What we’re about
Welcome to Board & Brews!!!
We’re a fairly active gaggle of friendly meeples with meetups occurring three to four times a month. We enjoy playing all sorts of games, from classics like Catan and Dixit, to Euro's, to Amertrash, heavy strategy, short games, long game, card games, and occasionally the weird and mysterious. We cover it all, but what really makes us very different from gaming in a local store is a shared love of the brew. It’s a mix of 30% games, 30% socializing, and 30% beer. Unfortunately, we can’t tell you what the remaining 10% is. That is secret. You'll have to attend a few meetups to find out. We meet at a few locations throughout Austin, and are always looking for new places to board and brew. (And if you don't drink, that's cool too. We may hold you suspect, but we respect your decision and will welcome you with open arms! Figuratively speaking of course.)
We have a combination of open gaming days, as well as scheduled gaming for those interested in playing specific games, or learning a new game. You'll find those that hosts are super friendly, welcoming to new comers, and sincerely interested in sharing the best of board gaming. We only ask that if you commit to a scheduled game and can't make it, you remove yourself from the list to allow others the chance to attend, and shoot the host a quick message that you cannot make it. Otherwise, the only other rule is to "be excellent to each another."
So if you're looking for a nice group of board gaming geeks who game with a smile and a cold one in their hands, then you've found the right place. Looking forward to rolling some bones together!
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Vanuatu
The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen, 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX, USVanuatu is set on a peaceful South Pacific Island, where you get to fish, dive for treasure, guide tourists, and draw pretty turtles in the sand. It is ALSO one of the most cutthroat games I have ever played, with a very high "You bastard!" quotient.
In Vanuatu, you are a Vanuatuan who wants to prosper during the eight turns of the game. In order to prosper, you have to manage with natural resources, rare items, vatus (local currency) and tourists. To earn money or prosperity points, you may also draw on the sand, carry tourists all over Vanuatu islands, or trade cargo with foreign countries.
On each turn, the archipelago expands and you have to program your actions with five tokens. You put one or more of them on the chosen action spaces, and on your turn, you will only be able to play an action if you have the majority on its space. Thus, sometimes have to wait for other players to remove their tokens by playing their actions. If you are not in majority anywhere, you have to remove all of your tokens from an action and give up hope of playing this action. A good strategy lets you block other players; for example, they won't be able to sell fishes if they haven't caught them first – order matters! Islands and sea resources are rare, so be quick and take them first!
There is no such thing as a rich Vanuatuan. When you reach ten vatus, they automatically transform into 5 prosperity points and again, you are poor. Life is hard, but you may encounter ten men to help you; on each turn you choose one of them to increase your benefits from an action. As always, being the first player lets you choose before the others.
In short, Vanuatu is a strategy game of programming and majorities that features development, blocking, and a lot of interaction between players.
If you have never played before, watch the Dice Tower Review . It gives you a good overview in about 11 minutes.
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