As summer draws to a close, lots of opportunities were available for using up the last couple weekends before school starts up again, only one of which involved playing games at GAMES!, but we still ended up with 16 people. Even with a smaller turnout there was big fun, including Pandemic, Airlines, Lord Of The Rings, 7 Wonders, Ticket To Ride (and the Switzerland variant), Tichu and other games.

Sean won the door prize drawing and selected Castle Merchants to take home. We'll find something good to replace it with next month. In case anybody ever wondered, we try to keep a variety of three different strategy games (ideally with different game mechanics), plus a couple different party/family games, a kid-friendly game and occasionally some extra games (or expansions) that folks have donated. All you have to do is show up, sign up (it's free) and stay until the drawing and you could go home a winner.

Our next event is scheduled for September 10th, 3-9pm so put it on your calendar and plan to join us. By then, summer will be mostly behind us and GAMES! will be a welcome break from the usual school year weekend grind. I'll be staffing the kitchen since the ladies from the church will be at a weekend retreat at camp.

If you're looking something to do this coming weekend, August 20th at 5pm the church that hosts GAMES! will be having a free fish fry and BBQ open house/picnic. There will be fun activities for kids plus plenty of food and nice people to interact with. All you need to bring is yourself; same location as GAMES! (see address on website if reading this via email), this Saturday at 5pm. Shanna and I will be there, so you might even talk us into playing a game or two, as long as you bring the game. If we don't see you there, we'll catch you at GAMES! in September. Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!