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       To the left is the view on the way in... we had
      a nice-sized function space room for the cafe
      itself (the Peale room) and also had use of the hallway space
      out front for giant pyramid gaming. Below is what it looked like
      inside... 
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        As
      usual, we were mobbed most of the time... people smell the tarts
      cooking from all the way down the hall, and once they settle
      in for a few games of Fluxx, they often find it hard to leave... 
       
        
       
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        There
      were a lot of people playing Martian Chess at the Cafe... on
      the left we see Miranda Ramey and Victoria Besner, as they get
      into the game's wacky rules for the first time, and on the right,
      Eeyore's playing on one of his really cool new plexiglass Martian
      Chessboard Sections. 
       
    
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        Speaking of really
      cool new plastic boards, check out this new Volcano board Kristin
      and Mar are trying out above. We got a small run of these made
      for us by the friendly folks at Kadon (in regular and Mega-Volcano
      sizes) and were selling them for the first time at the cafe.
      (Look for all of these cool deluxe gameboards in our webstores
      soon...) 
       
      We gave away 460 Pop-Tarts during the 24 hour event. That's
      a new record!
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        Another game people played a lot this time was RAMbots... 
       
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        ...and there was always time for a quick round of Cosmic
      Coasters. 
       
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        And of course, in
      addition to all those pyramid games, people played a lot of our
      card games. At one point, I saw Fluxx being played at every table
      in the cafe. Nanofictionary also got a lot of play, as did Chrononauts
      and Aquarius, as seen here. 
       
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      Anyway, it was a splendid time... thank you to everyone
      who helped
      make it a success! |