Why waste your evenings in some trivial pursuit when you could be playing Trivial Pursuit — and winning a medal, too?
Yes, on Monday, the Board Game Olympics come to Union Hall in Park Slope.
The ultimate team sport includes preliminaries in Trivial Pursuit, Connect Four, and Jenga — and a final round in that giant slolem of board games, Operation.
The games of the 2009 Board Olympiad are the brainchild of Ed Herro of Metro Metro, an event-planning company.
“Because of the nature of board games, you have to meet each other and have to talk,” said Herro. “It’s a very social event.”
There won’t be gold medals, but there will be plenty of carnival-style awards — and, of course, the glory that belongs to all Olympians, no matter their sport.
Next up for Metro Metro is a tournament in Kubb, a Swedish lawn game where players knock over wooden blocks by throwing wooden sticks at them.
“We’re giving it to Brooklyn,” said Herro.
Board Game Olympics at Union Hall [702 Union St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400], Monday, July 27, 7 pm. For information, visit www.metrometroland.com/events.htm.
