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The Rochester Gamers Community hosted the 2nd Quarter Game Day and Picnic at the West Silver Lake picnic shelter on Saturday, June 13. Including staffers, a total of about 50 people enjoyed beautiful weather, good friends, good food, and great gaming! Gamers from as far away as the Twin Cities, Stewartville, Austin and LaCrosse made the trek to Rochester to attend.

In addition to a great time, a total of 37 lbs. of food were donated to the Channel One Food Shelf. This is one way the RGC gives back to the community, and we hope to continue our efforts to support local charities through our gaming events.

Thanks to everyone who helped make the picnic a success this year!

Kate and I will once again be hosting Jordal-Con. Let me know if you are in.

The dates this year are July 24th-26th.

We will be having shirts again! Please get your size to me by July 1st. I don't know the price yet, but I am sure it will be between $5 to $10.

The shirt will have this image.

If you need direction or have questions, send a message to Jormi or PRChica on the boards.

Hope to see you there!

As the days get longer, hotter, and everyone starts thinking just how to pull off wearing that tight swimsuit this year, it is important to note that your board games will never judge you. Even if you do look silly in that two-piece or Speedo. But before we get into the great debate of why you should NOT wear a Speedo unless you are competing for a gold medal, let's review May!

When I got there, Chris, Wade, Don, and Craig were just starting a game of Bohnanza and were kind enough to let me join.

I think all of us were new to this game, with Don and myself having played once before a long time ago, and I played one time before that that was so long ago I just now remembered it.

Not much to say here. People planted beans, people traded beans, people snickered and giggled whenever someone offered someone else a Stink Bean, etc. Chris won with 19, Wade was close behind with 18, Don was in the middle, I narrowly snatched not-last from Craig with 11 to his 10.

One of the greatest things about RGC is the people. Yes, I know it sounds rather contrived, but when you get down to it, what makes a game session memorable are the people you play it with. With RGC, you are always welcome to sit at a friendly table and play with like-minded individuals who want to have as much fun as you do. Better yet, you know who they are! Just one of the many perks of being a part of RGC.

RGC throws member appreciate events from time to time to say a special "thank you" to those who not only participate in RGC events, but take a special interest in RGC's well being. Membership, as they say, has its privileges. In this case, free pizza.

So tonight I arrived first to Chris’ house, something I never do. Usually I’m the one trying to convince people to play something short first so I can make game 2. Brian and Kevin arrived shortly after I did. We were just sitting down to decide on something to play when Joel arrived. This would be a recurring theme of the night, since Matthew and Craig managed to arrive pretty much at an opportune time for starting the next game. Only Bruce couldn’t make it into a game by virtue of his extremely tight schedule, something we regretted as we left the night.

Test your elite board gaming skills and knowledge with RGC's weekly Game Quiz!

Think you know your stuff? Well, let's give it a try, shall we? I challenge you to be the first to send me the correct answers to this weeks quiz. Do so, and you shall bask in the glow of your triumph!