About us
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!
Upcoming events
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Daytona 500
The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen, 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX, USBefore there was Heat, before Formula D, before Thunder Road, there was Daytona 500. Originally published in 1990, Daytona 500 is an absolute classic race game - elegant in its simplicity of rules, and in its depth of strategy.
Six little plastic cars race around the big Daytona track. The track is three spaces wide except for a sweeping curve at either end. In the curves, the track narrows to two lanes. The outer lane is a passing lane, requiring twice as many movement points to use and in which a car may not end its turn.
Movement points come from play of the special deck of cards. Selecting a card from your hand, you move each of the cars on the card the prescribed number of spaces, trying to position your own car or cars most advantageously while leaving your opponents blocked.
Before each race, the six cars are auctioned off, and you bid for them based on the cards in your hand. Payout is based on where your car(s) finished in the race. Most money wins.
Suggested game length is three races (each race lasts about 20 minutes), enough to give the luck of the draw a chance to even out.
Watch the Retro Review here.
4 attendees
Container
The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen, 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX, USEvery decision you make in Container shapes the market. During play, you build factories, produce containers, set prices, negotiate with your rivals, sail across the sea to trade, and (obviously) buy low, and sell high. At least that's the goal — but can you make it happen?
The rules for Container are simple; the real challenge is understanding and timing the market. Players build machines, warehouses, and containers, then sail your containers to the island and auction them off. Be careful with your money — in the closed economy, money's tight and your opponents are cutthroat!
Interested in learning more about this recently reprinted classic game? You can watch a How-to-Play video or just meander through its Board Game Geek page.
New players are welcome as I can teach the rules at the meetup. The game accommodates up to 5 players, so I set the attendee limit to 5 people. If the event is full, feel free to join the waitlist and you will be automatically added to the event if someone cancels/drops out.
5 attendees
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