7/19/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-29
2023 Session Reports14 at Purple Dragon Games on 7/19/2023 for a request session Our July 26 session will feature games on Art, Painting and Galleries Our table leaders are preparing a curated experience from among the following: Modern Art Canvas (and Reflections expansion) Pastiche Fresco (and expansions) Atelier Cubists A Fake Artists Goes to NY Sunset Over…
7/12/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-28
2023 Session ReportsWe had a record 19 gamers at Purple Dragon games on 7/12/2023 We celebrated the game design of young Australian author, Phil Walker-Harding Paraphrasing a comment made by one gamer to Tim (who led her through Sushi Go Party, Gizmos and Imhotep) – “one author designed all 3 of those games?” PWH is adept at designing accessible…
7/5/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-27
2023 Session Reports15 at Purple Dragon Games on 7/5/2023 Welcome to the Aziz family on joining Kaleb for a session. Edward graciously volunteered to lead them through Ticket to Ride. Ryan stopped by and will hopefully join us for a Wednesday session soon. Our July 12 session will feature the games of hot young Australian game designer,…
6/28/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-26
2023 Session ReportsA sweet 16 ( plus a pair of Crokinole wannabes who wandered into Purple Dragon Games) for our 2nd anniversary celebration….with 3 Crokinole sets being played at one, Loopin’ Louie, an assortment of games plus two 8.0+ user-rated games on BoardGameGeek site (three 8’s on the 28th if Crokinole is counted). Thanks Niko for allowing…
6/21/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-25
2023 Session Reports11 at Purple Dragon Games on 6/21/2023 for a mostly nostalgic evening with our LI visitors coming out of gaming retirement during their Berkshires visit (summit of Mt Greylock, MassMoCA and a Pittsfield Suns game at historic Wahconah Park). Welcome to Bruce, Stan, Sam, Khalid and Hussein on their first visits Our June 28 session…
6/14/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-24
2023 Session ReportsA record 18 for our 6/14/2023 Gamenite at Purple Dragon It was Niko’s birthday and he celebrated by stepping away from the register to play his board game, Spirit Island, so we could eclipse our record of 17 gamers in an evening. Happy Birthday Niko….and thanks for opening your door to our game group every…
6/7/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-23
2023 Session ReportsAn even dozen gamers at Purple Dragon Games on 6/8/2023 We played all three 2023 SdJ finalists as well as some of the Golden Geek winners. Our June 15 session is by request….email me with games you’d like to see hit our tables….especially ones you may have missed the first time around. Kindly email me…
5/31/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-22
2023 Session Reports11 at Purple Dragon Games on 5/31/2023 for our 100th consecutive Wednesday evening together. We were able to sample two of the three 2023 SdJ (German Game of the Year) finalists for best family game. Sean has the third finalist, Fun Facts, on its way arriving in time for our June 14 session. A reminder…
5/24/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-21
2023 Session Reports11 at our 99th consecutive Wednesday at Purple Dragon Games in Williamstown, MA for DICE NIGHT. We celebrated how modern authors have made creative use of dice for things other than the traditional roll & move. Our May 31st 100th session will be a request night – this time for our session leaders to prepare…
5/17/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-20
2023 Session Reports10 for our 98th consecutive Wednesday Gamenite at Purple Dragon Games…..but the first one played unmasked since the early summer of 2021. Welcome to Reimi and David on their first visit to the group. For our May 24 session, the theme will be the novel use of dice – to things other than roll and…