We're at it again this month: food, fun and a free game giveaway. It may be cold outside, but it'll be warm inside the gym at GAMES! this Saturday.

As promised, there will be another copy of Carcassonne: 10th Anniv. Edition in the Prize Vault to replace the copy taken last month. It could be yours, or one of the other options, you just have to show up and enter the drawing.

Grab your friends and your favorite game and come share it with us at GAMES! this Saturday, from 3-9pm.

We did pretty well for our first event of the year. We had 37 people attend, including two for whom it was their first time. Car Wars was fun and we even had three guys playing that never had before; we used a blend of 5th Edition and 2nd Edition rules, which helped things to flow a little smoother. There were plenty of other games played too, but you'll have to look at the photos to see what they were.

Nate won the door prize drawing and went home with a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Carcassonne. We have another one too, so we'll go ahead and put it in as an option for next time.

The February event is just around the corner, on Saturday, February 11th, from 3-9pm. In fact, we already posted dates for every event in 2012, so you might as well add them all to your calendar. We look forward to seeing you at next month's event.

It's time once again for a GAMES! event, this time with more 2012 flavor. Okay, it'll really be just like it was in 2011: awesome! We'll have board games, card games, strategy games, party games, a game giveaway, yummy food and Car Wars (in Jan, Apr, Jul & Oct).

As advertised, there's a copy of Small World Underground going into the Prize Vault this month, so you'll have another excellent option if you happen to win the door prize drawing. Of course, you must be present to win, which means you should come to get a free game and stay to play games for free even if you don't win.

Since we haven't had a Car Wars match setup in a while, I'll be running another one at this month's event. We'll probably do div10 and div40 cars in team deathmatch style again, but the possibility exists of an ongoing campaign with character development or even a one-against-everyone cooperative deathmatch. The sky is the limit, so if there's interest we'll lock 'n' load and blast one another to tiny flaming bits.

Now that the holidays are over and there's still no inclement weather in the forecast, there's no excuse not to come to GAMES! this Saturday, from 3-9pm. Tell all of your friends and bring your favorite games, because I guarantee it'll be the best GAMES! event so far this year.