Our next meeting will be Tuesday 8^th August 2023.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is now doing food once more, so we we will be meeting from 6.30pm for those who would like to eat.

This week, the “Feature Game” will be Ginkopolis (rules, review; how-to-play video).  This is a tile-laying game with an area control element.  It is a medium-weight game that should suit everyone and is set in 2212 where players are urban planners trying to building the eco-city, Ginkgopolis.

– Image by boardGOATS

Speaking of urban planners…

Jeff was working as in the planning department and, after a liquid lunch with some colleagues all three had popped to the gents and were standing at the urinals. The first, an architect, finished and walked over to the sink to wash his hands. He then proceeded to dry his hands very carefully. He used paper towel after paper towel and ensured that every single spot of water on his hands was dried. Turning to the other two, he said, “As architects, we are trained to be extremely thorough.”

The second, an engineer finished at much the same time and he proceeded to wash his hands. He used a single paper towel and made sure that he dried his hands using every available portion of the paper towel. He turned to his colleagues, “Engineers, are not only are we trained to be extremely thorough, but we are also trained to be extremely efficient.”

As Jeff finished, he walked straight for the door, and commented, “In the Planning Department, we don’t pee on our hands.”