Host a board game marathon weekend

“My partner and I annually host a 24-hour Board Game Marathon (it’s drop-in, we don’t expect anyone else to stay up that long). It started as a funny way to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving because we had a long weekend. When we asked ourselves how we wanted to spend that time, the only answer was playing board games. We’ve just done our 7th Annual event and have found that our friends are becoming more dedicated to the idea each year. This year, we had the highest attendance (26 people stopped by to play), we had more people than ever stay through the night (we still had 11 people at our house by 5am) but still only a dedicated core (this year, 4 of us) that played the full 24 hours.”

“I did a 24 hour board game marathon. It was an extra life event, IIRC. Was last year on 4/20. Was up and ready by 7am for an 8am start. Started with Wyrmspan (new to me at the time) followed by CoB: Special Edition. After I squeezed in 5 plays of Cat-a-comb (a delightful 2-player abstract by ThunderGryph Games). That was followed by another game of CoB: Special Edition. Moving on it was after 9pm at this point and my friend and I were invited to learn Ultimate Railroads. During the teach I was starting to nod and lose focus. I planned for this and grab an energy drink I had brought and I was ready to go in short order. In the wee hours that followed I snuck in one of my favorite hidden gems, Fields of Green followed by the classic, evergreen that is Evolution. In short I was able to stay awake the full 24 hours, no problem.”