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Jeannie Compter is a long-time GM at Carnage, as well as host of game nights and other events in her home of Dalton, Massachusetts.
TARA: What game is kind of your jam?
JEANNIE: I love playing a lot of different games, but especially pick up and deliver games. Empire Builder was my first real game experience. If I had to pick a favorite game, it would have to Merchant of Venus.
TARA: What brought you to Carnage originally?
JEANNIE: Thomas started going to Carnage in 2007 and at that time I was just along for the ride and to relax and hang out for the weekend. Eventually he convinced me to start playing some games, and since then I’ve been an avid gamer.
TARA: You’re involved in hosting a lot of activities back home. What are they and how did you get into so many different things?
JEANNIE: I have done a lot in my life and I love most of all teaching people to have fun. I started the 2 Flights Up Dance and Game Studio here in Dalton, MA. in June 2014. I teach line dancing and Thomas and I teach couples dance classes at the studio. We both love playing games. We host a game night every Thursday night from 6 to 10 pm and every third Saturday from 11am to 10 pm.
We also have Paint for Fun classes once in a while. I started painting back in 1992 with the Bob Ross technique and I fell in love with my paintings after my husband made me put them into frames. I attended a Bob Ross instructor course several years ago, but just started teaching paint classes after I opened 2 Flights Up.
TARA: What is your favorite thing about going to a gaming convention?
JEANNIE: I love teaching, and most of all I love teaching people new ways to have fun.
TARA: Why should people come and find you at Carnage this year?
JEANNIE: Anyone that has ever wanted to paint a painting, but were afraid to try should come try Paint for Fun on Saturday. This is a great opportunity to learn in a no-pressure environment and just have a fun time.
If painting’s not their thing, I’ll also be at the UnPub Mini event showing off the awesome card game that Thomas and I created a few years ago. The name of the game is Behütunsburg, and it is all about building a power base while assembling a retinue for the king and queen and building a castle before the other player(s). It plays with two or four players.
In addition to teaching painting on Saturday morning, you can find Jeannie running games all weekend long at Carnage 21 like Chicken Foot, Tokaido and Swinging Jivecat Voodoo Lounge, as well as the Unpub get-together. Additionally, you can keep up with what’s happening at 2 Flights Up on Facebook.
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