Games Day #4

This weekend just past saw me hosting (I must add with the help of my wife and some other keen group members) the 4th all day open games day event for the Northants Board and Card Gamers Collective.   I always get very worried leading up to these events, and seem to only focus on the things that can go wrong, but it never fails to be a good day with lots of people having fun.
This time we ended up with around 40 people, most of whom stayed for the entire day, its great to see a mix of age groups and gender all have a great time.  As for games being played it was once again a mixture of light weight family games, co-operative, more advanced designer type games and social deduction family games.
The pace of the day was a bit busy at the beginning with everyone turning up and I like to make sure that people are introduced and comfortable but when things slowed down a little I managed to get a game of Imhotep played and a few rounds of love letter.
I'm awaiting feed back from the group but with the exception of someone managing to get themselves locked in to the car park I feel it went well and look forward to the next one.

Not really had much time to think about blogging this week.  I'm hosting the 4th Games Day event for the Northants Board and Card Gamers Collective and the run up to this take a bit of time just making sure everything is set and in place.
As any one who knows me will tell you, I do tend to whittle and think of worst case scenarios so there is a big list of stuff that makes me anxious before these event.  I really want it to be fun for all who turn up, inclusive for everyone and to spread the word of what fun gaming can bring.
I've made a list of things that worry me, in no particular order...

• The event letting us down and not arriving to open up
• No one turning up and the event being a total flop
• People not enjoying themselves and not wanting to come again
• A drink being spilt on some ones game
• Some one getting so upset they flip a table

To be fair at the previous events none of this has ever happened so I suspect my worries may be founded only on my over active imagination.

If you are free on Sunday 19th March 2017 and in the Wellingborough area please feel free to pop in and see what is happening, you will be made welcome.  For further details check out the website at www.gamesday.moonfruit.com