Chewsday Challenge - North Albert Boston Pizza - April 21, 2015 (18:00)

[silent_rob]

Thanks kindly, Lori! I'm looking forward to playing Euphoria.

[DCStyles]

Hi Lori, yeah I did see the new treasure chest kickstarter, Bricktown and I backed it together for the complete set each about an hour after it went online.  No safer place on kickstarter than Jamey to deliver a reliable product.

[Bryce Robinson]

GAME TITLE: Alctraz The Scapegoat
TEACHER:Bryce
START TIME:6:30
DURATION:90mins
# OF PLAYERS:3 or 4
URL:https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96613/alcatraz-scapegoat

Alcatraz: The Scapegoat is a game about conflicted loyalties. On one hand, the players work together to bust out of the famous prison; on the other hand they all know that one of them will be left behind as the scapegoat.

Alcatraz is a peculiar game because while it is cooperative in some aspects, with players needing to work together to complete tasks, the game has loads of negative interaction as one player will always be the scapegoat. You don't want to be that guy. You don't "go all in," you don't always keep your promises, and you don't do "what's best for the group." Instead, you do everything you can to become indispensable, and "everything" is literal here – even if it means stealing from, betraying, and blackmailing other players.

In order to escape from Alcatraz, the players need to complete six parts of a plan. Each part is a "pick-up and deliver" task requiring specific items obtained in different parts of the prison. Once each part of the plan is completed, every player but the scapegoat moves a little closer to escaping, with the scapegoat being voted on each round by all the players – most likely the player who contributed the least to completing that particular task, but you never know. Thus, you could say that Alcatraz is a cooperative game – but with a twist.

[Tempest]

I think I'd like to try and teach Caverna for at 7:30. It's a bit of a space hog, I think, so I'm going to cap it at 4. If attendance is a bit lighter, and people are interested I could make room for more. I'd expect about 2.5 hours.

[Marc Bendig]

Ooh, Caverna. I'd like to get in on Dwarfgricola, please.

[CappyZed]

Becky and I are in for Caverna

[bboileau]

I'll take the last spot in Euphoria and I'll be bringing Vivajava: The Coffee Game for 8:30.

GAME TITLE: VivaJava: The Coffee Game
TEACHER: bboileau
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 120 mins
# OF PLAYERS: 3 - 8
URL: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103660/vivajava-coffee-game

[RTigger]

GAME TITLE: Castaways
TEACHER: RTigger
START TIME: 8:15
DURATION: 2h
# OF PLAYERS: 4
URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71906/castaways

You and three others are shipwrecked on a desert isle, and must work together to signal a passing plane and get rescued.  But who will be the hero?  Beneath all the co-operation and starvation is a not-so-silent struggle to be portrayed as the hero of the story while convincing all those other suckers to take care of the menial tasks of staying alive.  Of course, without someone finding the food and cleaning the camp you won't make it through the night, but when CNN comes knocking down your door they're going to come after the one with the best story - and that should be you!

[Bellis]

Please add me to Viticulture.

[NeikeDjour]

I'll jump in Vivajava