I had the opportunity to play at Extra-Life this year. The event took place this past weekend and lasts 24 hours. My local board gaming group does this every year and this is my second year participating. We raised nearly $1,558 for CHEO. I could not be happier with our effort this year. A personal recap follows. I played the following games on Saturday:
- Nexus-Ops with Jon and Dan/Ryan.
- Shadow of the Sun with Jon, and Cameron.
- Aura of Dracula with Ryan, Jon, Cameron, and Luc.
- Samurai with Cameron and Jon.
- Rebel Princess with Jon, Cameron, Elliot, and Dan.
- Lord of the Rings: Fellowship pf the Rings: Trick Tking Game with Jesse, Jon, and Cameron.
- Gadget Builder with Dan, Jon, and Cameron.
On Sunday I got less games in, as there was elss time to play:
- Gadget Builder with Ryan, Jon, and Dan.
- Seers Catalog with Ryan, Jon, and Dan.
- Project: Elite with Christian, Casey and Chase.
- Adrenaline with Jon, Casey and Chase.
- For sale with Jon, Ryan and Rachel.
- No Thanks with Jon, Ryan and Rachel.
I played some new games and an old favourite.
Some additional observations:
- Aura of Dracula is a long game. It took us about 5 hours to complete the scenario.
- I did find that if you want to keep playing, you tend to play with the same people all the time.
- Shorter games are better for playing a lot of games in the same time-frame.
Goals for next year:
- I would like to vary who I get to play with more next year.
- I want to up the ante and raise more funds for next year.
- I want to play games I have not played in a long time (over a year).
- I want to bring in more of my own games that don't get a lot of play.