What we’re about
This is a group for anyone interested in learning about and playing contemporary board and card games, party games, whatever you like to play. We meet monthly for most of the year at Elkins Park Library. If you are completely new to the board game hobby, then this is the perfect place to start and make friends.
- All experience levels are welcome! Attend with a friend.
- Bring your favorite games to play and teach.
- Borrow games from the library's collection.
- Join our community online on our Discord channel (free)
Each month we'll try to have a featured game, or a theme. (For example, something spooky around Halloween like Mysterium or Gloom or Werewolf.) At least one table will host a game from that theme and will be prepared to teach that game. Feel free to bring your own games to teach, themed or not.
Examples of popular games we've played:
- Wingspan
- Ticket to Ride
- Heat
- The Crew
- Sushi Go!
Some people bring party games. Some bring more intense games. Others like traditional games. Bring what you want to play. However the most important thing to bring is an open mind so you can meet new people and learn a new game.
We hope you can join us.
If you join our group, please make sure your photo is of you and up-to-date so we can recognize and greet you at the event.
Monthly Game Swap
The Elkins Park Library has agreed to hold a monthly game swap with our group. You can bring in any games you don't want to keep and put on the swap table, and take any games from that table. Any games that are left will go into the next Used Book Sale. If they stay after that, they'll be back on the swap table next time we meet.
A donation to the library for any game you take is recommended. Perhaps at least $5/game, at your discretion.
Best Behavior Policy
By joining the group and attending events, you are agreeing to to follow these behavior requirements.
- Be kind. Consider other people’s perspectives and please remember that we are all here to relax and have fun. We want this community to be able to discuss the things we love in a thoughtful and kind-hearted manner.
- Respect everyone. We do not tolerate threatening behavior or harassment of any kind. We want our members, friends, and visitors to feel welcome here.
- Support each other. We have created this group specifically as an organization where you can have fun. Please be supportive of your fellow gamers.
- Keep it clean. We ask that you refrain from profanity and innuendo. Discriminatory or insensitive language is not allowed. If you have to ask yourself if something is appropriate to say, it probably is not. Please err on the side of caution. This is a public group meeting in a public space; please respect everyone present as well as the host.
- All participants are expected to abide by our host's rules: https://cheltenhamlibraries.org/library-policies/library-use-policy/
Upcoming events
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Board and Card Games Night Out for Adults
Elkins Park Free Library, 563 Church Road, Elkins Park, PA, USSummary
- Bring games you want to play OR bring an open mind to learn a new game
- Month's Featured Game: Love Letter
- Game Swap: Leave a game, take a game - donate a little $ to the library.
- Play nice! This is for fun.
Welcome
Have a fun night out playing board and card games with our group. Volunteers will host tables featuring a variety of games. No prior knowledge of the games are needed, just your interest in having fun and learning new games. Optionally, you can bring a game you love to teach and play.
The games vary by host but it has ranged from traditional games like Rack-o, to party games to word games, to modern Euro games like Catan and Wingspan. The library also has games you can borrow to play.
While many games have a competitive feel to them, this group strives to be open and friendly. No matter who is winning or losing, we are all here to have fun.
Note that you should aim to arrive close to the start time or even a little early; if you're late the game tables may have formed already and it could be difficult to find a seat.
Featured Game
January's Featured Game will be Love Letter. Love Letter is a game of risk, deduction, and luck for 2–4 players. From a deck with only sixteen cards, each player starts with only one card in hand. On a turn, you draw one card, and play one card, trying to expose others and knock them from the game.
Monthly Game Swap
The Elkins Park Library has agreed to hold a monthly game swap with our group. You can bring in any games you don't want to keep and put on the swap table, and take any games from that table. Any games that are left will go into the next Used Book Sale. If they stay after that, they'll be back on the swap table next time we meet.
A donation to the library for any game you take is recommended. Perhaps at least $5/game, at your discretion.
Best Behavior Policy
By joining the group and attending events, you are agreeing to to follow these behavior requirements.
- Be kind. Consider other people’s perspectives and please remember that we are all here to relax and have fun. We want this community to be able to discuss the things we love in a thoughtful and kind-hearted manner.
- Respect everyone. We do not tolerate threatening behavior or harassment of any kind. We want our members, friends, and visitors to feel welcome here.
- Support each other. We have created this group specifically as an organization where you can have fun. Please be supportive of your fellow gamers.
- Keep it clean. We ask that you refrain from profanity and innuendo. Discriminatory or insensitive language is not allowed. If you have to ask yourself if something is appropriate to say, it probably is not. Please err on the side of caution. This is a public group meeting in a public space; please respect everyone present as well as the host.
- All participants are expected to abide by our host's rules: https://cheltenhamlibraries.org/library-policies/library-use-policy/
13 attendeesBoard and Card Games Night Out for Adults
Elkins Park Free Library, 563 Church Road, Elkins Park, PA, USSummary
- Bring games you want to play OR bring an open mind to learn a new game
- Month's Featured Game: Irish Gauge, for St. Paddy's. Also Ticket to Ride, going with a train theme.
- Game Swap: Leave a game, take a game - donate a little $ to the library.
- Play nice! This is for fun.
Welcome
Have a fun night out playing board and card games with our group. Volunteers will host tables featuring a variety of games. No prior knowledge of the games are needed, just your interest in having fun and learning new games. Optionally, you can bring a game you love to teach and play.
The games vary by host but it has ranged from traditional games like Rack-o, to party games to word games, to modern Euro games like Catan and Wingspan. The library also has games you can borrow to play.
While many games have a competitive feel to them, this group strives to be open and friendly. No matter who is winning or losing, we are all here to have fun.
Note that you should aim to arrive close to the start time or even a little early; if you're late the game tables may have formed already and it could be difficult to find a seat.
Featured Game
March's Featured Game will be Irish Gauge. This is a medium-level game with a railroad theme. Bid on railroad stock shares and then build your railroads connecting towns and resources. A little bit of building and a lot of bidding.
Going with the railroad theme, we'll also host Ticket to Ride. In that game you have goals to connect multiple cities by claiming routes between them. Collect colored cards that you spend to claim the matching colored routes between towns. Score points for building segments as well as completing the connections between your destination cities; lose points for unconnected destination cities.
Monthly Game Swap
The Elkins Park Library has agreed to hold a monthly game swap with our group. You can bring in any games you don't want to keep and put on the swap table, and take any games from that table. Any games that are left will go into the next Used Book Sale. If they stay after that, they'll be back on the swap table next time we meet.
A donation to the library for any game you take is recommended. Perhaps at least $5/game, at your discretion.
Best Behavior Policy
By joining the group and attending events, you are agreeing to to follow these behavior requirements.
- Be kind. Consider other people’s perspectives and please remember that we are all here to relax and have fun. We want this community to be able to discuss the things we love in a thoughtful and kind-hearted manner.
- Respect everyone. We do not tolerate threatening behavior or harassment of any kind. We want our members, friends, and visitors to feel welcome here.
- Support each other. We have created this group specifically as an organization where you can have fun. Please be supportive of your fellow gamers.
- Keep it clean. We ask that you refrain from profanity and innuendo. Discriminatory or insensitive language is not allowed. If you have to ask yourself if something is appropriate to say, it probably is not. Please err on the side of caution. This is a public group meeting in a public space; please respect everyone present as well as the host.
- All participants are expected to abide by our host's rules: https://cheltenhamlibraries.org/library-policies/library-use-policy/
4 attendeesBoard and Card Games Night Out for Adults
Elkins Park Free Library, 563 Church Road, Elkins Park, PA, USHave a fun night out playing board and card games with our group. Volunteers will host tables featuring a variety of games. No prior knowledge of the games are needed, just your interest in having fun and learning new games. Optionally, you can bring a game you love to teach and play.
The games vary by host but it has ranged from traditional games like Rack-o, to party games to word games, to modern Euro games like Catan and Wingspan. The library also has games you can borrow to play.
While many games have a competitive feel to them, this group strives to be open and friendly. No matter who is winning or losing, we are all here to have fun.
Note that you should aim to arrive close to the start time or even a little early; if you're late the game tables may have formed already and it could be difficult to find a seat.
Featured Game
March's Featured Game will be determined in the future.
Monthly Game Swap
The Elkins Park Library has agreed to hold a monthly game swap with our group. You can bring in any games you don't want to keep and put on the swap table, and take any games from that table. Any games that are left will go into the next Used Book Sale. If they stay after that, they'll be back on the swap table next time we meet.
A donation to the library for any game you take is recommended. Perhaps at least $5/game, at your discretion.
Best Behavior Policy
By joining the group and attending events, you are agreeing to to follow these behavior requirements.
- Be kind. Consider other people’s perspectives and please remember that we are all here to relax and have fun. We want this community to be able to discuss the things we love in a thoughtful and kind-hearted manner.
- Respect everyone. We do not tolerate threatening behavior or harassment of any kind. We want our members, friends, and visitors to feel welcome here.
- Support each other. We have created this group specifically as an organization where you can have fun. Please be supportive of your fellow gamers.
- Keep it clean. We ask that you refrain from profanity and innuendo. Discriminatory or insensitive language is not allowed. If you have to ask yourself if something is appropriate to say, it probably is not. Please err on the side of caution. This is a public group meeting in a public space; please respect everyone present as well as the host.
- All participants are expected to abide by our host's rules: https://cheltenhamlibraries.org/library-policies/library-use-policy/
2 attendeesBoard and Card Games Night Out for Adults
Elkins Park Free Library, 563 Church Road, Elkins Park, PA, USHave a fun night out playing board and card games with our group. Volunteers will host tables featuring a variety of games. No prior knowledge of the games are needed, just your interest in having fun and learning new games. Optionally, you can bring a game you love to teach and play.
The games vary by host but it has ranged from traditional games like Rack-o, to party games to word games, to modern Euro games like Catan and Wingspan. The library also has games you can borrow to play.
While many games have a competitive feel to them, this group strives to be open and friendly. No matter who is winning or losing, we are all here to have fun.
Note that you should aim to arrive close to the start time or even a little early; if you're late the game tables may have formed already and it could be difficult to find a seat.
Featured Game
May's Featured Game will be determined in the future.
Monthly Game Swap
The Elkins Park Library has agreed to hold a monthly game swap with our group. You can bring in any games you don't want to keep and put on the swap table, and take any games from that table. Any games that are left will go into the next Used Book Sale. If they stay after that, they'll be back on the swap table next time we meet.
A donation to the library for any game you take is recommended. Perhaps at least $5/game, at your discretion.
Best Behavior Policy
By joining the group and attending events, you are agreeing to to follow these behavior requirements.
- Be kind. Consider other people’s perspectives and please remember that we are all here to relax and have fun. We want this community to be able to discuss the things we love in a thoughtful and kind-hearted manner.
- Respect everyone. We do not tolerate threatening behavior or harassment of any kind. We want our members, friends, and visitors to feel welcome here.
- Support each other. We have created this group specifically as an organization where you can have fun. Please be supportive of your fellow gamers.
- Keep it clean. We ask that you refrain from profanity and innuendo. Discriminatory or insensitive language is not allowed. If you have to ask yourself if something is appropriate to say, it probably is not. Please err on the side of caution. This is a public group meeting in a public space; please respect everyone present as well as the host.
- All participants are expected to abide by our host's rules: https://cheltenhamlibraries.org/library-policies/library-use-policy/
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