhaps it was too good to be true, but I'd also like > > > to take a vote- I advocate and strongly urge a reconsideration > > > > > Andrew > > > > > (nearly a one year member) > > > > > On Mar 31, 12:25 pm, "M. Crane" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There is nothing to prevent anyone from posting to this list and > > > > setting up a game session on another night at DK if they'd like, i.e. > > > > "who wants to meet Thursday at DK for a game of X?" > > > > > > I really appreciate the congeniality of Dragon Keep's owner but I can > > > > see the crowding being an issue. It was at Blakfyre in the past.- > Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
