I'd like to add to the list of games:
Knightmare (board game based on the old children's series)
Doctor Who (the fabled board game)
Oh, if you can Koorly, can you bring Killer Bunnies up with you?
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I'd like to add to the list of games:
Knightmare (board game based on the old children's series)
Doctor Who (the fabled board game)
Oh, if you can Koorly, can you bring Killer Bunnies up with you?
I will be!
I'll be starting my journey Oop North on Wednesday, but I won't be arriving in Newcastle until about sevenish Friday evening. Maybe earlier. Likely earlier actually.
I would definitely like floorspace at someone's.
And I'll be going home Monday. About lunchtime.
That what people wanted to know?
Uuuuuh... Curly and Cassie with us? I don't mind if they'd rather go elsewhere. Could be nice to have a couple of girls staying here as well, though...
How... how does that work? Even from Penzance, how are you taking two days to get here?
Aww, you'll miss the karaoke! :smallfrown: I was going to sing Queen for you and everything.
You're taking all the pretty people! :smallmad::smalltongue:
In practical terms, it might make more sense if more of the people staying longer were here, since Qwaz said him and you might be back to work on the monday and therefore have to abandon people? That's the only really significant practical factor I can think of other than just not overloading the space we have.
Oh! That was also a thought I had - since it seems likely we'll be splitting up the group at some points, maybe a Skype link could be a thing? I know it didn't work in London, but that was transatlantic, whereas this would only be from my house to Qwaz's. Much closer, and so if we'd parted companies but were still up and about, we could still communicate between groups.
Just a thought.
Damn straight! :smallwink: (but also: I really don't mind if people have a preference where they stay. Also: ouch Thufir, ouch to all the people that aren't confirmed as staying here, harsh :smalltongue:)
Possibly. Haven't heard anything back from him on that score yet. Is anyone intending to stay until Tuesday? I'm not sure whether his concern is that we'd be leaving the house without everyone else, or us getting some sleep beforehand or what. If it's the first one, we could just bring everyone with us to the nightclub all night :smalltongue: And also if it's just that, we (or at least I) wouldn't be leaving until 10pm... I don't know, I'll get him to qualify on that score.
It's quite a fun game - been years since I played it though, so I'll need to remind myself of the rules. One thing I do remember is that one of the late phases in the game involves riddles. Most of the supplied ones are fairly easy so perhaps we could bring in a house rule that allows people to use their own?
In other words, get your puzzle head on. :smallwink:
OK, so it's just been brought to my attention that for the G&S sing-along, seating is absolutely reservation only as the venue is so intimate. So I actually need to know who wants to come to that. I understand if people don't want to spend £4 on it if they're not really G&S enthusiasts, and of course if other people are arriving while the sing-along is still going on it'll be good to have others around who can meet them. But I hope at least a few of the friday arrivals will be interested.
At any rate, I think I'll ask if I can reserve tickets speculatively, without knowing for certain who'll be taking them, and make an optimistic guess at 5. In the unlikely event that more people want to come to the sing-along, I'm sure that won't be a problem.
When does the G&S singalong finish?
Edit: Nevermind, just realised that a return ticket is marginally more expensive than booking in advance, so I can come over at better times than I was expecting. So depending on parents with taking me to train stations, I should be able to get there in time for the G&S singalong, so put me down as a potential yes. (despite the fact I know very little G&S... :smalltongue:)
Organisationally stuff! Arrivals, departures, sleeping arrangements, etc.
Arrivals and departures:
{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
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Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
[person 1]||||||||||||
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
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Accommodationings:
{table=head]Qwaz & Serp's|Thufir & Tasroth's|Hazyshade's
GrlumpTheElder||
Fifty-Eyed Fred||
--Lime--||
Etcetera||[/table]
I liek tablz :B
Unfortunatly due to timings of travelling up from Sussex (yay long journey), I won't be arriving until midway through the sing along. Sorry, Won't be able to manage it... I'll fill in tables in a bit...
{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
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Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
[person 1]||||||||||||
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]
Accommodationings:
{table=head]Qwaz & Serp's|Thufir & Tasroth's|Hazyshade's
GrlumpTheElder||
Fifty-Eyed Fred||
--Lime--||
Etcetera||
Succubus?|Succubus?|[/table]
I ninja your table and twiddle with it. Once either Thuf or Qwaz tells me for certain whether they'd like me as a guest, I'll alter the second table accordingly.
Hello, people!
So, having recently moved to UK for good... I'd love to come. :smallsmile: Still not sure if we can make it (I would come with my boyfriend), but I just wanted to inform you that there may possibly be other two people attending. :smallwink:
IF we manage to come, we'll arrive Saturnday and leave on Sunday (work, I'm afraid), and I think we'll stay in a hotel/B&B/something like that. Still looking into it.
I'll keep you informed if we actually manage to organize something. :smallsmile:
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Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
Castaras||||A|||||||D|
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]
YAY! :smallbiggrin:
:eek:
:biggrin:
Yay for Strawberries!
Info-post go! (Please check things are accurate)
Main Meetup
Bar Loco
Leazes Park Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PG
7th July 2012
Walking directions to Bar Loco from the train station:
Come out the main entrance of the train station, with the big arches, and cross the road to Greggs. Turn right, then immediately left again to go up Grainger Street. Keep going until you reach Grey's Monument. Go past the monument, turn left and walk past all the buses. You want to be on the right side of the road as you come up onto Percy Road and immediately cross over to another Greggs. Right by said Greggs is the turning onto Leazes Park Road, Bar Loco is a little way up on the right.
Oh, and we're in the gallery right at the top, I believe (Though obviously you can go to the other bits as well)
I will PM my mobile number to people who ask for it so they can call if they get lost.
People
Definitely Coming:
SpoilerAvaris
Castaras
CurlyKitGirl
DarkCorax
Etcetera
Fifty-Eyed Fred
GrlumpTheElder
Hamishspence
Hazyshade
KuReshtin (+1-2)
Lesser Minion
Lime
Qwaz
Serpentine
Succubus
Tasroth
Thufir (+?)
Totally Guy
Might be coming:
SpoilerDvil
Fergo
Grimbold
Mercenary Pen
Strawberries (+1)
The Jibbers Category
SpoilerBanjo1985
Heliomance
Jibar
Malfunctioned
Lix Lorn
Nameless
Has expressed interest, would like to come, but probably won't:
Games
RPG Sessions
SpoilerTBA
Other Games
SpoilerKu
http://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/KuReshtin
Small World
Thufir
Fluxx
Once Upon a Time
It's Alive!
Chrononauts
Carcassonne
OotS + The Shortening expansion
Seven Dragons
Who is the Traitor?
Braggart
Thufir's friends
Chrononauts +expansions
Bang!
Munchkin Booty
Pirate Fluxx
Talisman
Tasroth
Munchkin
Super Munchkin
Frag
Monty Python Fluxx
Cthulhu Dice
Avaris
Risk: Legacy
Succubus
Doctor Who game
Knightmare game
Please mention more games that you will/may be bringing!
Information For Sleeping
Thufir/Tasroth can offer a sofa bed, sofa, and floorspace.
Hazyshade can offer his bed while he sleeps on the sofa, also floorspace. Though he will want his bed back for the monday night.
Qwaz has a sofa, a mattress and floorspace. Though that may only be for the weekend as they may be back to work on the monday.
There are also Premier Inn type places but I don't know details.
So far floorspace or similar has been requested by: Curly, Grlump, Etcetera, Fergo, Succubus, Cassie, Mercenary Pen, Fred, Lime, Minion, DarkCorax, possibly Ku.
Things Koorly (Or Others, But Mostly Koorly) Will Try To Bake
SpoilerTBC
Grlump - possibly gingerbread.
Known Dietary Requirements To Cater For (for ease of grouping)
(To be clear, I'm not bothering to remove people from the dietary requirements list even if they're not attending, because it's easier to just have a general list that can be repeatedly copied and pasted)SpoilerNut allergy (Lensman, Qwaz, Mercenary Pen)
Vegetarians (Jibbers, Eldpollard, Tasroth, Etcetera)
Curly and/or others may be wanting financial contributions to reimburse her/them for all the ingredients.
Also, you can make requests/suggestions, though there's no guarantee they will be done.
Pre- and post-meetup
Partly because we all love eachother so much, and partly because it makes the trip more worth it for the people who have to travel further, the meetup is probably going to be extended in both directions for those who want to come early or stick around longer.
Friday
I will be taking part in a G&S sing-along in the evening, at the Cleadon Little Theatre (I don't actually know where it is yet...) at 7:30pm. Facebook event has information. Any Playgrounders who are here on Friday would be welcome. It should be fun!
Sunday
Picnic/outdoor games in a park or on the beach.
Monday
Karaoke in the evening.
Any more ideas for the extensions of the meetup?
Hmmm, I do have one idea. If it's a nice day on the Sunday and there's a park nearby, we could have a huge picnic or something like that and play outdoor games of some sort?
Well, like I said, I think it makes more sense if the people staying longer are here, so if no-one has any objections, I think we should fill in the table like so:
{table=head]Qwaz & Serp's|Thufir & Tasroth's|Hazyshade's
GrlumpTheElder|Succubus|
Fifty-Eyed Fred|Cassie|
--Lime--|Curly|
Etcetera||
||[/table]
And we still need to place Minion, possibly Ku (Probably, since it does look like there will be space), and Fergo and Mercenary Pen if they can make it.
Of course, for people arriving on the Saturday, placing can be altered easily enough since we'll all be together to discuss it if necessary, and they'll have their stuff with them if they've just arrived.
For people getting real accommodation instead of sleeping on floors, I'll look up Premier Inn-type places in a bit. As I recall, there is one only about 10-15 minutes walk from the venue, so that'd be convenient assuming the prices are reasonable.
Come to the meetup!
Even in the event she finds she can't make it, you still should.
Edit @^: There are a couple of parks in Newcastle itself. Near my house, I'm not sure about parks, but there's a sizeable field which the middle school sometimes uses for games, so we could do that (In fact, we have done in the past - I still remember the time I injured Qwaz's finger playing frisbee).
Or, idea occurring - we could go to the beach! Same principle as Succubus' suggestion, but with less grass and more sand.
Now I've finally sorted out what I'm doing for the summer, I should be able to make this. I'll probably be coming down Friday leaving Monday, but I'll need to look at trains. I wouldn't mind stealing some floor space from someone if it's still going.
Gaaah! Why are all these awesome people planning to turn up when I can't? It's a conspiracy! :smallbiggrin:
Spoiler{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
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Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
Castaras||||A|||||||D|
Etcetera||||A|||||||D|
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]
Small update.
My girlfriend is interested in coming, and may bring up a couple of extra friends. Not sure how accommodation will work for them, but I think they'll be able to sort it out themselves...
So that a probable +3 for me.
Well... a quick search for accomodation gave me this, which is still a bit more expensive than what I'd like...so if someone has other suggestions, I'd be glad to take them. (There is another Premier Inn, which is nearer, called "Newcastle Central". Unfortunately, there aren't any rooms available for July, 7th)
Also, we'll be coming by car, I think, so if someone's on the way from Derby to Newcastle and would like to share the car with us... let me know. :smallsmile:
And yup, definitely inclined towards "coming", unless there are last-minute complications. :smallwink:
I can get there on Thursday afternoon and depart on Tuesday morning, if that's OK with everyone.
Spoiler{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM
Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
Castaras||||A|||||||D|
Etcetera||||A|||||||D|
lesser_minion||A|||||||||D|
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]
Well, we'll have to rent a car at 8.30 a.m., Saturnday morning, so I think we could be there around 10, more or less. Still interested?
Speaking of which:
Spoiler{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
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Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
Castaras||||A|||||||D|
Etcetera||||A|||||||D|
lesser_minion||A|||||||||D|
Strawberries (+1)|||||A|||D||||
[person 1]||||||||||||
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]
I should warn you guys, my timetable will be very loose and unknown for a while. I'll pop my head in at some point though.
{table=head]Person|{colsp=2}Thursday|{colsp=2}Friday|{colsp=2} Saturday|{colsp=2}Sunday|{colsp=2}Monday|{colsp=2} Tuesday
|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM|AM|PM
Serpentine|A|||||||||||D
Thufir|A|||||||||||D
Tasroth|A|||||||||||D
Qwaz|A|||||||||||D
Hazyshade|A|||||||||||D
Succubus||||A|||||||D|
Castaras||||A|||||||D|
Etcetera||||A|||||||D|
lesser_minion||A|||||||||D|
Strawberries (+1)|||||A|||D||||
Dvil (Maybe)|A|D|A|D||||||A/D||A/D
[person 2]||||||||||||
[person 3]||||||||||||
[/table]