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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Black Friday for Gamers

Here's a cool article from the Elizabeth Gibson in the Columbus Dispatch:

While some families shuffled the deck for their hundredth round of euchre or stood in checkout lines yesterday, competitors at the After Turkey Day Game Fest XII wanted a little more mental stimulation.

The tradition, with hundreds of players sitting along cafeteria tables playing dozens of board games, started as a male alternative to shopping madness, said George "Bud" Sauer III, a founder. Now, whole families come, some for the day and some for a break after a morning at nearby Polaris shops.
"They sit down, get a rest and go shopping again," he said. "It's evolved to more of a pit stop."

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