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Strategy Board Games Night

Event Details

Date
Friday, December 8, 2017
Time
7-10 p.m.
Location
Description
When: December 8, 2017, Friday, 7:00PM-10:00PM Where: Memorial Union, TITU Hosted By: Asian Strategy Board Games Club and Global Connections Committee The Strategy Board Games Night is a good opportunity to learn some background on classic Asian strategy board games, to try and practice playing them, and to meet new people and have fun!  Schedule for the night: 7:00-7:20PM: Introduce the history and culture behind three types of Asian strategy board games: Go-game, Chinese Chess and Mahjong. Then we will talk about the development of the games in MODERN SOCIETY and in the INTERNET AGE before we t each the basic rules of each board game.  7:20-7:40PM Other strategy board game clubs or chess clubs on the campus will introduce their board games from other areas of the world 7:40-10:00PM For the remaining time, all of the board games will be provided for you and your friends to try out! Games include Go game, Chinese chess, Five-pieces-in-a-row, Mahjong, Chinese Checkers, Flight chess, Military Chess and more. 
Cost
Free
Accessibility

We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-6788 (voice only) or email union@union.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.