A world-record largest game of Robo Rally ever!!!
The Guinness Book of World Records folks don't know enough about board games to appreciate this achievement, but WE WILL KNOW we hold the record!
We will have this massive game set up in the morning, and will recruit…
Some of the games that we are scheduling to teach/play with you guys are Arboretum, RoboRally, Lords of Waterdeep, Camel Up, and Alien Frontiers.
What other games are you want to have demo'd or want a chance to play on Feb 6? Let us know, and we will do what we can to have the game and/or a teacher available.
Obviously there were a LOT of winners at the January 24th event, as each game played had at least one winner. However let's highlight the special winners of our Play To Win Games and Tournaments.
Congratulations to Gavin (Night of the Octopus), Gen (Resistance), Elisabeth (Jungle Speed) and Lynne (RoboRally) for trying out new games and entering the drawings to win these games. We plan to have more Play To Win opportunities at the next con, and hopefully some brand spanking new releases if we are lucky!
And on to our tourneys...
The RoboRally tournament had 4 entrants, so was a one-game affair. Brave Katie & Glenn had just learned the game in the morning. Phil stated his attitude was "Someone has to come in last." Kevin swept to victory in his favorite game, and treasures his FlaMinGoCon trophy that he can put a candle in -- or put a pink rubber ducky in.
Our Splendor Tournament had 16 entrants, which meant 4 games for the first round of the single elimination, then the 4 winners continuing to the second round. Adam (with hand to head in photo) emerged victorious! Sadly by the end of the con, we started being too tired to take photos (sorry)!
Congratulations to you all! Looking forward to new adventures in tournaments at the next minicon!
We could not be more pleased with the turnout and experience of our first minicon. Great games, great volunteers, great attendees, great attitudes and -- thankfully! -- great weather.
Here are some pix!
The view from the library.
Good turnout!
Splendor
Camel Up!
Merchants & Marauders... Seriously there were too many games to keep track of. Probably half the games played at the con were brought by other people.
One of the 4 tables in Round 1 of the Splendor Tournament.
Shadow Hunters, and Microvores (presented by the game designer)
Sequence (Note: All ages of well-behaved kids are welcome! )
Wasabi
Castles of Mad King Ludwig
Dragonology
RoboRally & Takenoko
Brewmasters & Run Fight Or Die!
Castles of Burgundy
Iron Horse, game in development
FlaMinGoCon the First on January 24 will feature a Roborally tournament and a Splendor Tournament. Demos of both games will be offered earlier in day. Prizes are adorable plastic flamingos. No, you can't pay your rent with pink rubber duckies, but your bathroom will be much cuter!
Roborally rules
RoboRally review by Tom Vasel of Dice Tower
Splendor rules
Splendor review by Tom Vasel of Dice Tower
Expect a tournament for RoboRally at FlamingoCon on Jan 24.
We will teach the game in the morning to give newcomers a chance to learn this silly, crazy, frustrating and awesome game. In this game you program robots to zip around to flags on a factory floor, dodging lasers, maneuvering over conveyor belts and gears, and adding modifications.
Then in the afternoon, three games of 4 players will be played, and then 3 winners will move onto a final round.
We expect to plan one other tournament, still to be determined.
In January, we will post a calendar for demos including for Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Splendor, Camel Up, and more!