- Board Games w/ Vic - Robo RallyEmpire Board Games Library, Albuquerque, NM
Come learn a new board game and play it with the guru of games, the titan of the tabletop, the king of Catan: Vic!
You know him from the Catan League, Deck-Building Nights, Giant Catan @ conventions, and more!
Each month highlights a board game mechanic (such as worker placement and tile laying) or a theme (like "robot" or "food")
It's only $6 for the evening; that includes game time and game learning!
May is Intergalactic Robot Month so we have an electric selection of robotic games
May 7th - Transmissions
May 14th - Raising Robots
May 21st - Robo Rally
May 28th - Black Angel - The Road to the World Series of Board Gaming - Castles of BurgundyEmpire Board Game Library, Albuquerque, NM
Empire wants to send YOU to the World Series of Board Gaming 2024 in Las Vegas! Play for your shot at a Stay And Play pass to the World Series of Board Games, a $1050 value!
Tickets for each event are $15 and can be purchased on our website here: Empire Online
EVENT STARTS AT 6PM
Please be here and ready to play at 6.
There will be no "teach" for these games. Participants must know the rules of the game they are playing.---------------------------
What is Road To The World Series of Board Games?
Beginning in March, Empire will be holding a series of tournaments each Wednesday night:
Each tournament will be one of the 16 games to be played during the World Series of Board Gaming.Winners from these tournaments will qualify for a championship night, to be held at the end of the season, where our winners will compete for the Grand Prize. (Stay And Play Package for WSBG, including 5 days of gaming and tournament entries, and 4 nights hotel stay $1050 value!)
The WSBG main event games cover a wide range of genres and complexity levels. Games at the WSBG this year are:
Wingspan, Great Western Trail, Ticket To Ride, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Ra, Earth, Dune: Imperium, Acquire, Azul, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, Cascadia, Splendor------------------------
What does a ticket to our Road to the World Series of Board Gaming event get you?
$15 gets you entry to the event, and all day open play. You will also get a free drink with your entry, and 3 raffle tickets.
Each night will feature a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE! Each participant will receive a raffle ticket, and a copy of whichever game is scheduled for the following week will be raffled off.
Players can earn extra raffle tickets in the following ways:
1 Ticket: Sign up ahead of time! This helps us know how many players we will have, and how many copies of the game we need to provide.
1 Ticket: Mark as going on either our Facebook event or Meetup page for the event.
1 Ticket: Share the event on Facebook, or share a photo from one of our WSBG events and tag us in it on FB or Instagram.
-----------------------Tournament Structure:
Each night, participants will play one of the 16 games played at the WSBG this year. Each night will consist of up to 16 players.Round 1: 4 games, of up to 4 players each. Winners advance to Round 2.
Round 2: 4 Players play to become Store Champion of the game being played that evening.
Champions will be invited back at the end of the season to play in our Tournament Championships, to compete for the Grand Prize.
Where applicable, we will use rules adjustments or specific modules/expansions, based on WSBG practices.Championship Day Structure:
We will be using a similar structure to the WSBG for semi-finals and finals games, with a slight difference.
Semi-Finals: Players will be grouped together to make up to 4 games, as evenly as possible. A seeding system will be used to create the match-ups for the semi-finals tables.
Games will be chosen as such: At a table, any games that were won by a Champion at that table may not be played. Out of the remaining games, the player who has won the most Championships may choose the game for that table (Home-field advantage.) If players are tied, or there is not someone with multiple wins, the game will be randomly drawn from the remaining games.
Finals: The semi-finals winners will play 1 more game for the Grand Prize. This game will be randomly drawn, from games that none of the players have previously won a Championship or semi-finals game.
- Blood on the Clocktower - Custom NightEmpire Board Game Library, Albuquerque, NM
Tickets for this event are $15 per person and include a free drink or dessert and can be found here: Empire Online
Tickets must be purchased in advance. There is limited space and these events fill up!
Join us for Blood on the Clocktower with the best community and Storytellers in town!
We'll play a minimum of two rounds - more if time permits!
CUSTOM SCRIPT NIGHT
ADVANCED GAMEPLAYEmpire will host a Custom Script night for Blood on The Clocktower! Our storyteller will be running a custom script, with mixtures of characters from the 3 base scripts and possibly experimental characters. This may be an original storyteller script or a custom one made by the community. Pay attention to our socials to see potential sneak peeks for what this script might entail!
This night is for players who are VERY familiar with the game and looking to get a little wild with what is possible in a game of Blood on the Clocktower.
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Why play at Empire when free events are available?
Experience: Our Storytellers have been running Blood on the Clocktower events several times a month for over a year!
Community: Our Storytellers are great at running games, sure, but they have also cultivated a welcoming and respectful player community. New and returning players are both welcome and encouraged - and respect, well, the people who play at Empire respect not only one another's preferred pronouns and personal beliefs - but also everyone's time. Flakes are a rarity, and we are usually notified in advance so that necessary adjustments can be made. You won't experience delays in the game due to half-committed people wandering around - we're here to play!
- Board Games w/ Vic - Black AngelEmpire Board Games Library, Albuquerque, NM
Come learn a new board game and play it with the guru of games, the titan of the tabletop, the king of Catan: Vic!
You know him from the Catan League, Deck-Building Nights, Giant Catan @ conventions, and more!
Each month highlights a board game mechanic (such as worker placement and tile laying) or a theme (like "robot" or "food")
It's only $6 for the evening; that includes game time and game learning!
May is Intergalactic Robot Month so we have an electric selection of robotic games
May 7th - Transmissions
May 14th - Raising Robots
May 21st - Robo Rally
May 28th - Black Angel - The Road to the World Series of Board Gaming - Ark NovaEmpire Board Game Library, Albuquerque, NM
Empire wants to send YOU to the World Series of Board Gaming 2024 in Las Vegas! Play for your shot at a Stay And Play pass to the World Series of Board Games, a $1050 value!
Tickets for each event are $15 and can be purchased on our website here: Empire Online
EVENT STARTS AT 6PM
Please be here and ready to play at 6.
There will be no "teach" for these games. Participants must know the rules of the game they are playing.---------------------------
What is Road To The World Series of Board Games?
Beginning in March, Empire will be holding a series of tournaments each Wednesday night:
Each tournament will be one of the 16 games to be played during the World Series of Board Gaming.Winners from these tournaments will qualify for a championship night, to be held at the end of the season, where our winners will compete for the Grand Prize. (Stay And Play Package for WSBG, including 5 days of gaming and tournament entries, and 4 nights hotel stay $1050 value!)
The WSBG main event games cover a wide range of genres and complexity levels. Games at the WSBG this year are:
Wingspan, Great Western Trail, Ticket To Ride, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Ra, Earth, Dune: Imperium, Acquire, Azul, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, Cascadia, Splendor------------------------
What does a ticket to our Road to the World Series of Board Gaming event get you?
$15 gets you entry to the event, and all day open play. You will also get a free drink with your entry, and 3 raffle tickets.
Each night will feature a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE! Each participant will receive a raffle ticket, and a copy of whichever game is scheduled for the following week will be raffled off.
Players can earn extra raffle tickets in the following ways:
1 Ticket: Sign up ahead of time! This helps us know how many players we will have, and how many copies of the game we need to provide.
1 Ticket: Mark as going on either our Facebook event or Meetup page for the event.
1 Ticket: Share the event on Facebook, or share a photo from one of our WSBG events and tag us in it on FB or Instagram.
-----------------------Tournament Structure:
Each night, participants will play one of the 16 games played at the WSBG this year. Each night will consist of up to 16 players.Round 1: 4 games, of up to 4 players each. Winners advance to Round 2.
Round 2: 4 Players play to become Store Champion of the game being played that evening.
Champions will be invited back at the end of the season to play in our Tournament Championships, to compete for the Grand Prize.
Where applicable, we will use rules adjustments or specific modules/expansions, based on WSBG practices.Championship Day Structure:
We will be using a similar structure to the WSBG for semi-finals and finals games, with a slight difference.
Semi-Finals: Players will be grouped together to make up to 4 games, as evenly as possible. A seeding system will be used to create the match-ups for the semi-finals tables.
Games will be chosen as such: At a table, any games that were won by a Champion at that table may not be played. Out of the remaining games, the player who has won the most Championships may choose the game for that table (Home-field advantage.) If players are tied, or there is not someone with multiple wins, the game will be randomly drawn from the remaining games.
Finals: The semi-finals winners will play 1 more game for the Grand Prize. This game will be randomly drawn, from games that none of the players have previously won a Championship or semi-finals game.
- Blood on the Clocktower - Bad Moon RisingEmpire Board Game Library, Albuquerque, NM
Tickets for this event are $15 per person and include a free drink or dessert and can be found here: Empire Online
Tickets must be purchased in advance. There is limited space, and these events fill up!
Join us for Blood on the Clocktower with the best community and Storytellers in town!
We'll play a minimum of two rounds - more if time permits!
Because we'll be using the BAD MOON RISING script this session, it's perfect for more experienced players who've played Blood on the Clocktower a few times.
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Why play at Empire when free events are available?
Experience: Our Storytellers have been running Blood on the Clocktower events several times a month for over a year!
Community: Our Storytellers are great at running games, sure, but they have also cultivated a welcoming and respectful player community. New and returning players are both welcome and encouraged - and respect, well, the people who play at Empire respect not only one another's preferred pronouns and personal beliefs - but also everyone's time. Flakes are a rarity, and we are usually notified in advance so that necessary adjustments can be made. You won't experience delays in the game due to half-committed people wandering around - we're here to play!
- The Road to the World Series of Board Gaming - HeatEmpire Board Game Library, Albuquerque, NM
Empire wants to send YOU to the World Series of Board Gaming 2024 in Las Vegas! Play for your shot at a Stay And Play pass to the World Series of Board Games, a $1050 value!
Tickets for each event are $15 and can be purchased on our website here: Empire Online
EVENT STARTS AT 6PM
Please be here and ready to play at 6.
There will be no "teach" for these games. Participants must know the rules of the game they are playing.---------------------------
What is Road To The World Series of Board Games?
Beginning in March, Empire will be holding a series of tournaments each Wednesday night:
Each tournament will be one of the 16 games to be played during the World Series of Board Gaming.Winners from these tournaments will qualify for a championship night, to be held at the end of the season, where our winners will compete for the Grand Prize. (Stay And Play Package for WSBG, including 5 days of gaming and tournament entries, and 4 nights hotel stay $1050 value!)
The WSBG main event games cover a wide range of genres and complexity levels. Games at the WSBG this year are:
Wingspan, Great Western Trail, Ticket To Ride, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Ra, Earth, Dune: Imperium, Acquire, Azul, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, Cascadia, Splendor------------------------
What does a ticket to our Road to the World Series of Board Gaming event get you?
$15 gets you entry to the event, and all day open play. You will also get a free drink with your entry, and 3 raffle tickets.
Each night will feature a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE! Each participant will receive a raffle ticket, and a copy of whichever game is scheduled for the following week will be raffled off.
Players can earn extra raffle tickets in the following ways:
1 Ticket: Sign up ahead of time! This helps us know how many players we will have, and how many copies of the game we need to provide.
1 Ticket: Mark as going on either our Facebook event or Meetup page for the event.
1 Ticket: Share the event on Facebook, or share a photo from one of our WSBG events and tag us in it on FB or Instagram.
-----------------------Tournament Structure:
Each night, participants will play one of the 16 games played at the WSBG this year. Each night will consist of up to 16 players.Round 1: 4 games, of up to 4 players each. Winners advance to Round 2.
Round 2: 4 Players play to become Store Champion of the game being played that evening.
Champions will be invited back at the end of the season to play in our Tournament Championships, to compete for the Grand Prize.
Where applicable, we will use rules adjustments or specific modules/expansions, based on WSBG practices.Championship Day Structure:
We will be using a similar structure to the WSBG for semi-finals and finals games, with a slight difference.
Semi-Finals: Players will be grouped together to make up to 4 games, as evenly as possible. A seeding system will be used to create the match-ups for the semi-finals tables.
Games will be chosen as such: At a table, any games that were won by a Champion at that table may not be played. Out of the remaining games, the player who has won the most Championships may choose the game for that table (Home-field advantage.) If players are tied, or there is not someone with multiple wins, the game will be randomly drawn from the remaining games.
Finals: The semi-finals winners will play 1 more game for the Grand Prize. This game will be randomly drawn, from games that none of the players have previously won a Championship or semi-finals game.