Games At The University

Last night Catherine and I went to a games evening organised by the Wollongong Information technology Society, which is one of the student groups at the University. Like most groups meeting are open to anyone, not just students, although I think we were the only 'ousiders' there (and were almost certainly the oldest ones there).

It appears that the society is relatively newly formed, and this was in fact pretty much their first meeting. As such it was very well attended. So many people, in fact, that I think I managed to remember one name all night.

The selection of games was limited - if they run it again I think we'll take some from our collection - but there were plenty of people. We ended up playing Mafia, which is better known through its commercial variant 'Werewolf'. We played a quick introductory round, before settling into a proper game. As the detective I was able to quickly determine who the 'Mafia' (Werewolves) probably were, but having singled out a couple of probably suspects I was eliminated when one of them picked up on a passing comment I'd made and used it to convince the table that I was a bad guy. Once I was eliminated the mafia ran riot and won the game.

Chess was surprisingly popular. I mean I know it is popular, but I've not really seen it played at a general board-games event before.

Most of us finished up the evening in teams, playing a web-based trivia game being run via a laptop and projector. Catherine and I came so close to winning, but were thwarted when our knowledge of Justin Bieber's tattoos let us down. Curse these younger gamers!

Although the society is planning other events, it sounds like the games night may happen again. We certainly had a great evening, appreciated the food and drink provided and felt very welcome.

(Pictures courtesy of the Wollongong Information Technology Society Facebook page.)