Board Games with Strangers

Love board games? Looking for someone to play with or something new to play? Come play games with us!

After a long, hard wait and a couple false starts, the Brooklyn Strategist's Games With Strangers is back!. Grab a drink or dinner, meet some new people, and learn a new game. Our game expert Jonathan will teach you our featured games for the night and make sure that things are running smoothly. Come be a part of our community!

About this week's games:
CODENAMES
It's ok that a top secret spy game like Codenames has become so famous, right? Well, it's not surprising. Codenames has dominated social gaming since its release in 2015, bringing an addictive mix of wordplay, intuition, and press your luck shenanigans to the tabletop.

Two teams of spies race to discover their set of words from a grid of twenty-five options. Their only clues? A set of two words from their codemaster: a hint and the number of words that hint applies to. If the codemaster plays it too safe, the other team will outpace their spies. But stretch things too far and you could help your rivals--or worse!--expose your agents to danger and lose the game altogether!

With over a dozen awards and honors to its name, Codenames is a staple of the Brooklyn Strategist's social game collection. 2 to 8 agents can vie for power through linguistic espionage in as little as 15 minutes, but you'll probably want to leave time to play another round. The war may be cold but the game is just heating up...

HELLAPAGOS
Whether you've gotten used to social pods and isolation or you're ready for a vacation, Hellapagos has you covered. Take a trip to a paradise island with friends, free from the rat race of society. There's only one catch: you're trapped there. Oh! Two catches: you're trapped there and there's not enough food for everyone. Well, AND hurricane season is coming, so you better build that raft quickly.

Described as a cooperative game"...until the food runs out", Hellapagos is a party game of set collection, bluffing, and general survival that will test your loyalty, your guile, AND your ability to work together.

So join us for 20 minutes, my friends. You're sure to get a smile,
For 3 to 12 castaways, here on Hellapagos Isle!