Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Squid Eats: The Boardroom

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via Facebook
As discussed in this post, our game-playing group has been in search of a new home.  I believe we have found it!  The Boardroom recently opened in Burlington and, if anything, it's a huge improvement on the mead hall that closed.  The food is significantly better and the in-house game collection exponentially better.  They also have beer on tap, which I'll take over mead anytime.  There is a $6/person table fee and while nothing on the menu is too expensive, it can add up if you're sitting for a while - best to go in with a plan for food if we're to become regulars, I think.

I've been twice now, once with the boys and once with the family.  Menu highlights: grinders (subs), milkshakes and an especially enjoyable orange freeze.  A lot of the offerings are, quite frankly, stoner munchies though I suppose that's fitting.  One particularly welcome improvement on the mead hall: coffee!  The old place didn't have anything with caffeine.  Crazy, right?  The java at the Boardroom is $2/cup.

The staff is well-informed about the games and prepared to jump in for a quick tutorial if needed.  Our favorites, so far:

Team 3 - A wonderfully silly cooperative puzzle game for three players - perfect for our family!  One person sees the shape to be made but may communicate through gestures only.  A second person interprets the signals verbally for the third person who builds the shape while keeping their eyes closed.  Sounds crazy but it actually works and it's loads of fun.

Wingspan - Can't imagine that a game about building a wild bird sanctuary would be engaging?  Well, you'd be wrong.  Even if I weren't already a bird enthusiast, I'm sure I would love this one.  Plus, the artwork is stunning.  The game has been so popular that the initial printing sold out.  New copies will be available next month.

Takenoko - In this one, you build a captive panda enclosure - similar animal concept, though game play is quite different.


Happy, Healthy Squid

I lost my FitBit.  I put it in one of the bins at airport security over Christmas and completely forgot about it until it was too late.  I was definitely disappointed as FitBit's gamifying of fitness has been a meaningful motivator for me.  On the bright side, I'd gotten mine for free and have since realized that my phone has already been tracking most of the stats without my realizing it - Big Brotherish, yet handy as I nearly always have my phone with me.  I am going to increase my daily step goal to 11,000.

14 comments:

  1. I'm glad you found a new place! That sounds like a pretty cool place to hold game nights. :)

    Huh, that is Big Brotherish! My mom gave me her old FitBit and my account automatically overwrote her credentials on her old FitBit. Creepy, but handy indeed. I'm hoping to get active today... it's been a rainy few days. Good luck and Happy New Year!

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    1. I hope you do! It's pretty icky here - snow, rain, ice. Though my daughter just got back from a walk and said it's nice out. But then she doesn't mind the ick.

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    2. I don't usually mind the ick either, but last week I was pierced - an anchor piercing on my chest - and I've been babying it. I ended up walking, however!

      It's supposed to be icky here this weekend. :( One of these days it'll be cold enough to ice skate and clear too!

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  2. Such a great place! If only...
    I gave my husband a fitbit last Christmas. the box has dust settling on it.

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    1. I am glad to find my phone can do essentially the same things. I don't feel guilty about not wanting to replace the one I lost.

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  3. Sounds like a fun place, but I do like my mead. Well, the meadery I get my mead from makes sparkling mead, so I suppose that's different from whatever you were getting. I've never had non-sparkling mead.

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    1. I should clarify. I like mead just fine and the product of the establishment in question is perfectly adequate. I simply prefer a good beer, fresh from the tap.

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  4. it seems taht you have now so much fun :D

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  5. My wife bought me a knock-off version of the Fit Bit which far more complicated than it was worth. I instead downloaded a step counter for my phone which was free and works great.
    The one issue I have with the app is that instead of just being able to buy the premium version the makers want to charge a continuing fee.

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    1. Sneaky. It's like a gym membership that follows you everywhere.

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  6. cool....fun game to try...

    Happy new year, hope we will be better in 2020

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