
What we’re about
This is a group for playing a variety of modern board games. Feel free to come empty-handed as I will bring my copy of the scheduled game. Each event will be limited attendance based on how many people can play each game.
Some examples of games that I plan to host:
- Obsession
- Kemet
- Dune: Imperium
- Churchill
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Scythe
- Terraforming Mars
- Wingspan
If anyone is interested in playing a game from their collection, please let me know. I am always open to new games.
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Stone AgeCharles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, VA
We will be playing Stone Age with up to 8 players. All experience levels welcome. Expect the game teach to start promptly within the first 10 minutes.
In Stone Age players live in the time of hunting, collecting, farming, and tool making. They collect wood, break stone, and wash their gold from the river. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time. Each round takes place over three phases. In the first phase, players take turns placing their tribe members in regions of the board that they think will benefit them, including the hunt, the trading center, or the quarry. In the second phase, each player activates each of their staffed areas in whatever sequence they choose, in turn order. In the third phase, players must have enough food available to feed their populations, or they face losing resources or points.
Find here a how to play video on youtube.
Find here the rulebook.Note: Please remember to update your RSVP if you can not attend the event. The earlier you update your RSVP the better so that players on the waitlist can attend. No-shows may make it harder to attend future meetups. Also, all library rules apply to this meetup event. Mainly that no food is allowed in the library. Covered drinks are allowed.
- ConcordiaCharles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, VA
We will be playing Concordia with up to 8 players. All experience levels welcome. Expect the game teach to start promptly within the first 10 minutes.
Concordia is a strategy game of economic development set in Roman times. Guide a roman dynasty. Send out colonists to settle down in cities producing bricks, food, tools, wine and cloth. Develop your trade network. Appease the ancient fods for their favor. Players choose their actions in Concordia through playing and acquiring new action cards.
Find here a how to play video on YouTube.
Find here the rulebook.Note: Please remember to update your RSVP if you can not attend the event. By updating your RSVP when you can’t make it other players on the waitlist will have a chance to attend. No-shows may make it harder to attend future meetups. Also, all library rules apply to this meetup event; mainly that no food is allowed in the library. Covered drinks are allowed.
- AgricolaCharles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, VA
We will be playing Agricola with up to 8 players. All experience levels welcome. Expect the game teach to start promptly within the first 10 minutes.
Agricola is a worker placement game in which you're a farmer living in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. At first, on a turn, your family gets to take only two actions, one for you and one for your spouse: plowing fields, collecting materials, building fences, etc. Each round a new action card is flipped over, offering one more possible action. You can expand your house to make room for more family members.
Find here a how to play video on youtube.
Find here the rulebook.Note: Please remember to update your RSVP if you can not attend the event. The earlier you update your RSVP the better so that players on the waitlist can attend. No-shows may make it harder to attend future meetups. Also, all library rules apply to this meetup event. Mainly that no food is allowed in the library. Covered drinks are allowed.
- ApiaryCharles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, VA
We will be playing Apiary with up to 5 players per game. If you have a copy of the game please let me know and I can open the event to more players. All experience levels welcome. Expect the game teach to start promptly within the first 10 minutes.
In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. One species of the humble honeybee has evolved to fill the void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly advanced society. In Apiary, each player controls a unique factions. Through worker-placement players work to build their hive: exploring planets, gathering resources, and developing technologies along the way.
Find here a how to play video on youtube.
Find here the rulebook.Note: Please remember to update your RSVP if you can not attend the event. By updating your RSVP when you can't make it other players on the waitlist will have a chance to attend. No-shows may make it harder to attend future meetups. Also, all library rules apply to this meetup event. Mainly that no food is allowed in the library. Covered drinks are allowed.