We’ve barely had tome to get over Winter Retreat and there’s a club meeting coming! Isn’t that the way it should be? Come join us this Sunday 20 July for our next meeting. All games borrowed for Winter Retreat can be returned on Sunday so the library will be full again and available to all…
The Winter Retreat scores are in and totaled, and nineteen club members rose in the ranks as a result of Winter Retreat this year. Ladder leader Eddie C has also unlocked a new rank by reaching Viceroy with his haul of 162 points. Only 473 more points to your next rank, Eddie! Ranks were gained..
At Winter Retreat we always have a larger than usual melee, with 18 or so people competing last year. The format changes from year to year at the winner’s behest. Last year’s winner, Courtney J, as indicated her changes to this year’s format: Decks will be made to the normal grand melee building rules (see..
The club has recently won a Telstra community grant to buy additional board games for our games library. The committee will make the final decision on which games to purchase, but is seeking opinions from all members. At the next meeting (15 June) all members will be asked to nominate three games for the club..
This Sunday 20 April is the next LXG meeting, and the first at our new venue – our thanks again to everyone who helped move us to the new venue n the afternoon of the March meeting. Our location has changed, but our activities remain the same! The LXG leagues continue this month, including the..
LXG FIREFLY SCENARIO The board game Firefly has been making inroads to LXG after its introduction at Summer Advance. President Eddie Crompton describes it has having game mechanics similar to Talisman (ie building up a crew and equipment that will allow you to complete the objectives of the game). Its certainly popular at the moment,..
Keith has done us a great poster for the 2014 Winter Retreat, now at a Gold Coast venue! The venue change is in response to feedback we received about Currimundi at last year’s Winter Retreat and this year’s Summer Advance. Click on the image below to viw in a separate window and enlarge to suit…
February was another popular month for the LXG website. In particular the articles around our 2014 Summer Legends event were especially popular. News of the news Go Lounge and the Grill’d games nights in Fortitude Valley also attracted eyeballs. Some of our reviews were also popular again this month. Top 15 articles, February 2014 1…
LXG EVENTS Robo Rally: Nigel Bell Twilight Imperium: Lance Ashcroft Viewpoint: John Murray Power Grid: Ben Small Firefly: Dylan Shearer Tzolkin: Wayne Taylor Ra: Vanessa Tierney Pass the Pigs: Eddie Crompton WarMachine Who’s the Boss?: Adrian Roberts WarMachine Mangled Metal: Eddie Crompton AUSTRALIAN BOARD GAME CHAMPIONSHIP (QLD TITLES) Settlers of Catan: Danny Frahm Dominion: Sean..
After Summer Legends, we have six club members who have gained a rank. This number will change, as these results only cover casual games, plus the War Machine games played. The Game of Games page will be updated again once I have the full tournament results from our board game events. For now, Leanne J..
