Platypus Con to bring board game fun to JACC

(Creative commons photo by <a href="https://flic.kr/p/iACTVC">peddhapati</a>)
(Creative commons photo by peddhapati)

Calling all gamers: Juneau’s first ever board game convention is happening next weekend at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.

Platypus Con 2015 is being organized by Platypus Gaming, a nonprofit that formed last year. President Josh Warren was interviewed on KTOO’s A Juneau Afternoon last week.

“A large part of the facility will be open for anyone to grab a table and play a game,” he said. “We have a board game library of over 300 titles that you can just check out and take and find some friends to play games with, as well as two tournaments, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.”

The tournaments will feature the popular game Settlers of Catan. There will also be demonstrations of lesser known titles, as well as card games, and classics, like Risk and Monopoly.

“One of the things we’re really trying to provide is not only some beginner games that people can come right into – Settlers being one of those and Ticket to Ride – but we also have a lot of games that have just now come out. Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Colt Express, things like that,” Warren said. “So we’re going to have games for experienced players as well as new players.”

Warren says he loves getting together with friends on a Friday or Saturday night to play games. He also says he’s been to board game conventions Outside, and wanted to bring the experience to Juneau.

“And I felt that there was a strong enough community of board gamers in Juneau to have our own, where it will only cost a small amount of money to come instead of a couple thousand,” he said.

A weekend pass to Platypus Con is $25 for adults or $10 for kids under 14. Single day passes for adults are $15.

Hours are 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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