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Board games

Board game night: find a table or host your own

Short answer: look for open game nights at board game cafés, game shops and in your city’s gaming chats — most of them let you join a table without knowing anyone. Want your own game night? You need a place with a table, 4–6 players per table and a Telegram group where the bot keeps the list: seats by the number of tables, a waitlist and reminders.

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Where to play board games

Board game cafés

Cafés with a shelf of games: you pay for the time or a cover charge, and the staff help you pick a game and explain the rules.

Game shops

Many board game shops run weekly game nights and demo days — a good place to try new games and meet regular players.

Gaming chats and meetups

Players gather in Telegram and on meetup sites: “who’s up for Terraforming Mars on Saturday?”. Look for board game chats in your city.

How to host your own board game night

A game night needs a table, a few games and the right number of people: too few — the game doesn’t start, too many — someone sits and watches.

  1. Pick a place and a night

    a café with big tables or someone’s home. A regular night — “every Thursday at 19:00” — is easier to keep going than one-offs.

  2. Count the seats

    most games are for 4–6 players, so one table is about 6 seats and two tables are 10–12. That’s your limit.

  3. Add the bot and create the evening

    with a seat limit, the café fee to split and a description: what you’re playing and whether to bring your own games.

  4. People tap “Join”

    The card shows who’s coming. When the table is full, people join the waitlist; someone drops out — the next person gets the seat.

What sign-ups look like in the chat

A game night card: 6 of 6 seats, one person on the waitlist, the café fee split per person.

Board game sign-ups in Telegram: what the bot does

Seats by the table

Set the limit to the seats at your tables — no seventh player squeezed into a game for six.

Waitlist

Table full — people join the waitlist. Someone drops out — the next person gets the seat and a personal message.

What we’re playing

The description sits in the card: the games for the evening, “bring your own”, “beginners welcome”. It also goes into reminders and the calendar.

Café fee split

Enter the table or room fee — the card shows each person’s share and recalculates it as people sign up. Money doesn’t go through the bot.

Bring a friend

“Add +1”: a friend without Telegram takes a seat and is counted in the limit.

Every week

A regular game night: the bot posts the new card on schedule by itself and reminds everyone before the start.

See it in action

Every feature in short — from signing up in the chat and the waitlist to splitting the cost, teams and attendance.

Docker Event Bot video overview — a sign-up bot for Telegram groups

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Questions

How many people do you need for a board game night?

It depends on the games: most are for 2–4 or 4–6 players, while party games like Codenames or Dixit work for 6–10. Count about 6 seats per table and set that as the limit — the rest will join the waitlist.

How do I organize a board game night?

Pick a place and a night, choose a few games, create a Telegram group and an event in Docker Event Bot (@DockerEventBot) with a seat limit and a description. People sign up with a button, and you see who’s coming. All the ways compared — in the guide to sign-ups in Telegram groups. It’s free, and players don’t install anything — Telegram is enough.

How do we split the board game café fee?

Enter the total and the currency in the event settings — the card shows the share per person and recalculates it as people sign up or leave. The bot only does the math: you pay the café yourselves.

What if more people want to come than there are seats?

They join the waitlist. When someone leaves, the next person gets the seat automatically, with a personal message. If the waitlist grows, open a second table: raise the limit, and the people waiting move into the list.

Can I write which games we’re playing?

Yes: the event has a description of up to 500 characters — the games for the evening, “bring your own”, “beginners welcome”. In the card it’s a collapsed quote under the time and place; it also goes into reminders and the calendar. Change it, and people who signed up get a message showing what changed.

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Host your board game night

Add the bot to your group — the first game night card is a minute away.

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