Balto the Meet: May 28 to June 5, 2013

[singersigner]

I am ignorant in dollar-fu. Anyone got any idea how much 'murican money I should be looking to have with me?

Enough for your taxi ride to and from the airport, the rest on your credit card.

Unleeesssss you want to budget and make sure you don't overspend. ^_^

[kuribo]

I was supposed to work 3-11 tomorrow but they moved me up to dayshift

Hell to the no

I'm bringing 4 scummers to your place of work plus myself

I think we can play vengefuls on your lunch break

The main thing is that I think they want me to work a double shift Tuesday night, and if that's the case I won't be getting off at 11 and driving to baltimore at 9am the following morning

[ChannelDelibird]

Cards make it so you're not having to whip cash out every time you go to the bar for a drink.

See, I find just paying as you go a lot more convenient than having it totted up and needing to come back to it at the end. Means I can get up and go at a moment's notice etc.

While we're on the subject of CDB Learns About American Money, when using a credit card are you more likely to use a chip-and-pin machine (what I'm used to) or signature & ID?

[chamber]

chip and pin these days.

[DrippingGoofball]

The main thing is that I think they want me to work a double shift Tuesday night, and if that's the case I won't be getting off at 11 and driving to baltimore at 9am the following morning

WHEN

ARE YOU COMING

AM I GOING TO HAVE TO KIDNAP YOU???

[kuribo]

Lol you might

[Jake from State Farm]

Chip and pin?

[DrippingGoofball]

Chip and pin?

You too! Please report for your kidnapping voluntarily lest we have to use FORCE!

[Jake from State Farm]

You are going to kidnap me? Will you tie me up too?

[DrippingGoofball]

I will immobilize you with MY WILL

You will be powerless.

[xRECKONERx]

Cards make it so you're not having to whip cash out every time you go to the bar for a drink.

See, I find just paying as you go a lot more convenient than having it totted up and needing to come back to it at the end. Means I can get up and go at a moment's notice etc.

While we're on the subject of CDB Learns About American Money, when using a credit card are you more likely to use a chip-and-pin machine (what I'm used to) or signature & ID?

If it's at stores/gas stations/etc, probably a "chip and pin" machine. At restaurants and bars, signature and ID.

[quadz08]

Chip and Pin is getting more common at bars, etc., but yeah, expect a signature if you've got somebody serving you.

[xRECKONERx]

I don't think I've ever used anything besides signature at a bar

[Jake from State Farm]

Chip and pin?

I guess I'll just google it

[kuribo]

ATM card and pin number


pretty simple

[Jake from State Farm]

Never been able to use debit at a bar. That's cool if you can now

[ChannelDelibird]

You can do chip and pin with credit cards too.

[DrippingGoofball]

I hope we can play mafia in a public park somewhere, we tend to get loud.

[MattP]

4 days zomg

[Glork]

SUPER EXCITE!

[xRECKONERx]

You guys

[Mina]

So I'm probably going to buy a boardgame today or tomorrow, both to bring to the meet and to play with the Montreal posse. Off the top of my head, the store has Arkham Horror, Carcassonne, the BSG game, Game of Thrones, Dominion, Settlers of Catan, Agricola, Puerto Rico, Quarriors, Ticket to Ride, and 7 Wonders.

I'm dying to get Arkham Horror (because I've heard rave reviews, eldritch horrors are cool, and it can be played alone--I don't know enough non-Internet people who would find that kind of thing fun, so a single-player mode means I'm getting more value for it), but at least one person told me not to because of how complicated and unfriendly to casual gamers it is. Also, it's expensive.

Are people going to bring any of these to the meet? (I know people mentioned GoT, Dominion, and 7 Wonders.) Is there a game you'd really like to see? CES recommended St. Petersburg (although I'm not sure the game store has it). This also goes for DGB, dramonic, Bert, etc., who may get to play whatever I pick in Montreal.

I also have Quelf, but I find it gets old quickly, so I won't bring that unless someone is really looking forward to playing it.

[Mina]

Oh, also, is the Washington trip still happening? If it's before/after we're there, I might go only one way with DGB and take a train or bus the other way.

[Nexus]

Arkham Horror is complicated as fuck, and it really can drag on - we played it at the UK Meet, and reckoned we'd be finished in a turn or two - nearly two hours later we were done.

It's fun, but really not good for non-board gamers

[chamber]

I own the base sets of quarriors puerto rico and dominion, I wouldn't suggest agricola or puerto rico for non gamers, they are very heavy games. I'm still a maybe to this but if I come I'm going to try and make room for race for the galaxy and my cube.