The Pirates! game I mentioned:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1487901731/pirates-card-game-0

They did exactly one 2HG PTQ and one State Championships event. I really don’t understand why they didn’t do more – 2HG sealed was amazing, it’s not much harder to run than any other team event, events WOTC knows are retarded popular. My buddy and I got Top 4 of the PTQ and Champs so I was ranked 3rd in the State of Michigan for a while which sounded impressive to people because they didn’t know better.

That should be “Bang! (the dice game variant)”.

Recently I’ve been enjoying Smash Up a lot. In that game you basically choose 2 pre-built half decks, shuffle them together and play. Much of it plays a bit like Magic, but it’s a lot easier to explain. I also quite frequently play Aquarius, Bang! (theice game variant), King of Tokyo, Love Letter, Metropolis and Pirates when I get the change (Pirates is a game yet to be released on Kickstarter, it should be available on the 12th, I like how the influencing others and multiplayer diplomacy plays a lot like Magic does in multiplayer, so if you like that I highly recommend checking it out). I love the concept of the game Lifeboat, but I haven’t yet gotten many chances to play it and while I haven’t played it recently I’m always up for a game of Robo Rally (dibs on Twonky!).

I organize a games afternoon every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month (in Landsmeer, that’s right next to Amsterdam Noord if any Dutchies are reading, look for Spelletjesmiddag Vrij & Blij on Facebook). We attract between 5 and 15 people, usually 10+ and at the beginning and end of summer we do a BBQ that attracts around 30 people. Recently we’ve been working on promotion to try to get the numbers up. As a result we’re frequently seeing new people show up and it feels like it’ll only be a matter of time before we’re going to hit bigger numbers.

I’m also fairly active within the Amsterdice gaming group that organizes events in Amsterdam Noord one Sunday a month and where I can often be found helping out the organizers either by running a few games (werewolf or explaining some of the many games I know) or like last Sunday by helping with preparing the food. When in June they are organizing a long weekend away I hope to organize a big cooperative game of my own creation outside the venue. I have plans to organize the same game in 3 other places this year.

I’ve been a youth club board member for 7.5 years, I’ve been active in a study organization for the entire time I studied.

I feel I’ve been giving back to the community quite often ;).

I resisted Hearthstone but it eventually pulled me in as it was free to play and I found the quick matches addicting. Also, the Arena is brillant. No queue waiting, no deck building wait. You can stop midway through your picks or even choose to only play one match.

Okay, I will bite. I have never played Hearthstone. I don’t plan on trying it.

My second favorite game is Backgammon. Strange? Not to me. You can gamble, the skill vs odds curve is fun, and dramatic turnarounds happen frequently. I grew up playing Shesh Besh and it still has massive appeal to me.

There you have it.