Saturday Night Board Games in Mountain View

Join us at Dumbots Bar and Grill on the top floor of the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Mountain View for Saturday night board games. Many of our members are board game enthusiasts who love teaching board games to new folk -- no board game experience required. You're welcome to bring your favorite games (the bar doesn't have any but I'll bring a bunch) and we'll see you there!

Venue Details

• The venue owners have kindly waived reservation fees, so we ask all attendees to support the venue by ordering food or a drink.
• Tons of nearby parking (details below).
• A five-minute walk to a Caltrain station (details below).
• The Dumbots bar is on the third floor of the Alamo Drafthouse theater.

Games

• Our members bring all sorts of board and card games!
• Word Games (Just One, Hues and Cues, Decrypto, Codenames, Wavelength)
• Visual Card Games (Detective Club, Mysterium, Dixit)
• Territory Building Games (Terraforming Mars, Scythe, Dune Imperium)
• Grid Building Games (Earth, Castle Combo, Happy City)
• Racing Games (Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Jamaica)
• Social Deduction Games (Avalon, Saboteur, Secret Hitler, Feed the Kraken, Blood on the Clocktower, Two Rooms And A Boom)
• Number Games (Hanabi, TEN, The Crew)

Parking

• The bar/theater building has an eight-level parking garage (Apple Maps, Google Maps) with lots of free parking.
• Tons of free no-time-limit surface parking lot East of the theater (Apple Maps, Google Maps).
• Additional free no-time-limit surface in the lot by 24 Hour Fitness (Apple Maps, Google Maps).

Dumbots Bar and Grill Menus

• Food and drinks menu here.
• The bar and grill opens at 4:30pm, for folk that want to arrive early and have dinner there before the board games begin.
• The kitchen closes at 10:30pm but the theater stays open until around 11:45-midnight.
• Note: outside food and drinks are prohibited.
• Non-alcoholic mocktails served as well! Ask the bartenders about their mocktail menu.

VTA Light Rail & Caltrains

• The San Antonio Caltrain station is a five-minute walk to the bar. (Google Maps, Apple Maps), in case you've got a Caltrain station near your home or workplace.
• If you're near a Light Rail station, you can take it to downtown Mountain View and walk across the platforms to catch a Caltrain to the San Antonio stop.
• Alternatively you can take Light Rail to the "San Fernando" stop near SAP arena, walk a block to the Caltrain to Diridon station in San Jose and ride that to the San Antonio Caltrain station.