Speed Gaming 2.0

A little short notice (as in this thing's happening tomorrow), but we're hosting another Speed Gaming session at Dickens during Gamer Sunday, this time in partnership with the folks over at Awesome Calgary (http://awesomecalgary.org).

And the good news: Doktor Stephen has agreed to host a MASSIVE game of Werewolves at the end to cap off the event. If you were at Speed Gaming 1.0 last year, then you know that Werewolves was such a hit that it was difficult to cram in a proper game in 30 minutes with that many people. So, problem solved!

The Details:

• What: Awesome Calgary Presents: A ‘Strings-Attached' themed Awesome Hours at Speed Gaming 2.0

• Where: Dickens Pub (1000 - 9 Avenue SW)

• When: Sunday, March 9, 2014. Check-in/Registration starts at 1:30 p.m., event from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Agenda:

- 1:30 p.m. - Check-in/Registration
- 2:30 p.m. - Game #1
- 3:00 p.m. - 15 minute break
- 3:15 p.m. - Game #2
- 3:45 p.m. - 15 minute break
- 4:00 p.m. - Game #3
- 4:30 p.m. - GIANT game of Werewolves moderated by Doktor Stephen
- 5 p.m. to Whenever - Event ends/After-Event Gaming

Tentative Game List:

- Cards Against Humanity
- Apples to Apples
- Quorudor
- Tsuro
- We Didn't Play Test This At All
- Fluxx
- Carcassone
- Mr. Bacon's Big Adventure
- Jenga
- Werewolves
- Ricochet Robots
- Telestrations
- Assorted Card Games
...and more!

How Speed Gaming works:

The intent is that perhaps you’ll be exposed to a fun game that you’ve never played before while meeting some fantastic new people. We’ll have various stations set up with different games you can play. We’ll randomly assign you to a table, where you’ll have 30 minutes to play. After the 30 minutes are up, we’ll take a short break where you’ll be randomly assigned to another table and then you’ll have another 30 minutes to play the new game. We’ll do this three times and afterwards, everyone is invited to stay and play some other games until the pub closes at midnight. Who knows, Werewolves was a huge hit last year but took too long to cram in a complete game in 30 minutes. Maybe Doktor Stephen will be willing to host a giant game after the event? We’ll see…

What are Awesome Hours?

We’re ramping up operations here at Awesome Calgary as we lead up to our chapter’s relaunch in April 2014. Awesome Hours are a great way to meet people involved with The Awesome Foundation to learn more about our micro-granting program, some of the events and activities we’ll be up to throughout the year, and learn about the various Trustee and volunteer opportunities that are available. And if you ever wanted to pick our brains about what kinds of projects we like to grant or what makes for a successful pitch, now’s your opportunity to do that from the source!

Our Twist:

Awesome Calgary is very proud that our $1,000 micro-grants come no-strings-attached. It encourages people to take risks when pitching an idea they have to make Calgary just a bit more awesome to live in.

However, sometimes strings can be a FUN thing! So, if you have any questions about Awesome Foundation - Calgary (http://awesomecalgary.org) or The Awesome Foundation (http://awesomefoundation.org) in general, look for the people with ‘Strings-Attached’ (to pink balloons) and feel free to assault them with your curiosity.

And if you want your own balloon name tag, we might be able to accommodate you (while supplies last)! BUT: You’ll need to know the secret phrase and it’ll be up to YOU to figure out what it is using all of your intelligence and ingenuity… ;-)