International Tabletop Day falls on Saturday 6 June this year, and if your group, local cafe, or community has not put anything in the diary yet, consider this your nudge. The annual worldwide celebration of board games, card games, and RPGs has been running since 2013, when Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day kicked it off through their Geek and Sundry series Tabletop.
Got a regular group? Create a private community, poll for the best date, vote on games, and let your friends RSVP in one place.
Set up your group for freeThe big publisher news is that Asmodee US has opened registration for Splendor Organised Play events tied to the day. The wildly popular gem-trading game turns twelve this year and is getting tournaments, a demo activation running the whole of June, and a one-time 55% discount on select Splendor titles for participating stores. If your local shop has not heard about this yet, that is worth a friendly heads-up.
For everyone else, this is the best excuse all year to get your community together. UK board game cafes have grown more than tenfold in a decade, from roughly 30 venues in 2015 to over 340 now, and most of them love a reason to run a themed evening. Clubs, pubs with a board game corner, and community centres can all get involved with barely any setup. Pick a few teach-in-five games, open the door, and let people show up.
Stop juggling Meetup, WhatsApp, and spreadsheets. One platform for your gaming group's events, RSVPs, and member management.
See how it worksIf you want to be the person who makes this happen in your town, create a community event on Backseat Gamer and share it around. Nothing fancy needed, just a pub table, a stack of games, and a dozen people who were going to play Codenames anyway. That is how game groups start.
Sources: National Today | ICv2: Splendor OP events | Smoothie Wars UK Cafes Guide
