NEWS: Pause

Hi all!  Tim and I are now out of Pennsylvania and are waiting to move into our new home in Virginia.  As a result, the Facebook Brandywine Tabletop Gaming Club page is being removed and the calendar is no longer available.  We are still looking for somebody who is willing to take on the board gaming mantle in the Brandywine Valley, to whom we would gladly turn over the blog, Facebook page, and calendar when ready!  This will be our last post on this blog!

For local wargamers, please visit DAWG on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1748351998811384/  We already miss them a lot!

For board gamers, please contact us if you'd like to keep this going!

I already miss the Brandywine Valley! We love Kennett Square and Pennsylvania! If you find yourself in the Williamsburg area, please look us up! We're always up for a game or two (and we will now have a dedicated gaming room!)

Blessings to all of you! <3

NEWS: A Summer Ghost

We haven't meant to be ghosting everybody, but it's been a busy summer!  For oh-so-many reasons we haven't hosted any games at The House in the Woods this summer.  ... nor will we do so during August or September.  We're getting the house spruced up to list, so there will be masons, roofers, and painters (oh my!) around for the next couple of months.  This is NOT the best atmosphere for gaming.

BUT - if YOU would like to host a game day at your house (under the Brandywine Tabletop Gaming Club name), please let us know and we'll help you facilitate that! We'll do whatever you need us to do to run the day!

We will be at Barrage on Saturday, September 28th in Havre de Grace, MD.  They put on a GREAT convention and each year it just keeps getting better.  The HAWKs are a great group of people and we always enjoy ourselves.  If you'd like to carpool - we're only going on Saturday - just let us know.

We went to HMGS' Historicon this year and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  The new venue at the Lancaster Marriott downtown was great.  While our bar bill was a bit excessive, it was a TON of fun and we played some great games. 

Tim hosted a DAWG (Delaware Area WarGamers) game last weekend, running a Barbarossa scenario using Too Fat Lardies' Chain of Command.  Once the house is back in order, he may run it again here. 

We will be going to DAWG again on 8/23, as Jim will be running Desperado and the return of One Toof Sally.  If you're interested, please go to their Facebook Page and let Jim know:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1748351998811384/.

So - for now - no games at The House in the Woods until further notice, but if we come up with another location, we'll let you know!

Happy Gaming!

NEWS: A Note About Facebook and RSVPs

I'm beginning to move away from Facebook for a variety of reasons.  For purposes of BTGC, a few of our members are not on FB (including Tim), so I want to focus on a platform that will reach everybody.

The other reason I'll be using FB less is because their Events feature doesn't work well for planning. Knowing about how many people will be attending helps us know what rooms and how many tables to set-up (or if we need to cancel because it's a bad weekend for folks).  FB doesn't allow us to turn off the "Interested" response, which isn't helpful to our planning.

For now, I'm trying Eventbright to handle the RSVPs.  I'm hoping this will give us a more accurate count of attendees for each event.

Some notes about Eventbright... you do not need to print or bring the "ticket" to the event.  We get a list of who will be attending and that's enough for us.  If you register for an event, but something comes up, NO PROBLEM... just email us and let us know.  We can take your name off the list.

Finally, if you're not on FB a lot yourself, you can get updates from this website by either signing up through an RSS feed (Subscribe to BTGC), or entering your email address (Follow by Email)... or both.  I won't flood your inbox with daily emails.  I generally keep posts to Events (once or twice a month), Newsletters (once a quarter), Post-Event synopsis (sometimes, not always), and news updates like this (irregular).  If I feel chatty, it will go on FB.

We're not getting rid of the FB group, because it definitely has its uses.  I am, however, going to be presenting all the information for the group in this webpage/blog, then simply posting the link onto FB.  Our son, Alex, will be helping to keep the FB current and monitoring it regularly; so - for the die-hard FB fans, you won't miss a thing and I will still be responding in a timely manner!

I have also set-up New Email Address for the group so that you can RSVP via email if you'd like.

Thank you and we'll see you all on February 16th for our monthly gaming day!!