Questions, answered.

A small, private club for board games, played in English, for people who have made the Costa del Sol their home. Members choose a game from the owner's collection, open a table for it at an evening or join someone else's, and the host runs hosted tables alongside.

Not yet. The members area is open for sign-in, but evenings are not dated and venues are not set. To be told when the first evening is dated, request a place. A request is not a booking and not a payment.

Two evenings a month are planned: the first in Marbella, the second in Estepona. More often only if the list is long. The club looks for rooms of the standard of a five-star hotel or a seafront restaurant; the room explains the standard. No venue is booked yet.

Yes. Every game is played in English at the table, whatever the language of the box, including games a member brings.

Neither. There is no shop and nothing is for sale. The games belong to the owner and are never lent or taken home: they arrive with the host and leave with the host.

In the members area. Pick a game from the shelf and open a table for it at an evening, or join a table another member has opened. Each table shows the seats taken, the seats free and how many more players it needs.

The game's minimum number of players, and never fewer than two. A table is confirmed as soon as it reaches that minimum; below it, the table shows as needing players.

Seats settle at noon two days before the evening, Spain time. A table that is still short has until 18:00 that day. If it is still short then, it does not go ahead: its players are offered a seat at a hosted table where there is room, or the table is cancelled. No penalty applies either way.

The member who opened the table may change the game until noon three days before the evening. After that, a change needs a vote of the seated players, and anyone who does not want the new game may leave without penalty.

You can join its waiting list. Names wait in order. When a seat is released it goes straight to the first name waiting, who is told. If the whole room is at capacity, you can still join a waiting list.

One seat per member per evening. You can move to another table with a free seat until the evening starts; your old seat goes to the next name waiting.

Yes. Open it as a group table. It is not listed for joining; your players join through a private link that stops working when seats settle. If the group is short, the spare seats can be opened to members.

Tables the host runs at every evening, alongside the member tables. The host sets out the game, teaches the rules and keeps time. Players from a table that did not fill can join one where there is room.

How a table will be played, chosen by the member who opens it. New to it: rules taught from the start. Played it: a short reminder, then play. Know it well: straight in, at full pace. It describes the table, not the people at it; any member can join any table.

Yes. Leaving a table before seats settle, at noon two days before the evening, is free. Release your seat as early as you can, so the next name waiting gets it.

Leaving a table that is going ahead after seats have settled. It adds one attendance point; not coming at all adds more. Points expire after six months, and enough of them pause booking for one evening. If your table's game changes or the club moves you, you may leave without penalty for a set time, shown on the table.

Two levels. A seat: book a seat at any table with a free chair. The Reserved Table: a chair held for you, a longer or rarer game, one drink and a small plate served away from the board, and up to two guests of your own at an evening. A free account can look around the members area but cannot book. Either level has one month's notice to leave.

Prices are shared with the list before the club opens. Nothing is charged until then, and nothing on this site takes a payment.

Guests are part of Reserved Table membership. A Reserved Table member may bring up to two guests to an evening, seated at the member's own table and only if a chair is free. The member who invites a guest is responsible for them. There is no drop-in.

A guest may come three times in six months (182 days). After that, membership is the next step.

At app.costadelsolboardgamesocial.club, with a passkey or a six-digit code sent to your email.

Now and then, yes. A member may bring a game of their own and play it with others at an evening. The shelf and the hosted tables come first, and a game you bring follows the same house rules.

Drinks, yes, but off the board: glasses go on a side table or the bar. Food stays away from the games; a small plate is eaten at the bar or a side table.

No. Choose or join a table marked New to it, or a hosted table, and the rules are taught from the start. Each game page on the shelf has a short account of how it plays.

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