The board game Risk with some local additions (check the bottom of the board)
At South Pole Station, we have a few rooms dedicated to recreation because all work and no play makes folks grumpy. We have 2 lounges with TVs, one with a pool table, a library, and a winter-only coffee bar lounge in our galley.
The photos from today are of the B1 Lounge. It has a pool table, darts, books, and an enormous shelving unit of board games, card games, and puzzles. This week, we cleaned up one of the board game closets. We moved duplicate and triplicate games to another space, taped up boxes, and organized the games by type - strategy, classic, and party. I know these games were organized two winters ago, but the trick with any organization project here is that when next season's folks might not care about the system or bother to keep it.
On the more fun side, each week there are a couple board game nights. I have been averaging two game nights a week. To date, I think we have played Kingdom, Splendor, Spades, Rummikub, Dominion, Plunder, Hanabi, Monopoly Deal, Phase 10, and likely a couple more that I cannot remember. If will be interesting to see how that list grows as the months continue. If anyone has some scans of Dominion Expansion packs, some folks are avidly wanting to try them out.
The B1 Lounge
The board games.
Our puzzles, jigsaw, 3D, and mind teasers.
Card games and more board games.
I was very, very excited to find a copy of Hanabi already on station..
