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Monday, January 21, 2013

Games / Nerd The Return of Slog Nerd Happy Hour, This Friday

Posted by The Stranger Testing Department on Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:23 AM

As has been well documented, Slog Nerd Happy Hour was much fun last time around—with people playing everything from Settlers and Dixit to Dungeon! and a crunchy-looking game that simulated the McCain-Obama campaign.

By popular demand, we've hammered out plans to make it A Thing—the last Friday of every month, starting THIS FRIDAY from 5 to 9, at Raygun Lounge, through 2026 or however long we can maintain a Slog nerd quorum for playing board and card games.

We're also going to keep trying to bring in game design-y guests each month, and we've got a great one for this Friday: Fire Opal Media game producer Jay Schneider, whose work you may know from the original Duels of the Planeswalkers. Jay is producing the new deck-building game Shadowrun: Crossfire, and he's going to bring out an early version for a sneak preview and some playtesting. Cyber-elves plus deck-building plus an absurdly good design team? Yes, please.

Shadowrun is traditionally set in Seattle. You know, FWIW.

The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.

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Awww yeah.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on January 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM

Bring Masterpiece.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on January 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM

This is going to be a regular thing? Sweet!

Posted by Knat on January 21, 2013 at 11:26 AM

@2, the 1970 version! @3, it's kind of awesome that though the Stranger Testing Department posts the least of anyone on Slog they are now the only crew willing to do any sort of Slog Happy. Maybe the more you post the more you figure regular commenters are more to be avoided than invited.

Posted by gloomy gus on January 21, 2013 at 11:45 AM

I was looking forward to a redo. This time my voice won't be so croaky and I can explain some games properly.

I think I'll bring, "Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre." I think people will enjoy it.

Posted by Arsenic7 on January 21, 2013 at 12:18 PM

So I played first edition Shadowrun (terrible combat system...just miserable) and read a bunch of Shadowrun novels. A decade or so later I move to Seattle, and it didn't really meet my expectations.

However every once in a while I be riding down some foggy street and some mega-geek in a floor length duster will be playing with his smart phone, or some steampunk with elf ears on will cross my path while I'm on my way to dinner. Then I will be satisfied with Seattle, City of the Dystopian Near Future.

Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings