Category Archives: Gathering of Friends

Eight days and 79 games later, I’ve survived another week of severe sleep deprivation, all in the name of trying as many new releases, old favorites, and upcoming games as possible.  The Gathering gave me a chance to play a … Continue reading →

The Gathering was terrific as ever, maybe more so than usual for me, since last year I missed it for the first time since Alan was kind enough to invite me almost a decade ago.  I wanted to summarize my … Continue reading →

Howdy all! Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and I’m sure it’s a mighty comfy rock), you know that the annual Gathering of Friends convention, organized by one Alan R. Moon, Esquire, took place over the past week. I … Continue reading →

Well, the Gathering is over now, and it’s time for everyone to return to their regularly scheduled lives.  But, for those ten days, there was nothing but games, friends and food to occupy us.  I, and other Opinionated Gamers, tried … Continue reading →

GATHERING 2011 – RECAP Attending Alan Moon’s Gathering of Friends is always one of my favorite gaming and social experiences.  Not only do I get to play dozens of games virtually non-stop over the course of five days, I also … Continue reading →

Thurs 4/21 Dale Yu: So far, one game played all day prior to Dinner – a fun game of Tichu with Alan Moon as my partner.  Managed to stay out until 3am last night playing games and talking with Donald … Continue reading →

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Weds – Thurs 4/20-21 Dale Yu: Hey it’s Wednesday!  The Internet situation hasn’t improved, so updates will be spotty until this is fixed… and apologies for the formatting – it’s hard to do this well from the iPad. Just played … Continue reading →