Sucky day with weird questions and strange customers!

[Sandiercy]

I am so glad it is Saturday, we get to close early! Yay!

First person that comes in today looks like your average guy that sleeps on the street, stinks from across the store, and very suspicious looking. Boss wants me to keep an eye on him (loss prevention and all that). Guy eventually purchases $175 worth of product The area we work in is known for its less than likable residents and shoplifting happens often.

SC: clueless guy
Me: your awesome game store manager

SC: What kind of stuff do you sell here?
Me: Board Games and Card Games
*Later*
Same SC: *Pointing at various games on the shelf* So do these have CDs in them?
Me: No, they are just board games.


I have had at least 5-6 people today ask me if we sold computers, cell phones, did cell phone repairs, etc.

As I said before, thank goodness we close early.

[Cat Herder]

BOARD games? What is this "board" of which you speak?

[dalesys]

BOARD games? What is this "board" of which you speak?

A printed circuit, of course.

[Crossbow]

BOARD games? What is this "board" of which you speak?

Bite me. Give me a good board game over a bunch of pixels any day.

[dalesys]

Bite me.

Where? And how hard?


(and that's why my daughter trashed a certain T-shirt really really fast)

[Kristev]

I used to make board games when I was a child. Mother was convinced this was Satanic, even though there was never any magic in them (we were fundamentalist Christians.) She made my destroy them.

Nowadays, I've only made one board game. God, it was about eight or nine years ago. I sometimes wonder if I should make another (no, it wouldn't be about sucky customers.) But I lack the materials and the inspiration.

I once made a Gummi Bears game. That was fun.

My best, and most elaborate, was a Super Mario 3 game. It had everything I could put in from the game. Even the N Spade and the card game.

[emax4]

I used to make board games when I was a child. Mother was convinced this was Satanic, even though there was never any magic in them (we were fundamentalist Christians.) She made my destroy them.

Nowadays, I've only made one board game. God, it was about eight or nine years ago. I sometimes wonder if I should make another (no, it wouldn't be about sucky customers.) But I lack the materials and the inspiration.

I once made a Gummi Bears game. That was fun.

My best, and most elaborate, was a Super Mario 3 game. It had everything I could put in from the game. Even the N Spade and the card game.

That's awesome! Please tell me you have pics of these.

I remember being a little kid and getting a giant coloring book. To me, the gift was not the coloring pages themselves, but the blank inside covers. I made a car racing game on one, and used the other to make cards (like Community Chest and Chance), for the car game.

[Crossbow]

Kristev, if you have the idea, you can get it made online. Check out https://www.thegamecrafter.com/

A friend of mine had a card game published that way.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I think I remember board games . . . there might still be a few packed away somewhere in the house.

I'd have a game party but I really don't have enough people to invite over.

[EricKei]

What is this "board" of which you speak?

Why, they're games one plays when one is board.

...I wish I was making that particular atrocity up; I've seen it in the wild before Written by someone who thought it was 100% correct.

[Crossbow]

Why, they're games one plays when one is board.

...I wish I was making that particular atrocity up; I've seen it in the wild before Written by someone who thought it was 100% correct.

Ok, even though my gaming group is called "Board Now Gaming," we at least know it's a play on words.
We're heading for the Origins Game fair next weekend. Just look for the t-shirts. ;-)

[Teefies2]

I think I remember board games . . . there might still be a few packed away somewhere in the house.

I'd have a game party but I really don't have enough people to invite over.

Aww DGoddess, I'll come. I love board games!!! Can't get my kids interested though It has to be on a computer for them to want to play it - even if it's computer version of a board game

[SongsOfDragons]

Board games are Satanic now? Wonder what would have been said about my mate's Pilgrim's Progress board game...

Our house is piled with games. There's two huge boxes of games under the coffee table and the top of the DVD unit is piled high. We even have some of the Lego board games. One of my favourites is Roller Coaster Hippo!!

I've been trying to invent my own, but the rules have become long and confusing. I'll get back to it eventually. If I may pimp a supplier, Litko http://www.litko.net/ make loads of cheap and simple tokens and bases and tiles and other game parts, made of plastic and wood. I've ordered hexagonal tiles, and I have an order on the way with lots of customised RP tokens ^^ [/pimp]

[Kristev]

It wasn't board games. It was just any game that I created. My mother was always like that. I had to learn to never admit that I liked anything. She'd decide it was evil and that we couldn't have it in the house.

God, I wish I still had those games so I could make pictures. Actually, I may have the remains of the last one I made, but I'd have to look for it.

I adore Clue, especially Master Detective. It's just that no one ever wants to play it.

The Super Mario game that I made had the figures to it. Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and one other figure that wasn't Toad. I didn't have him. It had two sets of cards. One for the question blocks, which you drew randomly, and one for the NSpade card game. It 8 boards to represent the 8 worlds of the game.

I love to create things. But because it's part of my autism, my family did everything they could to destroy that, too. They don't even like that I write books nobody's ever going to bother to read.

[Geek King]

Ok, even though my gaming group is called "Board Now Gaming," we at least know it's a play on words.
We're heading for the Origins Game fair next weekend. Just look for the t-shirts. ;-)

I will.

Though, I'll likely be spending most of my time with the Red Shirt Games crew in the minis hall. Origins is the only time I get to play their games, most of the time. Ratz uber alles!