Try Your Hand at Being a Board Game Tester Tonight

Right out of a Norman Rockwell...

One thing I miss about living in a house with roommates is the board game nights we used to have.  It was pure bliss, infused with ungodly amounts of wine, beer, Four Loko (RIP), pizza, and Sour Patch Kids.  Oh, and laughing, because board games are hilarious.  If you disagree, you’re doing it wrong.  I haven’t had any board game nights since I moved into my studio because it’s too tiny for the glory of Cranium or Apples to Apples.  Also, it smells like dog, which is gross.

This is why I rely on my friends’ houses for board game night.  However, it’s kind of an ordeal pulling an Inception and trying to make my friends think it was their idea to hold a messy, boozy, game-y get-together.  Instead I think I’ll seek out more events like the one going on tonight at Just Awesome! The Board Game Store in West Portal.  It’s “Inventor/Designer Game Night,” where a game in its design stages is offered for the amusement, criticism and enjoyment of the general public.  Tonight’s game prototype is called “This One Time…The Game of Funny Anecdotes, Revealing Stories and Guilty Pleasures.”  Sounds like a good one if you’ve got a lot of stories (which, if you’ve ever ridden MUNI, you do) or if you’re a pathological liar.

Just Awesome! also hosts 21+ board game nights on Fridays, so keep this calendar bookmarked for future reference.  And if you’re all weird about going to West Portal, it’s a super easy underground ride on MUNI Metro, you baby.