Photo Story: Honors students celebrate Geek Week with board game night

Jack Andersen

November 8, 2024

MU Honors College students gather for a night of snacks and board games

The University of Missouri Honors College Programming Board hosted a board game night for Honors College students on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Townsend Hall. The event was hosted as part of Geek Week, the Honors College’s annual celebration of “all things geeky.” Board game night was one of 14 events centered around this year’s theme “Let’s Play.”

Monopoly lying on top of a pile of other board games. — A pile of games lying on a table at the Geek Week board game night at Townsend Hall in Columbia. The event allowed students to take a break from academics and get to know peers in the Honors College.

Three students looking at instructions for how to play Fluxx. — From left, first-year Andi Squires, senior Jiseon Yang and sophomore Fiona Dolan try to figure out how to play Fluxx. Fluxx is the base game and has 33 variations based on fandoms and subjects.

Four students sitting around a table playing a card game. — From left, first-year Andi Squires, sophomore Fiona Dolan, sophomore Arthur Davis and senior Jiseon Yang sort through their hands to figure out their best play. In the game Fluxx, the rules constantly change each round as players add new rule cards.

A hand drawing a card from the top of a card pile. — Yang grabs a card to add to her hand during the Geek Week board game night. Throughout the game, Fluxx allows players to change the number of cards that must be drawn.

A student looks at six cards in their hands. — Yang figures out which card to play during her next turn at the Geek Week board game night. The game contains four types of cards— new rule cards change the way the game works, goal cards give players a way to win, keeper cards allow you to achieve the goals and action cards give the player something extra to do.

A student looks at eight cards in their hand. — Dolan prepares to play a card during the Geek Week board game night. While in attendance, the players were also able to spend time getting to know each other.

Two students playing uno. — Dolan and sophomore Olivia Svoboda enjoy snacks while playing UNO during the Geek Week board game night. Board game night was open to all Honors College students as part of the Geek Week celebration.

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Jack Andersen

About the Author

Jack Andersen, Assistant Graphics Editor

Jack Andersen is an Assistant Graphics Editor and Photojournalist for The Maneater. He is currently working towards his bachelor’s degree in journalism and strategic communication through the University of Missouri Honors School of Journalism with minors in theatre and film studies. When not working in the classroom or newsroom, Jack can be found onstage in Mizzou Theatre productions, hanging out with friends, and covering the many events Mizzou has to offer.