BGPC – Gabi Dumet

The BGP Club meets once a week to play board games (broadly construed)! After the game, players chat about the ideas, insights, and questions that the games we play express or illustrate. Most weeks you’ll choose from a selection of games, while a few sessions bring everyone together for whole‑room play. In our page, you’ll find information about the organizers, participation, a calendar for our meetings, the games we’ll have on roster, and much more! Join our GroupMe chat for announcements and information here.

Our Sept 23 meeting will be held in Balz Library between 4:00 and 6:15 pm.

Meetings are held weekly, mostly at UVA’s Multicultural Student Center, with occasional exceptions (marked with «*» on the date column). “Guided play” is our usual format, where groups gather around one of the available games, play it, and then debrief together. “Whole-room play” means everyone plays the same game. “Free play” offers a broader selection. The debrief is the time allotted for discussion, but it can start early or continue afterward if players are willing. Meeting time is always 5:00 pm, unless the announcement for that week says otherwise.

Date	Location	Details
*Sept 16, 2026	Balz Library	Introductory first meeting: introduction, explanation of format, basic agreements (15 m). Free play (90 m) + whole-room debrief (15 m).
*Sept 23, 2026	Balz Library	Guided play + group debrief.
Sept 30, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Guided play + group debrief.
Oct 7, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Free play + whole-room debrief.
Oct 14, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Guided play + group debrief.
Oct 21, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Guided play + group debrief.
Oct 28, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Halloween-themed. Whole-room play + whole-room debrief.
Nov 4, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Guided play + group debrief.
*Nov 11, 2026	Balz Library	Guided play + group debrief.
Nov 18, 2026	Multicultural Student Center	Final meeting with survey. Free play + whole-room debrief.

Game	Players	Play Time	Mechanics	Description	Rules	Pre-game rule-reading
Decrypto	3–8	30–45 min	Team clues, word association	A fast-paced team game where players encode and decode secret messages.	📄 🎬	Suggested
Codenames	2–8+	15–30 min	Word association	A social word game where spymasters give clever clues.	📄 🎬	Not necessary
Spirit Island	1–4	90–120 min	Co-op strategy	Players embody powerful spirits defending their island.	📄 🎬	Necessary
Root	2–6	60–90 min	Asymmetric strategy	Woodland factions with entirely different mechanics.	📄 🎬	Recommended
Mastermind	2	10–20 min	Logical deduction	A classic code‑breaking puzzle.	📄 🎬	Not necessary
Modern Art	3–5	45–60 min	Auction mechanics	Players buy and sell paintings to manipulate markets.	📄 🎬	Suggested
Sign	4–8	20–30 min	RPG, limited communication	A role-playing game where players develop a shared sign language.	📄 🎬	Not necessary
Daybreak	1–4	60–120 min	Co-op tableu-builder	A cooperative strategy game where you play as global powers trying to stop climate catastrophe.	📄 🎬	Recommended
Dialect	3–5	90–180 min	Storytelling	A narrative, role-playing game the evolution of language and the loss of meaning.	📄 🎬	Suggested
The King is Dead	2–4	30–45 min	Area control	A tense strategy game about ruling England and outmaneuvering your opponents.	📄 🎬	Recommended
Wavelength	2–12	30–45 min	Limited communication	A party game about trying to communicate using only one example.	📄 🎬	Not necessary
Once Upon a Time	2–6	20–40 min	Storytelling, improvisation	A creative storytelling card game driven by fairy‑tale tropes where all players narrate a single story.	📄 🎬	Not necessary

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