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…
5/10/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-19
2023 Session Reports15 at Purple Dragon Games on 5/10/2023 for Everything Old is New Again theme night. It turned out to be an homage to both Dr Reiner Knizia and Wolfgang Kramer….two of the absolute finest German game authors. Our 5/17 session will be a request night Please email me with any requests, so our table leaders…
5/3/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-18
2023 Session Reports11 at Purple Dragon Games on 5/3/2023 for an all request night Welcome back Drake and Nicole Our May 10 session will have an Everything Old is New Again theme….games that went out of print and have been re-issued in new editions (with some getting the deluxe treatment) Expect to see a curated selection of…
4/26/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-17
2023 Session Reports9 at Purple Dragon Games for our 4/26/2023 session Welcome to Aaron on his first visit We played a variety of Roll & Write Games Our May 3 session will be by request. So email Steve with your requests and/or games you can bring/lead. IN: Steve, Sean, Amy, Tim, Drew, Armando, Aaron, Tony & Rachel …
4/19/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-16
2023 Session Reports11 at Purple Dragon Games on April 19 Welcome to Nicole and Hugo on their first visits to the group Welcome back Sofia for our April 26 session, the theme will be: Roll & Writes (that includes flip & writes, too) that popular genre’ of puzzle games that can usually accommodate almost any number of…
4/12/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-15
2023 Session Reports13 at Purple Dragon Games on April 12, to honor the memory of German game author Klaus Teuber. Back in 1995, Teuber’s design of Settlers of Catan signaled the renaissance for modern boardgaming….paving the way for all that has followed for the next 25+ years. Our April 19 session will be by request – so…
4/5/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-14
2023 Session Reports9 Gamers on April 5th at Purple Dragon Games. Welcome to Tony and Rachel on their first session, and welcome back to James and Cricket Our April 12 session will be a special one: honoring the recently deceased game author of Catan, Klaus Teuber. https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146085/klaus-teuber-designer-catan-dies-age-70 https://gizmodo.com/settlers-of-catan-klaus-teuber-death-catan-studios-1850297952 We will play Settlers of Catan and possibly some…
3/29/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-13
2023 Session Reports10 Gamers playing mostly games about Cats on March 29 at Purple Dragon Games. – though we did have two almost identical Greyhounds (Xander and Glyph) hang out with us. Welcome to Jeff on his first visit….and welcome back, Greta Sean will be leading our April 5 session as Steve and Sandy will be celebrating Passover.…