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Board Games On Alternate Tuesdays in Stanford

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Next Meeting, 2nd June 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be “Sharkspan” (better known as the Sharks and Reefs expansion for…

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UK Games Expo 2026

Today, Sunday, is the final day of the twentieth UK Games Expo at the NEC in Birmingham.  There has been a notably larger presence of mainstream news reporting on the event this year, and it is reported that there are expected to be over fifty-thousand people attending what the organisers are claiming is the largest hobby games convention in the UK.  The milestone was commemorated by the presence…

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Spiel des Jahres Nominations 2026

It’s May, so it’s time for the nominations for the annual Spiel des Jahres Awards.  There are now many other awards (including the recently announced Golden Geek Awards), many of which are more suited to gamers.  However, the Spiel des Jahres and its sister awards the Kennerspiel (“expert’s” game) and Kinderspiel des Jahres (children’s game) are still the most prestigious and sought-after awards…

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Next Meeting, 19th May 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 19th May 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. Since we didn’t play it last time, this week, the “Feature Game” will be Pinched!, a set collecting,…

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Next Meeting, 5th May 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be Pinched!, a set collecting, scheming and bluffing game where…

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Next Meeting, 21st April 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 21st April 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be the Magic Tower expansion to Die Wandelnden Türme (aka The…

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Next Meeting, 7th April 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th April 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be Igel Ärgern, which roughly translates as “harassing hedgehogs”…

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Next Meeting, 24th March 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 24th March 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be SCENERY, which is a tableau building, tile laying game where…

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Next Meeting, 17th March 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17th March 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food again, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be Planet Unknown, a sort of poly-ominos tile-laying game…

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Next Meeting, 3rd March 2026

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Next Meeting, 17th February 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food again, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the “Feature Game” will be the Americas Expansion for one of the group’s…

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Next Meeting, 3rd February 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd February 2026.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is likely only doing “basket meals”, due to ongoing problems with their cooking facilities. This week, the “Feature Game” will be the Out of the Oubliette! expansion for Castle Combo (base game rules,…

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Next Meeting, 20th January 2026

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 20th January 2026.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is likely only doing “basket meals”, due to ongoing problems with their cooking facilities. This week, the “Feature Game” will be Formaggio (rules, review & two-player tutorial video), which is the…

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Goats in the News: Festive Frolicking

Goats love Christmas just as much as everyone else, and can get up to just as much mischief during the festive season as at any other time.  For example, shortly before Christmas this year, Billy the billy goat chased a lady around Upper Seagry near Chippenham before moving on to pinching oranges from Christmas wreathes.  Eventually, the PCs Ferris and Miller deployed riot shields and a lasso to…

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Golden GOAT Award Winners - 2025

As usual, just before Christmas, the boardGOATS Un-Christamas Dinner was accompanied by the anual voting for the GOAT Awards.  After food and festivities (including the now infamous Gamers’ crackers) the group voted for the two two awards:  the Golden GOAT for our favourite game played during the year and the “GOAT Poo” award for our least favourite.  Everyone had the usual three points to hand…

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Next Meeting, 6th January 2026

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Next Meeting, 23rd December 2025

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 23rd December 2025.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  Please note, the pub is NOT DOING FOOD. As this is likely to be a very quiet evening (aside from the live music party in the next room), we will be playing some of our favourite games from the year or maybe…

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