Bracknell and Maidenhead Board Gaming

Hey all! As our relationship with Sip & Conquer evolves, we're trying a split session for this weekend. From 2pm to 5pm we'll be at Sip & Conquer, and from 5pm onwards we'll move to the Bardo. Both venues are booked and expecting us. Feel free to only come for one venue, the other, or both, and as usual, please make sure you keep your RSVPs up to date and comment if your plans change, so we can keep the numbers right with both venues.

This is the session for more tactical/strategic games, suitable for smaller groups of 3-5 players, and which may require some tolerance for an initial rules-learning session. We’ll usually have a wide variety of easy/medium/complex games available, so there should be something to suit most tastes - but if you prefer the easiest, most rules-light, sociable games, please check out our party games sessions, which take place on the 4th or 5th Sunday of each month.

We’ll aim to meet at 2pm but it’s fine to join later in the afternoon if you prefer - please just let us know your expected arrival times in the comments so that we can plan games accordingly. Sip & Conquer closes at 5pm, so please aim to finish up your first games by then, and those of us who are continuing play will move over to the Bardo Lounge. If you plan to arrive close to or after 5, head straight to the Bardo - we have our window tables booked.

The event hosts will bring a wide selection of games, but everyone is welcome to bring their own games as well, or pick from the Sip & Conquer library. Please post in the comments if there is anything you're particularly keen to play.

The planned start time is 6:30pm, but feel free to join later if that’s too early - please just let us know your expected arrival times in the comments.

There’s no fixed agenda for these sessions. Ideally we’ll try to accommodate a mixture of:
- “Light” simple/party games, with easy rules that anyone can join in 🤪
- “Medium” games, which might require a little bit of thought 🤔
- “Heavy” games for strategy game enthusiasts (a.k.a. geeks) who enjoy a mental challenge 🤓

If there’s something you’re particularly keen to play (especially in the medium/heavy categories), please let everyone know in the comments. And if you’d like to play a “heavy” game that’s likely to take more than 2 hours or so, I highly recommend arranging it with all players in advance, either in the comments here, or through the meetup message function.

The RSVP limit is currently set to 16 (increased from 12 due to our recent surge in popularity 😌), but this can be extended further if enough people are able to bring and lead games.

The Bear is a Wetherspoons pub, so food is available, and both food and drinks are good value. Everyone is welcome to eat/drink before or during the games session - but please look after each others’ games and do your best to keep cards and other components clean and dry!

The planned start time is 6:30pm, but feel free to join later if that’s too early - please just let us know your expected arrival times in the comments.

There’s no fixed agenda for these sessions. Ideally we’ll try to accommodate a mixture of:
- “Light” simple/party games, with easy rules that anyone can join in 🤪
- “Medium” games, which might require a little bit of thought 🤔
- “Heavy” games for strategy game enthusiasts (a.k.a. geeks) who enjoy a mental challenge 🤓

If there’s something you’re particularly keen to play (especially in the medium/heavy categories), please let everyone know in the comments. And if you’d like to play a “heavy” game that’s likely to take more than 2 hours or so, I highly recommend arranging it with all players in advance, either in the comments here, or through the meetup message function.

The RSVP limit is currently set to 16 (increased from 12 due to our recent surge in popularity 😌), but this can be extended further if enough people are able to bring and lead games.

The Bear is a Wetherspoons pub, so food is available, and both food and drinks are good value. Everyone is welcome to eat/drink before or during the games session - but please look after each others’ games and do your best to keep cards and other components clean and dry!