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Interested in a board game meetup with a focus on games with deeper strategy and more replayability? Prefer spending your time diving into gameplay rather than learning new rules every session?

“Serious Strategy” is a meetup series designed for those who enjoy thoughtful, engaging games that reward repeated play. We focus on revisiting well-regarded strategy titles that offer depth and challenges not found in more casual or party-style games, offering the opportunity to match wits with other strategically-inclined players.

Three rules:

  1. Learn the game ahead of time (rulebook and/or videos will be provided)
  2. Respect your fellow gamers and the game (be timely and take the game seriously)
  3. Support the venue (order a drink or food from the cafe)

This week's game: Acquire

Sid Sackson's classic from the 1960s - one of the first Euro games, proving his genius by being more than 30 years ahead of its time! Acquire is an economic game of mergers and acquisitions with a relatively simple ruleset, serving as a great first event for the series.

PDF Rules
How-to-Play Video
Minimum players: 3 (event will be cancelled if not enough signups)

NOTE: Our venue has room for at least two larger-scale games, but I can only host one game at a time right now. If you'd like to host a second game at our meetup, let me know.

With a limited number of seats, no-shows are no fun - and may prevent us from playing at all - so those who no-show or cancel with less than 48 hours notice will be restricted in their ability to sign up in the future.

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