What we’re about
If you live in the Waynesboro, VA area or nearby and would enjoy playing modern board games with other women, join us! The group hosts are women in their 50's, but any woman over 21 may join the group.
MEETINGS
We'll host a regular game night on Sundays from 5-7 at Panera in Waynesboro, but we may also post spontaneous game gatherings at other times and locations. You are also welcome to post a game gathering here by sharing the details with Amy.
For the regular game nights, we'll use the first half hour for chatting and eating and then start game play at 5:30.
"MODERN" GAMES?
"Modern" board and card games are based on distinct themes and make use of a variety of mechanics that offer players creative ways of strategizing to earn points towards victory, whether the game is a light-hearted quest to save kittens from curses or help dragons have tea parties, a mid-weight hunt for villagers to rescue from classic movie monsters, or a more involved campaign to build the most diverse town or meadow or to fight off the monsters under a little girl's bed. In other words, there's a whole world of fun games out there beyond the classics like Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Monopoly, and those are the kind of games we'll bring to this group.
Amy is drawn to games with cute themes, esp. if they're animal-related, and she enjoys a light to moderate amount of strategy balanced with some luck. Some of her favorites include Flamecraft, Meadow, Mycelia, Tea Dragon Society, Dog Lover, Everdell, and Wizard Kittens, as well as any game that includes storytelling.
Cynthia is drawn to games with a bit more strategy, and she enjoys battling foes but typically in a cooperative environment, where the players work together against a common adversary or towards a common goal. Some of her favorites are Pandemic, It's a Wonderful World, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, Stuffed Fables, and Unmatched: Slings & Arrows.
Carries has a preference for farming-based euro-style games, and her some of her favorites include Clans of Caledonia, Wingspan, and Calico.
GAME COLLECTIONS
We'll bring games from Amy & Cynthia's collection and/or Carrie's collection. Follow the links to see our collections on BoardGameGeek (BGG), where you can get more info about each game. If you see anything in our collections you're particularly interested in trying out, let Amy know!
RULES OF CONDUCT
Please be kind to and patient with all group members (including yourself!) Please no politics, religion, or other potentially inflammatory topics during our meetings. And most of all, have fun :-)
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Game Night for March 16Panera Bread, Waynesboro, VA
This week we'll bring the cute and cooperative castle defense game, Castle Panic, and the light adventuring card game, Dragon Wood, along with a few other games.
Join us at 5pm for social time and eating, and we'll start teaching the game(s) at 5:30.
NOTE: As we get to know the women who want to play regularly, we'll get a feel for what kinds of games you most enjoy or want to learn. But if anything in our collections looks appealing to you, please don't hesitate to ask us to bring it to a future meetup!
- Game Night for March 23Panera Bread, Waynesboro, VA
This week we'll bring Mycelia, a game of harvesting dewdrops using adorable mushroom cards, and Dixit, the popular imaginative word/image association card game, along with several other smaller card games.
Join us at 5pm for social time and eating, and we'll start teaching the game(s) at 5:30.
NOTE: We're trying to plan ahead with the games we'll be bringing, but we may change our minds about what to bring to upcoming events. If you're really interested in playing a particular game we've posted, please let Amy know and we'll be sure not to change that one!
- Game Night for March 30Panera Bread, Waynesboro, VA
Join us at 5pm for social time and eating, and we'll start teaching the game(s) at 5:30.
This week we'll bring the co-op "classic monsters" game Horrified and adorable card game Dog Lover, where you match dogs with traits and toys to score points.
NOTE: We're trying to plan ahead with the games we'll be bringing, but we may change our minds about what to bring to upcoming events. If you're really interested in playing a particular game we've posted, please let Amy know and we'll be sure not to change that one!
