Spooky Board Games in Mountain View

Join us this October at Dumbots Bar and Grill on the top floor of the Alamo Draft House theater in Mountain View for Spooky Saturday night board games. Many of our members are board game enthusiasts who love teaching board games to new folk -- no board game experience required. You're welcome to bring your favorite games (the bar doesn't have any but I'll bring a few games to host) and we'll see you there!

Halloween Details

We normally run this event on the last Saturday of each month but for October we're hosting on the 24th to avoid overlapping with other Halloween night events on Sat (10/31).
Feel free to come in costume and bring your spookiest board games!

Venue Details

The venue owners have kindly waived reservation fees, so we ask all attendees to support the venue by ordering food or a drink. (See details below.)
Tons of nearby parking (details below).
A five-minute walk to a Caltrain station (details below).
The Dumbots bar is on the third floor of the Alamo Draft House theater. The venue has elevator access to all floors and escalator access to the second floor.
Have a question? Join our board game Discord chat server! See the event details for the link.

Games

Our members bring all sorts of board and card games, with a slight curve towards medium or medium-light games!
Word Games (Just One, Hues and Cues, Decrypto, Codenames, Wavelength)
Visual Card Games (Detective Club, Mysterium, Dixit)
Territory Building Games (Terraforming Mars, Scythe, Dune Imperium)
Grid Building Games (Earth, Castle Combo, Happy City)
Racing Games (Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Jamaica)
Social Deduction Games (Avalon, Saboteur, Secret Hitler, Feed the Kraken, Blood on the Clocktower, Two Rooms And A Boom)
Number Games (Hanabi, TEN, The Crew)

Parking

Tons of free no-time-limit parking in the bar/theater building's eight-level parking garage (Apple Maps, Google Maps) with lots of free parking.
Additional free no-time-limit surface in the lot by 24 Hour Fitness (Apple Maps, Google Maps).

Dumbots Bar and Grill Menu

Food and drinks menu here. You can submit your order in person with the bartender.
We ask all attendees to make a food or drink purchase. There's no minimum purchase amount required, you can order whatever you like whenever the line doesn't look too long.
The bar and grill opens at 4:30pm, for folk that want to arrive early and have dinner there before the board games begin.
The kitchen closes at 10:30pm but the theater stays open until around 11:45-midnight.
Non-alcoholic mocktails served as well! Ask the bartenders about their mocktail menu.
Note: outside food and drinks are prohibited.

VTA Light Rail & Caltrains

The San Antonio Caltrain station is a five-minute walk to the bar. (Google Maps, Apple Maps), in case you've got a Caltrain station near your home or workplace.
If you're near a Light Rail station, you can take it to downtown Mountain View and walk across the platforms to catch a Caltrain to the San Antonio stop.
Alternatively you can take Light Rail to the "San Fernando" stop near SAP arena, walk a block to the Caltrain to Diridon station in San Jose and ride that to the San Antonio Caltrain station.