Although the signs of spring approaching are clear, with the current stresses, people still need what social contact they can get, and board games are a great medium for that.  Despite the limitations of “remote gaming“, everyone feels it is important to stay in touch, so we are persisting with online meetings.  Therefore, our next meeting will be on Tuesday 16^th February 2021; we will gather from around 7.30pm, and start playing at 8pm.

This week, the “Feature Game” will be MetroX (aka メトロックス).  This is a return to the “Roll and Write” style game, and in this one, players are trying to get the most points for completing the routes and joining the most lines on their underground map.

– Image by boardGOATS

And talking of the underground…

Jeff was walking from Monument Station to Bank via the underground tunnel when he heard a busker.  As he approached he thought how beautifully the girl was playing the piano.  As he got nearer, however, he felt a little put off by the weird looking child with a dunces cap sitting on top of the piano.

Suddenly, the strange kid with the pointy hat jumped up and scurried off, and the pianist abruptly stopped playing.

Jeff asked her, “That was beautiful, why did you stop playing?”

She replied, “I cannot play the piano without my metro-gnome…”