Month: January 2015

The DC Museum Gaming Group ended 2014 as a good first year. Initially Ken Graber decided to host an International TableTop Day event at the museum, and that got the ball rolling.

TableTop Day was a success: 20 gamers participated, playing 13 different games a total of twenty five times. A decision was made by the Director of the Museum, Vince Sellers, to hold a Museum Game Day once a month. From that decision, DC Museum Gamers Group was born.

In 2014, we have grown to include the following:

-Five regular gamers that attend our regular events
-A total of 34 different gamers have attended DC Museum events
-A Monthly Daviess County Museum Game Day, held on the first
Saturday of the month from noon to 5pm
-A weekly DC Museum Gamers Game Night, held every
Wednesday Night from 5pm – 10pm
-A Monthly Friday Night Games, held on a different Friday night
each month, from 7pm – 11pm, focusing card and board
games new to the group
-Played 125 different games during 2014
-Held 52 different gaming events at the Museum
-Several members attend seven Saint Peter’s Game Nights, at Saint Peter’s Church in Evansville, Indiana
-Participated In the Extra Life Event, a fundraiser for the
Children’s Miracle Network benefitting Riley’s Hospital for
Children

We have several ideas to usher in the new year, including an EPIC Game Day, a day to play those long games that take too long to play on our regular game nights. We also are planning some outreach, visiting local business such as coffee shops and out of town game stores.

Its been a great beginning and I look forward to more great things for the DC Gamers in 2015!

Jeff Chattin

Great Gaming Gang!

December brought an end to our inaugural year of gaming at the Daviess County Museum. We have grown from an idea from the mind of Ken Graber, to participating in TableTop Day 2014. We begin January with our usual first Saturday of the Month Game Day, weekly Wednesday Game Nights, monthly Friday Night Games, traveling to Evansville once a month for a meet up with an Evansville Game Group, and starting in January, EPIC Game Saturday. We have grown from one gamer, Ken, to five regulars and a couple of semi regulars.

On to the games!

The Activities

DC Museum Game Day, Saturday 12/6

Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Games Played – 2 games played a total of three times

Games Played
Stone Age – played twice
Love Letter – played once

New Games Introduced to the Group
Stone Age

Friday Night Games, Friday 12/12

Attendees – 4
Games Played – One game one time

Games Played
Sid Meier’s Civilization

DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 12/3

Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played a total of 14 times

Games Played
Pandemic the Cure – played four times
Bang the Dice Game – played ten times

New Games Introduced to the Group
Pandemic the Cure
Bang the Dice Game

DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday, 12/10

Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played three times

Games Played
Pandemic the Cure – played once
Descent – played twice

New Games Introduced to the Group
Descent

DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday, 12/17

Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played twice

Games Played
Paperback – played once
Snake Oil – played once

New Games Introduced to the Group
Paperback
Snake Oil

DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Tuesday, 12/23

Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played three times

Games Played
Pandemic Contagion – played once
Descent – played twice

New Games Introduced to the Group
Pandemic Contagion

DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Tuesday, 12/30

Attendees – 5
Games Played – three games played a total of six times

Games Played
Dragon Slayer – played once
Texas Zombies – played twice
Descent – played three times

New Games Introduced to the Group
Texas Zombies

In addition, four members of the group traveled to Evansville to our monthly meet up to attend Saint Peter’s Game Night. This event was a fund raiser for Play Pandemic, raise money for Doctors Without Borders. The event raised over $450 for Doctors Without Borders to help fight Ebola in West Africa.

Games Played
Pandemic – played four times by the group

Upcoming Events at the Daviess County Museum

-Saturday, January 3, DC Museum Gamers Game Day, theme is
TV to Table Top, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Friday, January 9, Friday Night Games, 6 -11pm
-Saturday, January 31, EPIC Game Saturday, 2pm to midnight
-Saturday, February 7, DC Museum Gamers Game Day, theme is
Lies, Deceit, and Treachery, Valentines Day Special, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Saturday, February 21, EPIC Game Saturday, 2pm to midnight
-Friday, February 27, Friday Night Games, 6 – 11pm

Come game with us!

DC Museum Gamers meet at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501. Admission is free, snack and pop are available on site.

For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net

Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.

Jeff Chattin

Great Gaming Gang!