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No, seriously... I've been poking around, turning over barrels, knocking on walls at buildings, trying to find the secret entrance to the wide world of boardgame players in Los Angeles for the past year.
So, last night, while being rejected twice by coffeeshops, K and I found ourselves at The Spot cafe. By this time I have the red rage because I'm so fucking hungry I was contemplating the fender of the car we parked behind. However, The Spot had sandwiches, so heavy metals poisoning was skirted.
We arrived at The Spot (open until 10pm), and the place is pretty full, but someone gets up towards the back at a long table... just big enough for me and K... fortune! I order a sandwich, and sit down with our beverages. Behind us is a fellow who's got a boardgame spread out. Being curious, and now less ravenously hungry, I inquire as to what it is. We speak for a bit, and he explains he's working on a new board game, and is playtesting it.
Awesome. So I, having a mission to complete (or more to the point, session notes for friday's star wars game), sit down, plug in beethoven and get to work. After an hour and half, I've plotted out the course of the party's downfall (or success... yes... success), and start packing it up. Still curious about the game designer behind us, and now having less pressing concerns on my mind, I engage him in conversation again. We talk about games we like and he mentions that he and his group of boardgamers are looking for more [potential cult members] to join them [for ritual sacrifice to the board game gods].
Few minutes later, we've exchanged emails, and there it goes!
Looking forward to gaming it up next Thursday.
So, last night, while being rejected twice by coffeeshops, K and I found ourselves at The Spot cafe. By this time I have the red rage because I'm so fucking hungry I was contemplating the fender of the car we parked behind. However, The Spot had sandwiches, so heavy metals poisoning was skirted.
We arrived at The Spot (open until 10pm), and the place is pretty full, but someone gets up towards the back at a long table... just big enough for me and K... fortune! I order a sandwich, and sit down with our beverages. Behind us is a fellow who's got a boardgame spread out. Being curious, and now less ravenously hungry, I inquire as to what it is. We speak for a bit, and he explains he's working on a new board game, and is playtesting it.
Awesome. So I, having a mission to complete (or more to the point, session notes for friday's star wars game), sit down, plug in beethoven and get to work. After an hour and half, I've plotted out the course of the party's downfall (or success... yes... success), and start packing it up. Still curious about the game designer behind us, and now having less pressing concerns on my mind, I engage him in conversation again. We talk about games we like and he mentions that he and his group of boardgamers are looking for more [potential cult members] to join them [for ritual sacrifice to the board game gods].
Few minutes later, we've exchanged emails, and there it goes!
Looking forward to gaming it up next Thursday.