PicniCon

PicniCon is BostonGamers'[1] annual gathering, a weekend of good games, good friends, and good food!

WHERE

In the home of BostonGamers' benevolent Dictator, Vivian Abraham. We are in Somerville, the Gaming Nexus, reasonably close to the T. The address is 5 Glenwood Road, easily accessible by bus from Sullivan Station and Davis Square.  We have some parking available, and arrange for plenty of Somerville party permits. 

WHEN

On or about the 4th of July weekend, every year

WHAT TO BRING

There's both crash space and facilities to cook and store food, so bring sleeping bags if you're crashing and either food to cook or money to order out or chip in for groceries. Viv and I will be cooking and others are welcome to join us. I (Daniel) will provide many, many buffalo wings Friday evening, as is traditional. A note on alcohol: you are welcome to bring it, we usually have a big game of Baron Munchausen one night which involves lots of drinking, but we reserve the right to collect keys and/or cut folks off if necessary.[3] 

WHAT TO EXPECT

Everyone should come prepared to play and/or run a game, bring board games, or do something to make it fun for everyone - unlike many gaming conventions, this is a group-participation event, so don't hesitate to join in and plan some events! They'll be lots of willing people to help.

PLANNED GAMES

* The traditional (and infamous) late-night Baron Munchausen game (tall tales in the grand manner),

* Circumstances willing, a grand game of Encore, the team singing and lyrics game.

GAME MASTERS!

If you want to run a scheduled game at PicniCon, please send me an email. [4]

We'll still have room for pickup games, but we want to put some games on the map first.

MISCELLANY

Allergies: There are three cats, Minerva, Luna, and Neville - they apparently do very well with crowds.  Please notify me of any food allergies and/or restrictions, and we'll do our best to accommodate.

Kids of All Ages: Welcome! The kid plays and teaches Ticket To Ride, Innovation, Ingenious, Dominion, Tak, and anything he can get his hands on...and will want to play with you. Feel free to play or refuse. [5]

Games: Bring _some_ games, but not _all_ your games. Feel free to send me a list of the games you want to bring, and I'll coordinate to reduce the number of multiple copies. We already have these games.

QUESTIONS?

Just drop me an email and any difficulties can be overcome.

footnotes

[1] What is BostonGamers? Good question...we’re working on that.  Just not very hard.

[2] Come early, and you'll get drafted to clean. Stay late, the same.

[3] If you bring Sambuca, you must take it back with you! We have too much from previous years.  Did you know Sambuca can go bad?  I know that now.

[4] Please include the name of the game, the number of players you want, the system, if you're using pre-generated characters or want people to bring them, how long you expect the game to run

[5] Proud sponsors of the Geek Parent Conspiracy

History

BostonGamers, was, at its peak, an 800+ person Yahoo Group designed to help gamemasters find players and players find games.  Now this whole wide acceptance of the internet thing has made it largely obsolete, but we retain the event, the name, and the history.