Gaming cafes are becoming more common. I’m from Kansas City, and a few years ago, our region’s first one (Pawn and Pint) opened. A few others have followed, with varying degrees of amenities. I had no experience with game cafes before that, but in the past few years, I’ve made a point of stopping at quite a few, including what is arguably the most famous one, Snakes and Lattes in Toronto.
For the uninitiated, a gaming cafe usually serves food and drink. Some are more like coffee shops; some are more like bars. But one component all of them I’ve been to has in common is a game library, consisting of several hundred titles that guests can check out and play with their friends. In my experience, a game cafe is a great place to meet up with friends, and the game library is a great way to try new games.
A friend of mine is opening a game cafe soon, and he asked me for a list of about 100 games that I thought should be included. I could have easily listed a hundred games on my own, but I thought getting votes from all of the OG-ers would have been a more interesting exercise.
Today’s article is sort of an extended part of our “10 Great” series, which features 10 great games in a given subcategory. I pick a mechanic, theme, publisher, etc. In this case, I picked as a theme the 100 games we’d recommend that a game cafe stock in their library. We here at the Opinionated Gamers then all vote behind the scenes to create a list that meets the criteria.
This series is being split into four parts. Part I includes games 76-100 on the list. Part II, publishing Wednesday, includes games 51-75. Part III, publishing Thursday, includes games 26-50. And Part IV, publishing Friday, includes the top 25, plus comments from the OG-er on the list in general.
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100 Games for the Aspiring Board Game Cafe (Part II: #75 to #51)
Today’s article is the second part of our 100 Games for the Aspiring Board Game Cafe series, which we started yesterday.
For the uninitiated, a board game cafe usually serves food and drink, with some being more like coffee shops and others more like bars. But one component all of them I’ve been to has in common is a game library, consisting of several hundred titles that guests can check out and play with their friends.
A friend of mine is opening a game cafe soon, and he asked me for a list of about 100 games that I thought should be included in his library. I could have easily listed a hundred games on my own, but I thought getting votes from all of the OG-ers would have been a more interesting exercise.
This series is split into four parts. Part I included games 76-100 on the list. This is Part II and includes games 51-75. Part III, publishing Thursday, includes games 26-50. And Part IV, publishing Friday, includes the top 25, plus comments from the OG-er on the list in general.
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