About us
Welcome to The 56 Board Game Group! We are: • A tabletop board gaming group. • A geographically-based group, convenient to the Route 56 corridor in San Diego. • An open, inclusive, and welcoming group.
This group hosts board game events convenient to the 56 corridor in San Diego (meaning - within a few miles off the 56 highway). If you love to play board games or are interested in learning, this group is for you. We will always have plenty of games available, but you are also welcome to bring your own. The most important thing in this group is to be friendly and inclusive, and have fun!
No-Show Policy:
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All members are subject to the No-Show Policy. Full policy can be found at the above link.
FAQs:
• Why is it called The 56 Board Game Group? "The 56" refers to the 56 highway on the North side of San Diego. Events in this group take place at locations that are easily accessed from the 56.
• The board game shop, "At Ease Games" isn't really off the 56. Why do you host games there? Good point! At Ease Games is the closest game shop to the 56 corridor, so it is our FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store). We want to support board game stores in the community, so we tried adding events there and they have been popular, so we are keeping them! Please consider supporting At Ease through food or game purchases while you are there.
• I'm new to board gaming and a little nervous about coming out. Will there be anyone to teach me games? Absolutely! We have a lot of people that are new to gaming and there are sooo many new games that even those of us that are seasoned gamers are regularly learning new games. All of our Event Organizers are passionate about teaching games. We also do our best to help people get matched up with other players at the open gaming events.
• I like board games, but a lot of the ones I see as events here are really heavy, complex games. I'm into shorter games that are easy to pick up. Is this group for me? Yes, it is! Part of the reason we host complex games as individual events is to get together the folks that want to play those games, specifically. If you come to one of our open board gaming events (at the Rancho Peñasquitos Library, a local restaurant, etc.) there will be a variety of types of games available to play and attendees with a variety of game interests.
• Are children allowed at these events? We have a variety of different types of events. The "Everyone Plays at the Library" takes place at the Rancho Peñasquitos Branch Library. The library events are open to and geared towards any age - including young children (there are even games good for 3 year olds). All other events (unless otherwise specified) are not geared towards children; however, there is no specific age restriction - it's more about the type of games being played. For example: if your 7 year old can take on the adults in a game of Carcassonne or Azul and wants to join us, your 7 year old is welcome. If your 7 year old wants to play Chutes and Ladders or Trouble, the Library events are a better choice. Still not sure? Feel free to send a message and ask!
Upcoming events
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Darwin's Journey (with Oceania)
At Ease Games, 8400 Miramar Road, San Diego, CA, USThis week's game is Darwin's Journey, this time with the new Oceania expansion. Here is a brief description of the game from BGG:
Darwin's Journey is a worker-placement Eurogame in which players recall Charles Darwin's memories of his adventure through the Galapagos islands, which contributed to the development of his theory of evolution. With the game's innovative worker progression system, each worker will have to study the disciplines that are a prerequisite to perform several actions in the game, such as exploration, correspondence, gathering, and dispatch of repertoires found on the island to museums in order to contribute to the human knowledge of biology. The game lasts five rounds, and thanks to several short- and long-term objectives, every action you take will grant victory points in different ways.
Please come prepared to play, as there will not be time for a full teach, although we will go over the Oceania tweaks before we begin. The rules and several tutorial videos can be found on BGG:
Darwin's Journey on BGG
Darwin’s Journey: Oceania4 attendees 
Game Day in Carmel Valley
Carmel Valley Branch Library, 3919 Townsgate Dr, San Diego, CA, USJoin your fellow gamers at the Carmel Valley Library for an afternoon of board games!
This event is open to new and experienced gamers of all ages—children are welcome. The Carmel Valley Library’s community room has enough tables and chairs for up to 40 people; there is no cost to attend.
Bring your own games or request a game from my collection at least two hours before the event. My collection can be viewed here:
Dan's Game Collection
Feel free to comment below if there is anything specific you'd like to play to see if others are interested.40 attendees
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