The Serious Games

We meet at the back of the store, beyond the games for sale. Look for the "Meetup" sign.

This meetup is for playing competitive, medium to heavy board games that may last up to four hours (including the teach). The games may be "serious", but the players should still be friendly. While the focus is on competition, the experience should never be about winning or losing, but enjoying the struggle, in a spirit of good sportsmanship.
Priorities for games:
1. Competitive. Cooperative games are not banned, but the group should mainly be playing competitive games, including certain team games, such as Concordia Venus or Spades. Decrypto and Codenames, while party games, are also acceptable for being team games on the thoughtful side. Most social deduction games, like Werewords, are not acceptable, as they are mainly in the party category.
2. Medium to Heavy games. Lighter, family games and party games are not banned, but the focus here is on the games that are not considered light, or for parties. They should require more in strategy, tactics, or skill than the basic, mass-market games found at Wal-Mart. For example, Ticket To Ride and Machi Koro are borderline (acceptable), but more appropriate are games like Root, Race For The Galaxy, Woodcraft, Orleans, Mottainai, Modern Art, Five Tribes, and Unmatched. That being said, this is not a group for the heaviest war games. Undaunted is fine, but Fire In The Lake belongs in a different group.
3. Longer games, up to four / four and a half hours. Playing several short games is fine, but players need to be willing to play longer games as well. Of course we can take breaks, so it's not as bad as some people think. Examples include On Mars, Shogun, Eurorails, Tawantinsuyu, and Caverna.
Depending on the number of players, we may have two or even three games going, with 2 to 6 people per table. If you sign up and have to cancel, please RSVP or call someone. If you plan on attending, please sign up, and observe the limit of 8 people. It can be very crowded when other events are held at Game Kastle, but so far, we have been able to grab the last two available tables. Suggestions are welcome for a better venue.