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Tom Vasel · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Uijongbu

This weekend, once again, my wife and I are opening up our house to play board games.

I hear there are some folks who play board games who frequent the forums here, so I figured some might be interested.
May 2nd, at my house. We have plenty of room, most certainly plenty of board games (1000+). Getting here is pretty simple - I live very close to the Nokyang subway stop (on Line # 1), and can pick folks up there. We'll provide supper - although you are welcome to bring snacks if you want. Times are flexible, we'll start gaming at 2 PM, and likely go to later in the evening - come and go when you please.

We'd love to have you come join us. Even if you've not played many board games other than Monopoly or Risk, we encourage you to come out - we're a friendly group of folk, and will gladly teach you some of the greatest games ever designed! Some of the games we have include Ticket to Ride, Scattegories, Puerto Rico, Agricola, Memoir '44, Heroscape, and more.

For more info, feel free to email me at [email protected]; or give me a call at 011-764-6136.

Tom Vasel
"Real men play board games"
www.thedicetower.com

bobbybigfoot · Joined: 05 May 2007 Location: Seoul

Tom,

1000 games! Where the heck do you keep them all?

How strange it is to invite random people into your home. And to offer to pick them up, feed them supper...

And yet...I'm interested.

Maybe I'm the nutty one? lol

By the way, how many people normally show up?

Bobbybigfoot

Tom Vasel · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Uijongbu

Eh, not so strange, I guess. For me, doing stuff at home is better than meeting at some random place.

How many people show up? It all depends. Last time it was two, the time before that it was ten. This time six people have confirmed so far...

bobbybigfoot · Joined: 05 May 2007 Location: Seoul

Two to ten is very manageable indeed.

Somehow I imagined hundreds of people coming and going, with people playing games in every nook and cranny, you as the host orchestrating it all, your wife being the gracious cook slaving away at a giant pot of chile.

lol

I have to shore up my plans for Saturday, but I will let you know one way or the other within a day or so.

bobbybigfoot · Joined: 05 May 2007 Location: Seoul

I can't find Nokyang on line 1. I can find Nokcheon but that's it. What's the subway number? Easiest way to find it...

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

Do you have a game called "Risk"? That's one of my favorite games.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I'd go but I'm in China. Otherwise, very cool post. You sound like a good guy.

roadwork · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Location: Goin' up the country

I'd be up for Settlers of Cataan. I've played the computer version but it always cheats.

crossmr · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

Tom your site down? I can't seem to get to it at all.

Tom Vasel · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Uijongbu

Sorry, guys! I didn't get any emails indicating anyone had replied here, so I'm slow on the response.

Nogyang station is two stops above Uijongbu, as shown on this map
http://www.nsubway.co.kr/korea/seoul/seoulsubwaymapen.htm

Please call me if you want more info! (011-764-6136).

gangwonbound · Joined: 27 Apr 2009

Are you guys in to swinging??? If so want to play naked twister?

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Do board games come in anything other than rectangular or square boxes? If not, 1,000 of them most surely take up a lot of space. Presumably you didn't collect them all here in Korea, so did you show up at the airport with 200 extra pieces of luggage? Or hire a shipping container.. or..

I'm so curious as to how a foreigner has a collection of 1,000+ board games here in Korea. What's the estimated value of this collection? Do you rent an extra house to store them? Are some of them home made? Are you going to take them with you when you leave? If not will there be a post on the Buy/Sell/Trade forum with 1,000+ replies from people trying to buy them? Please tell all!

(Oh and I can't come to the party to examine this collection, I'm busy, sorry)

gangwonbound · Joined: 27 Apr 2009

Tom Vasel · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Uijongbu

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Thanks that helped a lot =) May I ask how long you've been here to acquire that collection through reviews and freebies and so forth?

And is there good money in board-game/card-game reviewing? Or is the main benefit the free games? I think free games would be enough for me I guess, if I had a passion.

Good luck with the game night!

I look forward to someone posting a review of one of the 988 games in your collection that I HAVEN'T played.