Aftermath: April Games Day

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Kevin H. ponders his racing strategy as he rounds the corner onto Outer Whacker Drive.
Kevin H. ponders his racing strategy as he rounds the corner onto Outer Wacker Drive.

Welcome to the aftermath post for the April edition of Games Library Day. We had around 30 people show up which is fantastic! Thank you all for coming!

This month, I made it my goal to learn (or at least play) FormulaD because the tiny cars are so dang cuuuute! I suppose a game has got to hook people somehow but I’m not sure the itty bitty cars are quite how the FormulaD people were trying to entice people into playing. Fortunately, Nick H. indulged my curiosity and brought along his copy of FormulaD, complete with additional tracks so I could learn the game. I had no idea there were course expansions; including a Nurburgring track. Neat, all that Top Gear watching isn’t for naught!

Paul E. contemplates downshifting for the corner. We challenged him to take it at speed; he may have lost a tire.
Paul E. contemplates downshifting for the corner. We challenged him to take it at speed; he may have lost a tire.

Six of us settled on the Chicago racing tiles and were off in a blazing start. Or as blazing as you can get having to start out in first gear and going just one or two spaces. One of the fun dynamics of FormulaD was deciding when to go all out (the higher the gear, the more spaces you could move), when to downshift for slower, safer corners and when to take a chance at possibly blowing up your transmission. We wound up doing only one lap of the city (and even then two racers wound up in the drink and had to wait for everyone to pass them before returning to the track) and yours truly moved up from 6th to 4th place. I even crossed the finish line without wrecking the car. Mostly. Apparently someone needs practice downshifting properly.

The baby is clearly taking notes: Remember how awesome the combination of FLYING and UNDEAD is.
The baby is clearly taking notes: Remember how awesome the combination of FLYING and UNDEAD is.

I would declare this past weekend FormulaD weekend but for the fact that Smallworld was more popular. Someone asked on the Facebook Page if we could have Smallworld available because they wanted to play it. Absolutely! In fact, Nick brought his copy of the original game and I popped the Library’s copy of Smallworld: Underground in the games bucket. Both were out and about and popular. Seriously, people: If you want a game to be at any of the Games Library Days just drop us a line here or, probably more conveniently, on our Facebook page. We’ve got a pretty wide range of games between the Games Library and our own collections.

While Nick explains the finer points of Smallworlding…

Eric plots the expansion of his empire. Muahahahaha!
Eric plots the expansion of his empire. Muahahahaha!

The second Smallworld game was in full swing.

Saving the Universe over at the Sentinels of the Multiverse table.
Saving the Universe over at the Sentinels of the Multiverse table.

Finally, the far table took a go at saving the universe with Sentinels of the Multiverse. They were successful. Huzzah!

P.S. Look for May’s U-Con Games Library Day one day earlier than usual or the second Saturday of May. Sunday is Mother’s Day and if your Mom is like my Mom, she probably wants to be taken out to brunch rather than come play games. However if your Mom likes to game, bring her on Saturday and THEN take her out to brunch on Sunday.

-JQuirk