Category: Board Games
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August 2026 - Cause for a limerick.
Monday 10th August at 2pm, at the Old Well Inn, members of the Board game group met . As usual a variety of games were on offer and people decided what they fancied playing and having enjoyable fun, Rummikub and Carcassonne were chosen. Liz and Pete had not long returned from travels in Ireland hence..… Read more
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July 2026 - Warm Competition
We met on a warm day in July for an afternoon of heated competition (well, not really heated!). There were two tables playing Carcassonne and one playing Rummikub Word. Carcassonne is a tile-placement game where the players build a medieval French landscape with cities, roads and monasteries to score points. Each player also has a… Read more
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June 2026 - Ideal Occupation for a Wet Afternoon
Especially when the weather is dismal I look forward to a jolly afternoon in the pub playing board games. This month two tables played Azul, a third table played Cascadia and then SkyJo. As the numbers in the group increase, so does our opportunity to learn to play and enjoy different games. Azul looks like quite… Read more
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May 2026 - Race Across the World, etc
As usual we met in the breakfast room of the very friendly and accommodating Old Well Inn. Eleven of us sat down on three tables to play a variety of games. ‘Race Across the World’ was a new one to us, based on the TV show. Four of us battled it out on the journey… Read more
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April 2026 - Report by Jane Kenwright
Our April meeting featured two tables playing Cascadia and those at the third table played Qwirkle. All tables completed two games. The abstract game of Qwirkle consists of placing wooden blocks, adding on to those already played, similar to Scrabble. The blocks feature six different shapes in six different colours. The blocks must all be played in a line and… Read more