{"id":2698,"date":"2019-10-07T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:58:58","slug":"a-place-at-the-table-introducing-kristian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/a-place-at-the-table-introducing-kristian\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place at the Table: Introducing Kristian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, guys! It\u2019s time for another installation of our TCBG\ninterviews. Today, we\u2019re talking to Kristian. He has been joining us for game\nnights for about a year. Without further ado, let\u2019s find out more about\nKristian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did your board game journey start?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>It started back in high school. There was a group of guys that I played video games with and someone brought over Catan. That was it. It was the gateway game. Once I played Cities and Knights (an expansion to Catan), I was hooked. I remember saving up so that I could buy it on eBay. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What style of board game do you prefer? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I like worker placement games and that genre. I like games where there are lots of different pathways to winning. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your current top games? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Fool\u2019s Gold, Terraforming Mars, and Cities &amp; Knights. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180723_095154-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180723_095154-1024x498.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180723_095154-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20180723_095154-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kristian (2nd from the right) playing Cash N&#8217; Guns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How would you describe yourself as a gamer? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I\u2019m calm and calculating. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has been your greatest achievement in board gaming? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I\u2019d have to say meeting new friends and gaining a new social outlook.<\/em> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where would you like to see TCBG go in the future? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I\u2019d like to see more tournaments. I know that planning them is difficult, but I really like the idea of tournaments. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you aren\u2019t playing games with TCBG, what else do you enjoy doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I\u2019ve got a 7 and 3 year old at home, so I\u2019ve been teaching them how to play games. I also enjoy losing games to my wife. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, guys! It\u2019s time for another installation of our TCBG interviews. Today, we\u2019re talking to Kristian. He has been joining us for game nights for about a year&#8230;. <a class=\"list-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/a-place-at-the-table-introducing-kristian\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,277],"tags":[257,286,365],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-place-at-the-table","category-blogs","tag-a-place-at-the-table","tag-interview","tag-kristian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}