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Key Takeaways
There are plenty of people who would play more tabletop games if they had folks to play with.
Sites like colonist.io let gamers play familiar games like Catan together!
Folks don't know how to organize their own game nights, so here you go:
PLAY MORE GAMES!
While many folks play with friends and family at home, there are plenty of tools available to play online in 2024! I surveyed my Farcaster community and most folks said they didn't have enough people to play with.
â–¼How many people does each person in the /tabletop community have to play games with?
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People like to play games they know and 71% of survey respondents mentioned Catan as a game they enjoyed.
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It's a classic game, love by millions. Here's what the board game community on Board Game Geek thinks of Catan.
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I challenge you to start your own game and be the change you wish to see in the casts! Here's how you can do it:
Organize a Catan Game
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Get a free month of the /tabletop Hypersub airdropped to your address for organizing a game with at least one other Farcaster!
An Online Game
Prep before the game
Schedule with friends - no one to play with? Cast about it!
â–¼Scheduling websites
Set up your video call for game day
â–¼Video calling software
Web2
Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
web3
Set up your accounts for game play
Make your accounts on colonist.io
On Game Day
Create a game Room
â–¼How to create a game Room
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Invite your friends!
â–¼Copy the invite link & share it!
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If your friends are more active on Discord, you can even play colonist directly there!
After the game
Take screenshots of the final score!
Cast about it + tag @ispeaknerd on Farcaster!
example - https://warpcast.com/henry/0xa2e1f9cf
/tabletop subscriber data gets stored in tabletop records database for ELO tracking and ranking in various games!
Level up and become the Catan champion of Farcaster!
An IRL Game
Before the Game
Get Catan
Support the /tabletop channel by purchasing through our referral link https://amzn.to/3Xpsk37.
Schedule a game with friends
Host it at your own space
No space? No problem!
Friendly Local Game Stores (FLGS) have community game nights
ex: Do Gooder Games
Call to reserve a table
Find a store at maps.google.com, search "board game store"
Day of the game
Confirm with friends, get them excited!
Take photos!
After the Game
Cast photos of your game session in /tabletop!
Cast to let us know who won, tag @ispeaknerd.eth to track scores!
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â–¼/tabletop Subscriber Benefits
Official tracking of game results and player ranking for Farcaster subscribers
ELO + player ranking by game
Access to and help shape the development of /tabletop tooling for playing and tracking board games
Priority access to gaming events hosted by /tabletop
Discounted access to paid game tournaments
Access to the world's largest crypto-native network of tabletop gamooooors
Early access announcement + planning channel
Automated curation of your casts in /tabletop
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