Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD

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Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD

Name: Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD
Start: 2026-05-16T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-16T23:00:00-07:00
Location: Meeples Games, 3821 Ray St, San Diego, CA 92104

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Meeples Games in San Diego does open board game night and it's one of the better spots for it — good selection, low pressure, you can show up solo and still find a table. What's everyone been playing…

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

5:00 PM PDT – 11:00 PM PDT

Meeples Games, 3821 Ray St, San Diego, CA 92104

Free / $5 game rental

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“Meeples Games in San Diego does open board game night…”

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Meeples Games, 3821 Ray St, San Diego. May 17th. Free to come in — $5 for the game you want to play if you're pulling from the library. Board Game Night at Meeples is the version of Sunday evening that makes sense if you've been looking for a reason to be somewhere.

Meeples is a dedicated game store with a library that covers the full range: gateway games for newcomers, heavy euros for the people who want to spend three hours at one table, co-ops, trick-taking games, drafting games, hidden role games. The staff knows what's on the shelf and can match you to something in five minutes. The people who show up for Board Game Night are regulars and first-timers in about equal measure, which makes the table dynamic friendly in the way that a game store night has that a stranger's house doesn't.

Free entry, $5 game rental if you need it. May 17th. meeplesgamessd.com for the full schedule. Ray Street in North Park is worth the trip by itself — good food nearby, the store is walkable from the neighborhood. Show up without a plan and let the library decide.

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