We had an absolute blast at GAMES! this month, and I'm not just talking about the explosions during Car Wars. With a new record of 49 participants (including 7 first-timers), our room was jam-packed and bustling with gaming excitement. Since I was tied up running Car Wars all day, I didn't get a good look at all of the games that got played, but Debbie took pictures of For Sale, Dixit, Starfarers of Catan, The Gardens of the Alhambra, Trivial Pursuit, Ticket To Ride, Pandemic, Kingsburg, Phase 10, and of course Car Wars. I'll get the best photos edited and posted this week sometime.

Rick won the door prize drawing and went home with a copy of Trivial Pursuit: Pop Culture 2 DVD Edition. We'll replace it with an electronic Trivial Pursuit game next month.

As mentioned, this was the day for our quarterly Car Wars game, which ended up being three consecutive death matches with a total of ten fatalities and the three victors, though in one game the victor was burning to death as he won. If it looked like fun but you didn't get a chance to play, make sure to keep April 9th free, since that'll be the next time I setup the Car Wars arena. The plan for that event is more of a race setup, where the goal is more than just to survive, you also have to complete your laps before the other players. I think I'll probably build the cars as Division 10, in case you want to create your own car before the event (you'll need a copy of the rules, though). Between now and then, tell all of your friends and we can have a crazy awesome race in April.

Next month's event is scheduled for the second Saturday again, February 12, and will run 3-9pm as usual. We hope you enjoyed gaming with us today and we hope you can join us again next month. See ya then!