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FLCreatives Game Night
What kind of games? Board? Video? Role-Playing? Improv?
That's up to you...
If there's one thing I know, it's that creatives, lateral thinkers, and geeks like to engage in some friendly competition every now-and-again. I've got a bunch of board- and card-games at my disposal. Other folks might have other kinds. The point is to come together and have fun in a non-networking fashion. We are already friends, so let's do something together.
Probably a weekend...? Probably at Stardust...? or perhaps the new CoLab space...? or in ellipsis land...?
If it were not at Stardust, we could order some pizzas and drinks and have a grand old time... somewhere. The Orlando Brewing Co. might be a good place to do this as well, or even our old standard of the Crooked Bayou, or the new Redlight Redlight location (down the street from Stardust in Baldwin Park).
These are all just suggestions, without you, they are hardly even ideas... please leave some comments.
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I wanna play!
I dunno how the aforementioned locations will work out for table-top games, but there are a number of nerd boutiques, ahem... I mean "comic shops" in town that host such tomfoolery regularly.
David,
If you would like to get such a group together, I recommend creating a group on the site ( link in the left sidebar ). I know we have some gamers in the crowd.
The goal for a FLCreatives game night would not be only to pursue paper games, but I was hoping we could create an event with a different atmosphere than the happy hours.
Ryan Price
@liberatr
I was down at the Sci-Fi City earlier this day, and that really is a pretty awesome space to hold something like this.
One idea I had for a schedule:
1. Come up with an "icebreaker" game that can be finished in less than 10 minutes.
2. The "make" portion: ask a question and collect answers before the event, then break everyone into teams and have them elaborate on the answers. There are no hard rules here, the idea is to brainstorm and present something to the group. There should be prizes at the end. Answers should be recorded (video?) and posted to the website.
Example question: What is a way to get people to pay more attention to how much electricity they use on a given day?
3. Free play - bring your favorite games and play with your new (and old) friends.
Ryan Price
@liberatr
I would like to see video game type nights!
After watching tons of videos for the new Playstation game Little Big Planet, I think that's exactly the kind of game you will start seeing to get people excited about critical thinking.
When I was in elementary school in the gifted program, they were constantly giving us projects that had something do to with creating a world, or a society, or a city that was settled by immigrants, or an ancient culture - this game would be a great visual aid for that.
Ryan Price
@liberatr
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