Playing games in the Fort

Fort Wayne is becoming a game convention center. The Pentacon convention (http://www.pentacongames.com/) has been a bright spot in the local cultural scene for more than 20 years. Now a new convention is coming to town. It's called TriCentric, and it runs at the newly expanded Grand Wayne Center from Feb. 9-12 (http://www.concentricconventioncompany.com/TricentricCon.html). There will be role-playing games, clix games, collectible card games, board games and miniatures.

Me, I'm heading for the board games. The new German-style games ("Settlers of Catan", "Carcassone" et al) and the railroad games have made this a golden age for board gaming. So far, the board game hobby has withstood the onslaught of electronic gaming. Try some games at TriCentric and you'll see why.