7/19/2023: Tigris & Euphrates, the classic board game about building ancient civilisations, is set to be republished this October according to DiceBreaker. In a recent interview with Reiner Knizia, the designer confirmed that Tigris & Euphrates is set to be republished at this year’s Essen Spiel convention, which will take place from 5th to the 8th of October in Essen, Germany. Specific details about the upcoming board game are yet to be revealed, with Knizia admitting that he is yet to see the “graphics or anything.”
6/19/2023: We're adding a series of Age of Steam events, most on an every-fourth Sunday schedule. See the "Sundays" tab on the Planned page for the schedule.
3/17/2023: All the calendars -- Saturdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays -- have been updated through the 2nd Quarter. Note that we will trial having alternate Wednesday games at Whole Foods Broadway. And a link to a new Seattle EuroGamers group has been added to facilitate planning discussions. Membership is via a Join request on the group page.
1/2/2023: The schedule for the first quarter of 2023 is now available on the Planned page! Sunday mini-tournaments have been added, along with a thematic focus for some of the games (Nature and Politics).
10/20/2022: Thursday games at The Missing Piece will now be Wednesday evenings at Cafe Cosmos. The alternating Wednesday-Thursday schedule was only because all of The Missing Piece was booked by a Super Smash Brothers group every other Wednesday. Moving to Cafe Cosmos simplifies the schedule (only Wednesdays) and takes advantage of open gaming already scheduled there.
8/28/2022: Added a player rating feature based on a multiplayer extension of the Elo rating system. Updated the games played page to include a scoring sheet.
08/22/2022: Today I was made primary organizer of the Seattle Board Games meetup, a metro-Seattle group with over 4800 members. This is a significant responsibility, accepted in part to ensure the group's continuity.
06/07/2022: Play tracking (the Played page) changed to a journal style. Score tracking will only be used for tournaments.
04/17/2022: The bi-weekly event at Meeples has been moved to The Missing Piece, and the day changed from Wednesday (when The Missing Piece was not available) to Thursday. The schedule of games has not changed; the first event is Railways of the World this Thursday, April 21st.
03/27/2022: Finally received Auztralia: Revenge of the Old Ones from SchilMil Games in New Zealand. This creates an opportunity for a fifth player to play the Old Ones. Looking forward to playing it April 9th!
02/18/2022: Initial strategy notes on Tigris & Euphrates added.
01/28/2022: Additional games scheduled bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings at Meeples Games! For the current schedule, click on Planned, then on the Eurogame Wednesdays Meeples sheet.
01/14/2022: Added a new Resources page, currently with resources for The Castles of Burgundy.
01/09/2022: With Liberté on January 29th, am beginning to introduce play of some of the lesser-known games of Martin Wallace that will be included in the planned Wallace tournament.
01/02/2022: Added notes on Brass Birmingham strategy to a new Strategy Notes page.
12/26/2021: Coming soon will be a schedule for a series of Martin Wallace games bi-weekly on Sundays.