{"id":30049,"date":"2014-08-07T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2014\/08\/07\/necc-club-hosts-gaming-marathon-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:33:33","slug":"necc-club-hosts-gaming-marathon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/07\/necc-club-hosts-gaming-marathon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Club Hosts Board Game Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9137\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/08\/Gaming-Marathon-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9137\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9137 \" alt=\"Gaming Marathon Photo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/08\/Gaming-Marathon-Photo-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Cross, Elizabeth Bromm, and Ian Schade playing a board game at an NECC Bacon Board Gamers event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Bacon Board Gamers, a student club, will host their 4<sup>th<\/sup> semiannual all-day gaming marathon on Friday, August 22 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliot Street.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public and everyone who enjoys board games is invited to attend. Diversions Games of Portsmouth, Myriad Games of Salem, and Josh\u2019s Toys &amp; Games of Nashua have sponsored door prizes for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The college has a large selection of board games, according to Mike Cross, faculty adviser to the club, and those attending are also invited to bring their own games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have tables set up for tournaments as well as cooperative board games,\u201d says Cross, who calls the event \u201cthe largest and most exciting bacon-themed board gaming event in the history of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Board Game Convention will be held in room 260 in the E Building on the college\u2019s Haverhill Campus.<\/p>\n<p>The NECC Bacon Board Gamers Club was founded in response to a growing student interest in playing board games. 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