{"id":2592,"date":"2019-07-22T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2019-07-22T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:30:59","slug":"a-place-at-the-table-introducing-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/a-place-at-the-table-introducing-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place at the Table: Introducing Matt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy Monday, ya\u2019ll. Next up in the interview series is Matt\n(or as he is known in my house, Mr. Matt). We\u2019ve already met Matt\u2019s son,\nJosiah, in an earlier interview.&nbsp; Matt\nhas been playing games with the TCBG since about 2017. <\/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-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I\u2019d always played board games as a kid.&nbsp; I played Catan at a game night at church, and I was really excited about it. It was full of strategy and had lots of moving parts. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your favorite style of board game? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I like resource management games and worker placement games. Basically, anything with some strategy required. I like games where I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m winning. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190701_081600-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" width=\"512\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190701_081600-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190701_081600-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190701_081600-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Making taking his turn during a game of Euphoria<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your favorite board games right now?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Terraforming Mars, Keyforge, and Codenames.<\/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>Coming in second on my first Ticket To Ride Tournament. And getting my kids involved in playing board games. <\/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 think that we are already headed in a great direction. I find new games to play each time I attend. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you aren\u2019t playing games with TCBG, what 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 can be found spending time with my family. I just started running. Oh, and I sing. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday, ya\u2019ll. Next up in the interview series is Matt (or as he is known in my house, Mr. Matt). We\u2019ve already met Matt\u2019s son, Josiah, in&#8230; <a class=\"list-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/a-place-at-the-table-introducing-matt\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[257,286,349],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-place-at-the-table","tag-a-place-at-the-table","tag-interview","tag-matt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}