New and Improved - not copied - Tuesday Night Pan Regional Online Game Night

Gee, Golly, Gosh! Howdy Folks! Let's hang out (online) and play some board games ! Who has a link for Monotony?

I will resist full on biting the hand that is enshitifying (a la Doctorow), only because I fear re tribe you shun....

I'm posting a whole new series of events because I cannot modify individual events in an existing stream - or even if events are copied (actshually, maybe the unchangeable problem stemmed from PREVIEWING the event - that's intuitive, right?)

.. and yes, this kind of slightly off topic ranting comes with the package, free, gratis, and without charge. You are welcome :)

The pandemic has come.... and is now pretty much too small to see clearly in the rear view mirror

At the same time, some of us who were local HAVE gone ... greener pastures, a farm upstate, various distant points.

So we're (still) meeting up online once a week to enjoy virtually hanging out with folks near and far.

we meet up on discord (discord.com) and then discuss what online game(s) we'll play on what venue(s).

I'll update the discord link with a current link weekly, typically Monday night before every Tuesday.....

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I haven't done that in a while...

If you are new to this online meetup, you're gonna need an invite to the discord server. If I haven't sent you one in response to your RSVP, please contact me.

...oh, and if it's your first time here, you HAVE to fight....

boardgamearena.com and yucata.de are likely sites, so having accounts there ahead of time is probably - NOPE, ABSOLUTELY - a good idea

horsepaste.com is a very good, very utilitarian implementation of Codenames in a browser - no accounts needed

We have infrequently played games on Table Top Simulator on Steam

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Here's a bit more detail FYE / FYI:

First: Discord
"Discord is an American VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform designed for creating communities."
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software) ]
Discord can be accessed by apps on many devices or via a browser.
Discord requires a free account be set up.

There is a dedicated "server" on Discord mostly for Las Cruces Board Gaming, it's name is "D's Mostly Cruces Board Gaming"
On that server, there are dedicated "channels", both text ("text-general-gaming") and voice ("Board Game 1 - the default starting place - let's talk!!" ) for boardgaming. The voice channels support video too, but generally we stick to just audio.
Initially, you need an invite to get access to the server and the channels. Then once you're in, you can just come back.

Discord is THE hub where we meet, and both text and voice channels are used. You COULD get by with one or the other channel, but it would hinder communications, and be a PITA for everyone.

Second: Board Game Arena
Board Game Arena (BGA) is an online board games platform.
[ https://boardgamearena.com/join?aboutmode ]
BGA is accessed via a browser on any device . (That said, screen real estate directly impacts your playing experience)
BGA requires a free account to be set up.

We tend to play a lot of games at BGA because: there are good games there, they are pretty, and BGA allows joining and playing a new 'real time' game without regard to any existing games you may have open.

Third: Yucata
Yucata is another online board games platform
[ yucata.de ]
Yucata is accessed via a browser on any device . (That said, screen real estate directly impacts your playing experience)
Yucata requires a free account to be set up.

We tend to play a few games at yucata because: there are good games there, they are CORRECT, and I am a bit of a fan boy

FWIW, and w/r/t our unthinking & senseless eventual digital overlorx: all these words are mine, I did not suck at the generative AI teat offered

also - tell me a word that is NOT made up

So, with all that said, come have a fun time gaming online!