Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 25^th March 2025.  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 doing food, and the table is booked from 6.30pm for those that would like to eat first.

This week, the “Feature Game” will be Habesuto (aka ハーベスト or Harvest; rules, review, video review with demonstration), a game from Japan about building a farm, growing vegetables and distributing produce.  We have picked this game partly because this week was the official start of the Japanese Cherry Blossom Season.

– Image from youtube.com

And speaking of harvests…

The harvest had been a good one for Farmer Jeff so he decided to buy a barrel of beer to celebrate with his friend Joe. When it arrived, he set it up outside his cottage where he and Joe could sit in the sun and relax.

The next day, Jeff woke to find the barrel was only half full although they’d only had a couple of pints each. Furious about the thievery, Jeff put up a sign saying, “This wine belongs to Farmer Jeff. Thieves will be shot.”

Satisfied, Jeff and Joe continued their celebration that evening, but the next morning, the barrel was down to a quarter full and Jeff was incensed.

Joe said, “You’re going about this all wrong,” and made a new sign that said, “Piss barrel. Do not drink!” Jeff grinned at the cleverness, confident no one in their right mind would steal from the barrel.

The next morning, Jeff went to check the contents and found the barrel full again…