Equinox 60

The 60th Semi-Annual Equinox Word Games Party was held on 14 March 2015 in Berkeley. As is traditional on multiple-of-ten parties, this was a "best of" party, where we re-played some games from previous equinoxes.

However, it was π day, and moreover an unusual π day featuring a π moment at 3/14/15 9:26:53. This provided a bit of theme for some of the games. As instructed to do by the mixer, we all set our alarms to go off at 9:26. When they did, we jointly recited the digits of π. Two Equinoxers went on in unison for quite some time after most of us had to stop.

Name Tags: Boggle your name, by Barbara Selfridge (Banterweight). (Make a grid where your name can be read, Boggle-style.)

Wall Games:
Two Nation cryptics by Kosman and Picciotto (Trazom and Hot)
Best of: the wall game! by Jill Tallmer (Shmaltzy)
Film or Fillmore by Dean Howard (Shrdlu)
πP πP! by Dwight Freund (Dandr)

Mixer: Have You Got the Time? by NeilFred Picciotto (Renfield)

Paper-Pencil Puzzle: Pie by Dwight Freund (Dandr)

Creative Game: Constrained Nursery Rhymes by Erica Klarreich (Slairch)

 Paper-Pencil Puzzle: Altered States by Alex Boisvert and Jeremy Horwitz

Whole-Room Game: Counting Bee presented by Ann Daniels and Jon Zingman (Iolanthe and Plaid who got his nom when playing this very game many years ago)

Performance Game: On the Rack by Henri Picciotto (Hot)

Megagame: The Treasure of Triple-Sixty by Rick Rubenstein and Joshua Kosman (Rubrick and Trazom)