BoardGOATS is Fourteen Years Old Today! Although it doesn't feel that long, it is fourteen years since our first boardGOATS meeting at the Horse and Jockey in Stanford-in-the-Vale. To celebrate, we are holding a games night tonight from 7.30pm in the Small Village Hall in Stanford-in-the-Vale with pizzas provided by Bogman, cake, snacks and of course lots of fun.  Drop us a line if you haven;t already so we can make sure we cater appropriately.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd September 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 25th August 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 11th August 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 30th June 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 16th June 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Today, Sunday, is the final day of the twentieth UK Games Expo at the NEC in Birmingham.  There has been a notably larger presence of mainstream news reporting on the event this year, and it is reported that there are expected to be over fifty-thousand people attending what the organisers are claiming is the largest hobby games convention in the UK. 

It's May, so it's time for the nominations for the annual Spiel des Jahres Awards.  There are now many other awards (including the recently announced Golden Geek Awards), many of which are more suited to gamers.  However, the Spiel des Jahres and its sister awards the Kennerspiel ("expert's" game) and Kinderspiel des Jahres (children's game) are still the most prestigious and sought-after awards in board gaming and certainly the ones that carry the most weight with more casual gamers. 

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 19th May 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. Since we didn't play it last time, this week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 21st April 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th April 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.45pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 24th March 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17th March 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food again, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd March 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food again, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at the Horse and Jockey Pub.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is doing food again, so those that are eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the "

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd February 2026.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is likely only doing "basket meals", due to ongoing problems with their cooking facilities. This week, the "Feature Game" will be the Out of the Oubliette!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 20th January 2026.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is likely only doing "basket meals", due to ongoing problems with their cooking facilities. This week, the "Feature Game" will be Formaggio (

Goats love Christmas just as much as everyone else, and can get up to just as much mischief during the festive season as at any other time.  For example, shortly before Christmas this year, Billy the billy goat chased a lady around Upper Seagry near Chippenham before moving on to pinching oranges from Christmas wreathes.  Eventually, the PCs Ferris and Miller deployed riot shields and a lasso to capture the miscreant, who then proceeded to try to eat the patrol car. 

As usual, just before Christmas, the boardGOATS Un-Christamas Dinner was accompanied by the anual voting for the GOAT Awards.  After food and festivities (including the now infamous Gamers' crackers) the group voted for the two two awards:  the Golden GOAT for our favourite game played during the year and the "GOAT Poo" award for our least favourite.  Everyone had the usual three points to hand out for the Golden GOAT Award (plus a bonus if wearing Festive Attire), though a maximum of two points could be given to any individual game. 

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 6th January 2026.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is NOT doing food tonight, due to problems with their cooking facilities. This week, the "Feature Game" will be Taxi Derby (

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 23rd December 2025.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  Please note, the pub is NOT DOING FOOD. As this is likely to be a very quiet evening (aside from the live music party in the next room), we will be playing some of our favourite games from the year or maybe some of the Christmas and winter themed games like…

Our next meeting will be Tuesday 9th December 2025 at the Horse and Jockey pub in Stanford-in-the-Vale. As this is our Christmas party we will be meeting early from 6.30pm with food at around 7pm followed by Christmas festivities. After eating we will be playing a range of Christmas and winter themed games like Jokkmokk: The Winter Market, Santa's Workshop…

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 25th Movember 2025.  As usual, we will start playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer.  The pub is now doing food again, so those that will be eating will be arriving from around 6.30pm. This week, the "Feature Game" will be…