We recently received a very original and special email from David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian astronaut from NASA, currently on mission in the International Space Station.
David is a board game addict, and plays from time to time on BGA. He usually plays here Jaipur, Carcassonne and sometimes Puerto Rico. The extraordinary fact is that he also plays online directly from orbit!
Believe it or not, but the astronauts in the ISS have an Internet connexion available. It is slow, but it is functional, and apparently it is good enough to play on BGA! During one of his (few) free time slot, David played a game and probably became the first person to ever play on BGA from Space, and maybe the first person to ever play board games from Space. It's a small step for (a) man, but a giant leap for a Meeple!
But David's message is going way further: it seems that NASA is looking for new activities for astronauts, in order to stimulate their cerebral capacities while improving the ambience between teammates. Board games is of course their first choice ... except that without gravity this is really hard to manipulate boards, cards and dice... This is why NASA is thinking about using online boardgaming platform "officially" during its long-term missions.
Following this, before the end of this year, we are going to organize on BGA a big contest to select a dozen of candidates for a future job of "Board games instructor" (these are the words from the Agency). The Job Of Your Dreams: you will organise board game sessions for the astronaut crews - on Earth of course, but why not in Space at some point in the future?
Get ready to launch!
UPDATE April 2nd: April's fool! Thank you everyone for your nice comments 🙂
Minge koos BGA tähed!
Saime hiljuti väga originaalne ja eriline email: David Saint-Jacques, Kanada astronaut NASA, praegu missioonil rahvusvahelise kosmosejaama.
David on lauamäng sõltlane ja mängib aeg-ajalt BGA.
Ta on tavaliselt mängib siin, Jaipur, Carcassonne ja mõnikord Puerto Rico.
Erakorralise asjaolu on see, et ta mängib ka veebisaidile orbiidil!
Uskuge või mitte, kuid astronaudid ISS on Internet tutvusringkond, mis on saadaval.
See on aeglane, kuid on funktsionaalne ja ilmselt on piisavalt hea, et mängida BGA!
Üks tema ajal (mõned) tühjas David mänginud mängu ja ilmselt sai esimene inimene, kes kunagi mängida BGA kosmosest ja võib-olla esimene inimene kunagi mängida lauamänge kosmosest.
See on väike samm (a) mees, kuid suur hüpe on Meeple!
Aga Davidi sõnum läheb edasi nii: tundub, et NASA otsib uusi tegevusi astronaudid, stimuleerimiseks oma aju võimekuse vahel meeskonnakaaslased meeleolu parandades.
Lauamängud on loomulikult esimene valik...
välja arvatud, et ilma gravitatsiooni see on tõesti raske manipuleerida lauad, kaardid ja dice...
Sellepärast, et NASA on mõelnud kasutades online boardgaming platvormi "ametlikult" pikaajalise kontrollkäikudel.
Pärast seda enne käesoleva aasta lõppu me korraldada linna BGA suur konkursi kandidaatide tulevikus töökohta "lauamängud Instructor" tosin valimiseks (need on ametilt sõnad).
Töö unelmate: korraldab juhatus läbisite astronaut sõitma - edasi maa muidugi, kuid miks mitte kosmoses mingil hetkel tulevikus?
Saada valmis alustama!
2. aprill UPDATE: Aprillis loll!
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