December Games Night: Hanukkah Gift Auction!

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Hanukkah Gift Auction Night! Saturday is the second night of Hanukkah, so we're kicking things off with dreidel, the traditional Hanukkah game. Most people have heard of a dreidel, but few know it's actually a betting game played with a spinning top! We'll teach it in five minutes, and then the real fun begins.

How it works:

• Bring an unwrapped gift, about $20, that most people would enjoy: a game, a gift card, good chocolate, a cozy throw, a fun gadget.

• At the door, put your gift on the display table and swap it for 100 in chips and a bidder sticker for your name tag.

• All night, bet your chips on any game you like: winner take all, 1st/2nd/3rd place, poker, dreidel. Or don't bet at all and just play.

• Around 9 PM we auction off the gifts. You can win only one, and once you've won, give your leftover chips to anyone you like.

• Any gift nobody bids on goes on a free table after the auction. Anyone who didn't win a gift gets first pick, and anything left over goes home with whoever brought it.

• No gift? You're still welcome to play and win chips, but you can't bid. Just hand your chips to someone before the auction.

Chips are just for fun: they have no cash value and can't be bought. Kids are welcome too, and if a parent brings a gift for a child, that child gets chips and can bid.

The potluck starts at 6 games get going closer to 7. I will provide an entree, you can bring anything you want to share. Please comment in the event what you will bring so folks know what we might need. We ask that you do not bring pork or shellfish.

You know how this works, We get together. Have some great food, meet some new folks, see some old folks and have a good time. Maybe make a new friend. Or sometimes meet your best friend.

And of course we play an assortment of games: Card Games (Spades, Hearts, Dalmudi, Flux, Gloom) Party Games (Apples to Apples, Quelf, Dicescapedes) Chaluthu Games (Last Night on Earth, Arkam Horror) Word Games (Taboo, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Code Words) Empire Builders (Ticket to Ride, Alhambra, Carcassonne) Dice Games (Roll with it, Yatzee, Pirate/Liar's dice, Farkle)

You can see the picture above for many examples. Lets just get together and have some fun.

See you there.

House Notes: We provide dishes, silverware, napkins some ice, soft drinks, tea and filtered water.

We have dogs and cats in case you have allergies. Also, kids are welcome. Please don’t count them in your +1, but drop us a note with their info such as name/age range. We have good games for kids down to 3 that are actually fun for the parents also.

Thank you!

From The Atlanta Game Night Meetup Group