{"id":1863,"date":"2019-01-11T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2019-02-09T22:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T22:02:27","slug":"a-place-at-the-table-a-little-bit-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/11\/a-place-at-the-table-a-little-bit-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place at the Table: A Little Bit About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome back, gamers! Please, have a seat at the table. In this week\u2019s chat, I thought I\u2019d go a little more into my story of board games and introduce you to some important players at my table. Chances are they will pop up in these blogs on a fairly regular basis, so I\u2019d like for you to know who they are. Pull up a chair, grab a cookie, and let\u2019s chat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with the title of my series. I spent a lot of\ntime trying to figure out what I wanted to call these blogs. I went through\nseveral titles. Conversations with Kate but that seemed too simple. The Nerdy\nMomma because I am a nerdy momma, but I didn\u2019t want everything to be seen from\na mom\u2019s perspective. After some discussion with Number One, I decided on A\nPlace at the Table. There are a few reasons behind this. The main idea is that\nboard gamers need a place to set up the board games, and I want to make sure\nthat every gamer has a spot at the table to play. I\u2019m also a mom and having a\nfamily meal around the kitchen table is something important to me. I do what I\ncan to make sure that we all sit down and share a meal together as often as I\ncan. Some weeks, that is every night. Other weeks (like during the holiday\nseason when Number One is working a gazillion hours a week) it might only\nhappen one evening. I\u2019m also a hobby baker and my table is where I create all\nsorts of tasty treats to share with my friends and family. As you can see, the\nhumble table holds a not insignificant place in my life. As such, I wanted to\nmake sure that everyone who reads this has a place at the table. It doesn\u2019t\neven have to be my table. I want you to feel confident to take YOUR place at\nwhatever table you choose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Board games have been a part of my life for as long as I can\nremember. Even before I started actively playing them. I grew up an Army brat,\nand my parents didn\u2019t have the largest income. Board games were a relatively\ncheap form of entertainment (after the initial investment of the game). I have\nvivid memories of my parents playing board games with their friends while all\nof us kids played Barbies or house or some other stereotypical \u201cgirl\u201d activity\nthat my friends and I convinced my little brother to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I got older, board games fell by the wayside. I grew up and did whatever activity that I\u2019d decided was adult like. There were some less than stellar decisions along the way (but who hasn\u2019t made some of those). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Number One placing 2nd in the Ticket to Ride Tournament 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Enter Number One, my husband. He\u2019s the one who re-introduced\nme to board games. He came to my rescue one evening, and what did we do? He\ntaught me how to play Settlers of Catan. And I won. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve looked\nback since that point. That particular game of Catan has provided us with some\ninside jokes that will occasionally pop up in conversations. Number One is the\nmost important player at my table, and he is the most experienced player at my\ntable. So, whenever someone bests him at a game, there will be shouts of\njubilation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up is Janeway (I did warn you that I was a Trekkie). Janeway is 14 (and quite obviously not her real name, but it\u2019s the internet, and she is 14, so I\u2019m not going to blast her name all over the world wide web). Janeway is my oldest kidlet, but not the oldest of his, mine, and our situation going on at my table. She does play board games with us when she is with us. And during the summer, she attends board game nights with me and the other TCBGs. Her favorite games are Sheriff of Nottingham, Kittens in a Blender, and some other game that changes on a weekly basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Janeway, Stormageddon, and I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then we have Peep, so named because that\u2019s what I called him\nwhen he was in utero. Peep is 4. He loves games, and he wants to play them with\nus. Unfortunately, he isn\u2019t always old enough to understand the game. In those\ncases, he will tell us that he is a team with one of us. Peep and Number One play endless games of Candyland or Chutes and Ladders.\nIt won\u2019t be long before Peep is able to hold his own at our board game table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Peep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last, but certainly not least, is Stormageddon (again, I warned you). While she may be the youngest at 2, she lives up to her nickname. Ask anyone who spends even an hour at my house, and they will tell you who rules this roost. Stormie isn\u2019t into board games just yet, but she wants the attention of everyone at the table. She is the reason behind one of our house rules for games. Whomever winds up on baby duty gets the baby points. The baby points are a 5 victory point bonus awarded at the end of the game. It\u2019s a nice bonus that has worked out well for me in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our oldest, the Cheerleader, is 22 and no longer lives at\nhome with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Stormageddon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On any given Sunday, you can find me playing games with the\nTraverse City Board Gamers at a local brewery. More often than not, I\u2019ll have\ncookies or a baked good of some kind. \nSometimes, I\u2019ll even bake board game themed cookies. Number One and I\nstarted playing games with TCBG 4ish years ago. I\u2019ve learned a lot about board\ngames with them. I\u2019ve made some good friends along the way. We always have a\ngood time. So, if you ever happen to be in the Traverse City area, stop on by\nand play a game with us. We\u2019d be happy to have you. Until next time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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