Bracknell and Maidenhead Board Gaming

Welcome to another Sunday afternoon of games in Maidenhead!
The Bardo Lounge has been very helpful and welcoming, so we’ll stay there for the foreseeable future.

At these mid-month sessions we’ll probably bring out a few 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.

The event hosts will bring a wide selection of games, but everyone is welcome to bring their own games as well. 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 that require a bit more thought or tactics;
- “Heavy” games for the strategy game enthusiasts 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 12, but this can be extended 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 cheap. Everyone is welcome to eat/drink before or during the games session, but please take care and do your best to keep cards/other game components clean and dry.

Seems like an appropriate time for Dead of Winter!

Dead of Winter is a cooperative game about trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Everyone has personal objectives and there may be a traitor among you. It has some similarities to Battlestar Galactica and Unfathomable.

We can run two separate tables with up to 5 players each. One copy will be the original, and the other will be the sequel: The Long Night.

Alex has kindly agreed to host at the Easthampstead Works again. Usual rules apply: do bring food and drink, but keep the space clean, handle games with clean hands, treat as if it was your own etc.

The Easthampstead Works building is just off Bracknell town centre and walking distance to the train and bus station and several car parks, including the small but free car park on Bay Road.

A pub quiz counts as a type of game, doesn’t it? So I think this is an appropriate enough event for a gaming group…🤓

The quiz starts at 7pm. If anyone can make it earlier, maybe we can squeeze in a quick game or two first as a mental warm-up. Some of us might be there from about 6pm, but please let us know your expected arrival times when RSVPing, or in the comments.

The quiz costs £2 per person. Maximum 6 people per team. The RSVP limit is set at 6 for now, but if there’s enough interest for more than one team we might be able to extend the limit.

A Hoppy Place is primarily a craft beer bar and doesn’t do food except for crisps and bar snacks*, but they have an arrangement with Knead, an excellent pizzeria next door, and allow pizzas to be brought in.

* Recent update: they’ve started serving empanadas - small pastries with a variety of fillings, served hot, but these are still more of a snack than a proper meal.