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In this special episode, two gamers, Adrian Manahan and Mark Humphries, coming from different eras in board gaming share with us with their stories in the hobby. Hosted by our very own, Ronald Villaver, Enjoy!
Gosh,
I started (Euro/ designer) board gaming prior to 2000 when Wizards of The Coast (& their sister store Game Keeper) where closing their brick & mortar shops @ SoCal.
Came back to Manila in late 2005 & was here when d first genuine board game cafe Game Crab (along Katipunan & across Ateneo) started.
The TableTopWars site (before Facebook took over) was about only 2 years old by that time when it was started by Brel (Wilbert Ng).
Yep, I even attended d exclusive gaming meetups @ d condo penthouse where d Humphries family lived & @ d less than a handful of times when Jay Mata opened d worship(?) hall @ their (family?) business called Vibal publishing (along Araneta Avenue).
HobbyMania (along Taft Avenue across from DLSU) already existed around this time.
Hans, d primary owner of Gaming Library was still in high school & Toby’s Game Cafe was established before LUDO came into existence.
The only oldest (Philippine-based) member @ BGG that I found who beat me @ d site was Mark Humphries.
Alredy forgot Adrian Manahan entered d hobby @ 2008 tho.
If Titus Abola got distracted w/ his family & work obligations (among others) during d late 2000s,
I also kinda faded in & out of d local gaming community thru d ages.
I didn’t let my life revolve around board gaming but rather d other way around (w/c made my life more balanced).
EDIT:
TTW site only started after 2006 pala.