Games and Friends

Once again I'm going to talk about something I've talked about often in my blogs.

Nerdfighters.

(cue surprised faces from everyone reading...)

Last weekend I went home to escape the craziness of Columbus for a few days. One of the many things I did while I was home was attend a gathering set up by the northeast Ohio nerdfighters. We had planned to meet up at one of the houses of one of the members and play games, eat food, and then have a bonfire.

And of course it was fantastic.

First I would like to state this: playing games is so much more fun when people actually commit to the sillyness.

One of the games we played was Quelf. I was introduced to this game back in college when we used to play it in the suite on a nightly basis. I invested in the game myself and I have memories of many nights sitting around the table in my apartment in Ashland playing the game. The thing I loved about playing it with my sisters was that they were not afraid to do the random things the cards asked us to do. I remember playing half of the game from underneath the table because that's what the card told me I had to do. I remember Rebecca taking the box and stuffing it in her shirt and playing the rest of the game like that. I remember others having to "sing like a sad weeping willow tree" whenever a specific number was rolled.

Basically if you're with a group of people willing to be silly and stupid, this game will be fun.

I haven't been able to seriously play the game for a few years. People didn't seem like they enjoyed it, or they didn't want to commit to actually following the instructions on the card, opting to take the penalty of moving their game piece back a few spaces instead.

I took Quelf with me to the gathering last weekend, and it was the first game we played. And it was the most fun I've had playing that game in a long time.

Nerdfighters make things so much more fun. We were not afraid of making fools of ourselves because we knew that after the game was over we would just look back and laugh at how ridiculous we were....but never with any sort of judgmental focus.

We played a few other games and ate a lot of food. And talked. So much conversation across the entire group as we discussed everything from fandoms to school to life. Julia and I had an awesome (and very much needed) heart to heart about my life. At one point a group of us in the kitchen had a long and involved discussion about Doctor Who and why we dislike where the show has gone (which could be an entire other blog entry. Note to self...write blog on Doctor Who.)

I guess the entire point of this entry is to say yet again that I am so thankful to have discovered Nerdfighteria. I've made awesome friends and I've been able to introduce the friends I already had to it as well. Allie and Brandi have both gotten involved with it and it makes me so happy that I can share something that is so important to me with two of my best friends.

Because of nerdfighteria I've been introduced to other amazing people in my life. Anyone who has been around me or talked to me in the past 2 months has heard about it and understands exactly how happy I am. I am so thankful that this community has led me to so much. I could not ask for more.