{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"If you know what a 'Meeple' is, then come join us Saturday! &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JlT3Ti9w7H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/know-meeple-come-join-us-saturday\/\">If you know what a &#8216;Meeple&#8217; is, then come join us Saturday!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/know-meeple-come-join-us-saturday\/embed\/#?secret=JlT3Ti9w7H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;If you know what a &#8216;Meeple&#8217; is, then come join us Saturday!&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"JlT3Ti9w7H\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Eight years ago, with the help of some others, I started a cornhole tournament for the NIBROC Festival. Four years ago, I looked around and noticed that NOBODY was planning 3-on-3 basketball tournaments anymore. I thought that was a shame. I felt as though people still wanted to play. So, I started the NIBROC 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. This year, we had a record 23 teams that participated and it just keeps growing. The competition gets better every year. It\u2019s great. I love playing board games. It\u2019s my favorite hobby. So I wanted to do something in my own town to really cultivate a culture, I hope, that is conducive to more gaming. This Saturday, I\u2019m trying something a little different. I\u2019m calling it the \u201cMeeples on Main\u201d Carcassonne Tournament. It\u2019s a first ever event for Corbin. I have no idea what\u2019s going to happen. I hope it\u2019s awesome. Allow me a bit of explanation. Carcassonne is an extremely popular modern board game that uses the French fortress city of Carcassonne \u2014 which is a huge tourist attraction \u2014 as the basis for its theme. The game is simple and approachable. Players draw random tiles each turn that have features on them like roads and portions of cities and cloisters and fields. They place the tiles, and as they are placed the landscape is formed. Once a tile is placed, players can take little playing pieces called \u201cmeeples\u201d (miniature people) and place them on these features. When a feature is completed, it is scored. The winner is the player with the highest score after the last tile is placed. It\u2019s great fun. Anyone can learn it. It plays in a reasonable amount of time. It\u2019s great for two players. It\u2019s ubiquitous; you can find it in big box stores and specialty stores alike. It\u2019s sold millions of copies and is in its second edition. So it seemed a perfect game to use for a local board gaming tournament. I know that many of you out there have played it. You might even think you are pretty good at Carcassonne. Well, here\u2019s your chance to find out how good against some, perhaps, stiff competition. The tournament is taking place at You and Me Coffee and Tea in downtown Corbin. It starts at 1:00 p.m., but if you plan to play please come a little earlier so you can register. On site registration will start at about 11:30 a.m. the day of the tournament. You can also register right now at You and Me Coffee and Tea. It\u2019s only $10 to play, and it is NOT a single elimination tournament, so you will get to play at least a few games before anyone is knocked out of contention. The winner gets some cool prizes: a mega awesome custom trophy crafted by Corbin artist Debra Klopp Kersey (believe me, it\u2019s amazing), a copy of two alternate Carcassonne games with different themes, and valuable gift certificates. How great is that! The trophy alone for this tournament is worth way more than the registration cost. It\u2019s a one-of-a-kind piece of art that is better than anything given to the champion of even the world\u2019s most prestigious Carcassonne tournaments. This is uncharted territory. I don\u2019t think anything like this has ever happened in Corbin. If you\u2019ve ever played the game, or just want to see it played and maybe learn what it\u2019s all about, then stop by the tournament and check it out. Grab a coffee. Meet some new friends and have some friendly competition. History will be made. Someone is going to be the first ever champion. Don\u2019t miss out."}