Silent Auction and Twenty Years of Tuesday Boardgaming

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We are now 20 years old! That’s right, our boardgaming group has been meeting on the second, fourth, and when they occur, fifth Tuesdays of each month since 2nd November 2004. This evening we are celebrating this with a silent auction while we game.

WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of gamers who provide an informal, safe, and friendly space for the regular playing of board games by folk of all ages and types.

HOW OFTEN,WHEN, AND WHERE DO WE MEET?
After twenty years of doing it, we know that Tuesdays are a really good time to play boardgames. We meet on the second, fourth, and when they occur, on the fifth Tuesdays of each month from 7 pm until 10 pm. For this month we are meeting at the Western Springs Garden Community Hall opposite Western Springs Park at 956 Great North Road.

THE SILENT AUCTION
Just in time for Christmas, this is an opportunity to sell and buy boardgames. Bring along the games you wish to sell, complete a bidding sheet for each game with your auction number and a minimum starting price that you will accept. To buy a game, enter your auction number and your bid. You may bid more than once on a game, it is an auction after all. Once you have entered a game into the auction, the highest bidder over the starting price at the end of the evening (9:30 pm) buys the game.The bidder is required to buy the game for that price and the seller is required to sell it for that price.

WHAT SORT OF GAMES DO WE PLAY?
The games we play range from simple fun games to cunning games of strategy. We play games like Settlers of Catan, Isle of Cats, Carcassonne, Power Grid, Ticket to Ride, Azul, Agricola, Tiny Towns, Tsuro, Bohnanza, Everdell, Puerto Rico, Lost Cities, Calico, Saboteur, Sushi Go, and Wyrmspan, amongst many others. But don’t worry if you don’t know how to play a particular game, someone will teach you.

IS THERE ANY COST?
We ask for a $5 contribution towards our venue hire and maintaining a small games library. This can be paid in person by cash on the night or deposited to bank a/c 02-0100-0586563-067. First time visitors are not asked to contribute the $5.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEETING GUIDELINES (GAMERS LOVE RULES)?
1. Please bring along games and fellow gamers.
2. Keep it safe and fun. People of a variety of ages and dispositions come along to enjoy playing board games. Please do the same and keep your behaviour welcoming and friendly.
3. A contribution of $5 is requested. This assists with paying the venue hire, and maintaining a small games library. If you wish to borrow a game between meetings, there’s a book to record the game, your name and contact details. Just bring the game back to the next meet.
4. People bring along their valuable games for others to share - please take care when playing their games and ask permission before using one! It is the responsibility of everyone who plays a game to assist with packing it up and making sure that no pieces are missing.
5. You are welcome to bring along food and non-alcoholic drinks. Please take your rubbish with you and leave everything clean. If you are there at the end of a game, please help to pack up games, tables and chairs.
6. When choosing "one last game", please remember that we need to vacate promptly at 10pm due to our hire agreement. Also, please remember that those locking up may have family to care for and work to do on Wednesday morning.
7. Generally these have not been problems, but it's worth stating explicitly as new people come along.
8. Please continue to spread the word and invite others to join us.

WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION?
There are three effective ways to keep up to date with when we are meeting.

There is a Meetup group
https://4142298.xyz/aucklandboardgamers/
There is also a Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/45135229834/
There is a BoardGameGeek guild
https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/2968

If you have any questions, please contact:
* Charles Grinter, telephone 022 0242 753 (mob) email [email protected]; or
* Bryan or Rachel, email [email protected]; or
* Lisa Shutt, email [email protected]