Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 22^nd April 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 the Newleaf expansion to Everdell (base game rules, tutorial video, review; Newleaf rules, tutorial video, review).  This expansion adds new critters, constructions and events, but most significantly the new railway station.

– Image from board-game.co.uk

And speaking of trains…

Jeff was on a train to Penzance, but when the guard came round round to check the tickets he noticed Jeff had a ticket for Camborne.

“Sorry sir, this train don’t stop Camborne Wednesdays, you’ll have to get off at Redruth” said the Guard.

“But I simply MUST get off at Camborne—I have an important meeting to attend and if I get off at Redruth, I’ll miss my appointment,” pleaded Jeff.

“I’m very sorry sir, this train don’t stop Camborne Wednesdays,” said the Guard again.

“Isn’t there anything you can do?” Jeff begged.

“Hold on sir, I’ll go ask the driver if he can make an unscheduled stop,” said the Guard and toddled off.

On his return he explained, “The train is already late, all the driver can do is slow down through Camborne. So what I’ll do is get you to come up to the front carriage and I’ll hang you out the door.  You start running in the air and when your legs are going fast enough, I’ll lower you onto the platform.”

Unfortunately the driver forgot to slow down at Camborne and Jeff was pumping his legs furiously as they approached the platform.

“Faster, you need to go much faster,” said the guard.  Jeff’s little legs were a-blur and finally the Guard thought he was air-running fast enough, so as the platform approached he lowered Jeff onto the start of the platform. Off he shot along Camborne platform, desperately trying to slow down as the end of the short platform approached.  He was just slowing to jogging pace as the rear of the train passed him, when a door opened in the last carriage and a pair of hands grabbed him and hauled him onboard.

“You’re lucky to catch this train mate, it don’t stop Camborne Wednesdays…”