Bolton all-day gaming, 21st September 2008
Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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On the 21st September 2008, GNOME (Gamers North Of Manchester, England), who are based in Bolton, threw open the doors of their regular venue and invited all and sundry to join them for a full day of gaming.
This is the story of that day.
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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The GNOMEs turned up early, we came in with the cleaners before the pub opened. Our regular room looked a little different in the daylight, and it took us a while to get the extra tables in and get everything organised. Fortunately, we had plenty of help.
Hopalong took the opportunity to set up Merchant of Venus. We had been planning to play it for a while. It stayed out all day, not sure if it ever got played.
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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The bar (and a windowledge) became an impromptu games library, which grew once Nick and Sue arrived - seems I wasn't the only one to place an order with Shire Games and save on the postage.
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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This truly was a 'gathering of friends'. Many of us knew each other, either through BGG or through the various clubs in the area (two Manchester, one Liverpool, one Chester and of course Bolton were all represented). And of course there were also gamers who were neither in a club or active on the geek.
The great thing about this hobby is that there wasn't a bad'un there. The atmosphere was incredibly friendly, there was no need for nervousness about playing with people you did not know.
Within a few minutes, people were pointing guns at perfect strangers.
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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The Doffcocker is an *ahem* interesting venue. It sometimes gets too warm, and on a Thursday night you can hear every bum note of the karaoke downstairs, but it has good cheap beer and food.
Beer with a game of Freya's Folly
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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Between the 27 of us, we got a lot played. The list (may not be exhaustive) was:
Galaxy Trucker, Ca$h 'n Gun$, Ra, Arkadia, Pandemic, Shadow Hunters, Shadow Hunters, Memoir '44, Memoir '44, In the Year of the Dragon, R-Eco, Glory to Rome, Carcassonne, Stone Age, Army of Frogs, Tinners' Trail, Agricola, Agricola, 1960: The Making of the President, New World: A Carcassonne Game, Silverton, Race for the Galaxy, Doom: The Boardgame, Sushizock im Gockelwok, Traders of Carthage, Pandemic, Fairy Tale, Freya's Folly, Attika, Hermagor, Ticket to Ride, Steam over Holland, Age of Steam Expansion #1: England & Ireland, Automobile (a Martin Wallace prototype), Tomb
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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And for the record, the following were there:
Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
Ben Tyrer
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancs
Brian Moore
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
kevin knott
United Kingdom
Bury
lancs
Teik Chooi Oh
United Kingdom
Chorley
Lancashire
Ste James
United Kingdom
Merseyside
simon craddock
England
widnes
cheshire
Mike Wall
United Kingdom
Ormskirk
Neil Cook
United Kingdom
Burton on Trent
Staffs
Nick Fisk
United Kingdom
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
Come on the mighty Seagulls! So excitied about our first game at the Amex in August after 14 homeless years ....
Erm ... ahem .... Here goes: "Come to Shire Games! If you've never been before, now is the perfect time to come along, as we've just moved to a huge new shop in Stoke-on-Trent! Come along, stay a while and play some games! "
Sue Fisk
United Kingdom
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
andy bennison
United Kingdom
Lancashire
Simon Dunkley
United Kingdom
Chorley
Lancashire
David Winter
United Kingdom
Penyffordd
Chester
Stewart Pilling
United Kingdom
Stalybridge
Manchester
Nathan Walsh
United Kingdom
Padiham
Lancashire
Richard Spilsbury
United Kingdom
Stockport
Cheshire
Joe Stephenson
England
Bolton, Lancashire
Plus Regan, Paul B, David B, Mikey, Jamie, Aaron, Dan, Paul O and Peter
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Posted Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:42 pm
Aurora
Colorado
Bolton, Lancashire
Joe
Penyffordd
Chester
I wasn't thinking along the lines of an established event, I just enjoyed the all dayer and thought it would be cool to do another one sometime, and that if it did happen at my local vanue it might be nice to see a couple of new faces.
Bolton
Lancashire
I wasn't thinking along the lines of an established event, I just enjoyed the all dayer and thought it would be cool to do another one sometime, and that if it did happen at my local vanue it might be nice to see a couple of new faces.
Sorry, did I sound negative? Didn't mean to, I intended to be encouraging but realistic. I have a tendency to overthink.
I would love you guys to do something similar and would attend if I got the pass out.
Stockport
Manchester
I'll try and be at the next one... or failing that, it had crossed my mind that our Manchester Gamers (Magers) group could run something similar in Manchester one weekend.