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.
Annual Fundraising Update (10/31/2025): We've reached 49% of our fundraiser goal — $605 of $1,225. We are only a few donations away from our core operations goal of $675. PLEASE GIVE. Giving less than the cost of one game will make a big difference. Huge thanks to the 17 members who’ve contributed so far. Donate Now. (You can donate anonymously if you prefer.)
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
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Let’s Play Hoity Toity!! @Anchorhead Coffee!
Anchorhead Coffee & Bakery, 1115 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, USWhat do bored English noblemen do with their free time? They like collecting old junk and then showing it off. Eccentricity is what makes the world go around. Well, your world anyways. As a member of the pretentious "Antique Club" you feel inexplicably compelled to outshine your other snobby friends. What you and your wacko group lack in refinement and true sophistication, you certainly make up for in lack of scruples. You are oddly convinced it is your destiny to become the antique collector with the most valuable collection - by using any means necessary.
Unfortunately, you aren't the only one without a sense of right or wrong. Your egotistical friends are also not above bluffing, trickery or even theft! Outwit your fellow snobs to become the most "Hoity Toity" of them all.Hoity Toity uses Bluffing, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Set Collection, & Simultaneous Action Selection. You are an English Nobleman buying or stealing various antiquities & collectibles, trying to form the largest and oldest collection. The trick is in guessing what your opponents are likely to do, and planning your choices accordingly — only after everyone's decision is revealed do you know for certain whether you made the right one.
New players are welcome, and the host is happy to teach if you haven't played before.2 - 5 players
45-60 minutes expected play time, depending on turnout and player familiarity.
BGG Link
4-min How-to (Max Jameli)A few important details:
- The event space is in the basement and there are only stairs (no elevator) if you have mobility issues keep this in mind.
- This event is scheduled to start at 10:00 AM PLEASE be on time! If you would like to bring a guest please message me.
- It's Cap/First Hill/Seattle U, so parking can be a challenge. Please factor traffic & parking into your commute and if you will be late post in messages or the Discord. Anchorhead is only a few blocks from the First Hill Streetcar (Broadway & Pike/Pine or Broadway & Marion) and the #2 and #12 bus lines.
- If you need to cancel please do so as soon as you know. People on the waitlist and playing that day will appreciate it! Signing up for this event means other people are counting on you to attend; board games have both a minimum and a maximum player count, so with limited seats available, I want to be sure that those seats actually have people in them. Last-minute cancellations (less than 24 hours), no-shows, and late arrivals (30+ minutes) without good reason will be marked as no-show for the event and will be automatically moved to the waitlist if one forms for any and all future events they join which are hosted by me and other select hosts!
- SUPPORT THE VENUE! - Purchasing something isn't a requirement, but it's nice to do since we're using the space. Please support the business if you can!
- I open signups on Wednesday, 3 days before pressing the "announce" button here on Meetup; if you want to have the opportunity to claim a seat early, you can join the SBG Discord, where I'll post to let users there know as soon as RSVPs open as well as updates and posting polls for future meetups!
3 attendees
Let’s Play Mammoth Hunters! @Anchorhead Coffee!
Anchorhead Coffee & Bakery, 1115 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, USIt's a cool, windy day in autumn, some time around 30,000 years ago. For several hours now, a group of hunters have been following a herd of mammoths. Will they succeed? Will they actually be able to bring down one of these giant animals? Its meat would last the entire tribe for several weeks...
You are a fearless Ice Age tribesmen trying to keep close to the mammoth herds. Of course, other tribes want to accomplish this as well, so there will always be fights over territory. Who will stay, and who will be driven out? Luckily you have a club handy!Mammoth Hunters uses Area Majority, Hand Management, & Resource Management which is played over 4 rounds where players score victory points by moving hunters onto various regions on the game board especially regions with mammoths. However the regions are vanishing as the glacier expands.
Each round begins with players holding a number of cards which are dark or light. Each player, in turn, plays a card to place or move hunters and then draws a replacement. The strategy is that Light cards can only be played by paying stones which can only be gotten by playing Dark cards to help your opponents. Thus you must balance the need for more stones with the need to improve your position.
New players are welcome, and the host is happy to teach if you haven't played before.3 - 5 players
90 minutes expected play time, depending on turnout and player familiarity.
BGG Link
5-min How-to (Purge Reviews)
(Don't worry, we'll go over the rules on the day, too.)A few important details:
- The event space is in the basement and there are only stairs (no elevator) if you have mobility issues keep this in mind.
- This event is scheduled to start at Noon PLEASE be on time! If you would like to bring a guest please message me.
- It's Cap/First Hill/Seattle U, so parking can be a challenge. Please factor traffic & parking into your commute and if you will be late post in messages or the Discord. Anchorhead is only a few blocks from the First Hill Streetcar (Broadway & Pike/Pine or Broadway & Marion) and the #2 and #12 bus lines.
- If you need to cancel please do so as soon as you know. People on the waitlist and playing that day will appreciate it! Signing up for this event means other people are counting on you to attend; board games have both a minimum and a maximum player count, so with limited seats available, I want to be sure that those seats actually have people in them. Last-minute cancellations (less than 24 hours), no-shows, and late arrivals (30+ minutes) without good reason will be marked as no-show for the event and will be automatically moved to the waitlist if one forms for any and all future events they join which are hosted by me and other select hosts!
- SUPPORT THE VENUE! - Purchasing something isn't a requirement, but it's nice to do since we're using the space. Please support the business if you can!
- I open signups on Wednesday, 3 days before pressing the "announce" button here on Meetup; if you want to have the opportunity to claim a seat early, you can join the SBG Discord, where I'll post to let users there know as soon as RSVPs open as well as updates and posting polls for future meetups!
2 attendees
Past events
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