What we’re about
Seattle Board Games supports a vibrant and inclusive community of board game enthusiasts in the Seattle metro area. Our events and gatherings offer opportunities to have fun, make friends, and deepen our appreciation for the art, design, and strategy of board games. We seek to make games more accessible by removing barriers to enjoying and learning from them.
We host all types of boardgames, from lighter games such as Settlers of Catan and Lords of Waterdeep to heavier Euros like Brass Birmingham, Dune Imperium, and others. We also play thematic games such as Battlestar Galactica, social deduction games like Blood on the Clocktower, Magic the Gathering, card games, and party games. If it's on BoardGameGeek's list of over 25,000 games, we might be playing it!
We have a Discord! Connect with hundreds of other local board game fans, set up game sessions, play online, and be the first to know about some events before they're announced on Meetup! This link will lead you there!
Anyone can become an event organizer and host events - either specific games or open gaming sessions. If you are interested, please contact the primary organizer.
We are member and organizer driven, and welcome suggestions for improvements and new directions.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Let’s Play Age of Rail: South Africa!! @ Phoenix Comics & GamesPhoenix Comics & Games, Seattle, WA
Let's play the most recent game in the Iron Rail series from Capstone Games - Age of Rail: South Africa! The games are focused on rail network developments in various geographic regions around the world at a time when iron and steam powered locomotives were the best means of transportation. Player interaction, route building, and stock investments are key features of the Iron Rail series.
The Iron Rail series contains new versions of games commonly referred to as Cube Rail games - low complexity, short playtime train games that give the feel of some of the chunkier, more complex ones like 18xx games, but without the same mental load or time commitment, and with rulebooks that only take up a single page!
Ride the Rails: South Africa is played on a map of South Africa and sees players buying shares in railroad companies which they expand across the region, connecting to valuable cities and towns to ultimately pay out high dividends!
3 - 5 players
90-120 minutes expected teach + play time, depending on turnout and player familiarity.
BGG Link
Full Teach and Playthrough (Heavy Cardboard)A few important details:
- This event is scheduled to start at 6pm PLEASE be on time!
Please factor traffic & parking into your commute and if you will be late post in messages or the Discord. - Speaking of… It's Cap Hill, so parking can be a challenge. Sorry, it's a walking neighborhood! Phoenix Comics & Games is only about a block from the First Hill Streetcar (Broadway & Denny stop), less than a block from the Capitol Hill light rail station, and very close to several bus lines, though.
- If you need to cancel please do so as soon as you know. People on the waitlist and playing that day will appreciate it!
Not open - This event is scheduled to start at 6pm PLEASE be on time!
- Power Cube (Magic the Gathering) at Stoup Capitol HillOptimism Brewing Company, Seattle, WA
For those who aren't familiar with Cube drafting. The 3 booster packs of 15 cards will come from a curated list of proxied cards (posted above). We will play 3 rounds of best of 3 games. The winner of the night (3-0) gets to leave their mark editing and signing a basic land in the cube.
If you’re interested in learning more about drafting Power Cube this is a great resource: (Starts around 6:35)
There's no need to bring anything, just a way to keep track of life totals and maybe a playmat. All of the cards will be provided by the cube.
This is a casual event, please don’t be a rules lawyer, we’re here to have fun.
Feel Free to invite others, we draft every week.
Assume this event is canceled if we don’t have 6 rsvp’d an hour before event start time.
