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Friday Feature No. 52 🖊📷Some days it pays to be the biggest geek. In Geek Out! it certainly does as you must out-bid you...
06/13/2026

Friday Feature No. 52 🖊📷

Some days it pays to be the biggest geek. In Geek Out! it certainly does as you must out-bid your opponents and prove you are the ultra-geek in whatever relates to the category in question. From games (our favourite) to comics, sci-fi to fantasy, and even a miscellaneous geekery category, there is bound to be something you can out-geek your friends in each round. Bid the highest and prove your worth - or lose points trying!

So test your trivia, gamble your geekiness, and debate your docket of disputable answers in the best game to push the limits of odd geeky knowledge. See if you can name the most roles played by Johnny Depp, list the most Dracula films, name the most members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, or list as many superheroes as you can that wear capes. From popular culture to cult classics, you'll have to stretch your brain to beat your bid!

Rent it and other trivia games to add fun to your Friday nights, delivered by The Board Bartender!

Featured game:
🎲 Geek Out!

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

Friday Feature No. 51 🖊📷Everyone loves solving a good murder mystery like Clue, but what if we rolled back the clock a b...
06/06/2026

Friday Feature No. 51 🖊📷

Everyone loves solving a good murder mystery like Clue, but what if we rolled back the clock a bit? In J. Robert Lucky's Mansion, you find yourself with your fellow players, in the dark late at night, brimming with anger towards Dr. Lucky - and now is your chance to strike!

In this twist on the murder mystery genre, you play a hopeful villain, out to kill Dr. Lucky in his own home. But be careful! You still don't want to be caught so you must find the right place, the right time, and the right weapon - even if it is just your fists - to beat the luck of the man you hate.

Each turn you play, you can move yourself or Dr. Lucky and use cards to devise a plan. Launch an attack on the old doctor if you dare. If you do, opponents may play cards to thwart your attempts. Each unsuccessful attempt, though, will garnish you more spite to channel your next attack. Depending on where characters are within the mansion then determines who plays next - so you may be so lucky as to go again too!

Try out this family board game of murder and even test out variants once you've mastered the classic game. In the variants, Dr. Lucky's dog is roaming the house too and can stop murder attempts, be calmed down with pets, and - dare we say it - be murdered too!

Rent it and other strategy games to add fun to your Friday nights, delivered by The Board Bartender!

Featured game:
🎲 Kill Doctor Lucky

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

Our has showcased life-sized versions of popular games like Monopoly. Today looks to the smallest games.Games have bee...
06/05/2026

Our has showcased life-sized versions of popular games like Monopoly. Today looks to the smallest games.

Games have been reduced to their essential parts to make travel sized games. From Chess & Checkers to Backgammon or Yahtzee, many classics have small sets that easily fit into a bag so that you can enjoy on-the-go. Most card games now have small versions that fit easily into the palm of you hand.

But one company has pushed the edge of miniature for mass-produced games, and that is the line of products from "World's Smallest" that includes toys, knick-knacks - and even board games! Complete sets of Monopoly, Operation, Candyland, Scrabble, Catan, and even 2 decks for Magic the Gathering, have all been produced in keychain sizes. These immensely condensed variants fit in under 2-3 inch dimensions and many are under 1/2 an inch thick too!

Even this line-up of games doesn't quite compare with the world record for the world's smallest game. With no surprise as to the game of choice, a jewelry artist took the time to painstakingly make Guinness World Record's 'Smallest Handmade Chess Set' that is an insane 8 mm by 8 mm in size. Pawns measure only 1 mm tall and the kings tower at 2.4 mm in height. Carved from gold, platinum, and bejeweled in rubies and diamonds, this set may be tiny, but it is certainly expensive.

While we are not surprised that another shiny version of chess would mark it's place in history, we are amazed by the tiny size of the hand carved board. And while the small sized games we feature today are intriguing, we are looking forward to this summer where we will be showcasing our most popular line-up of games: our Giant Games. Check us out later this month at Promenade!

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

Friday Feature No. 50 🖊📷With the start of summer, it's time for some golf! It is a little hard to play around your livin...
05/30/2026

Friday Feature No. 50 🖊📷

With the start of summer, it's time for some golf! It is a little hard to play around your living room though, which is why we have Play Nine - the golf card game.

Get 2-6 players together for a quick nine and shoot the lowest score to win. With a little strategy and a little luck, you might be able to score well under par!

With phases like teeing off, lining up your final putt, and shaving off strokes, this game is perfect for a rainy day when your tee time gets cancelled. Be sure to check it out!

Want to try it out? Join us for our event tomorrow at Studio 330 to try it and over 100 other games at our all-you-can-play board game event.

Rent it and other card games to add fun to your Friday nights, delivered by The Board Bartender!

Featured game:
🎲 Play Nine

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

this week considers an ancient playing piece: the marble.Although some may classify it as a toy, marbles are part of m...
05/29/2026

this week considers an ancient playing piece: the marble.

Although some may classify it as a toy, marbles are part of many ancient games - whether they are still played, they changed into board games of today, or are lost to the pages of history. Marbles can be seen in historical sites all over the world, from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia to Pakistan and India's Indus Valley Civilization. From these ancient civilizations, marbles spread across Asia, Africa, and beyond - reaching across Europe to Britain back during Medieval times.

Over the centuries, marbles have been made of, well, marble and many other sources like clay, rock, limestone, and brass. In 1846, Germany had an invention in glassblowing that allowed for a more industrious process in making marbles, which has led to the glass based product known today.

A game of marbles shows how easy it is to connect and have fun with friends and the community. A few small round objects is all it takes to bring some joy and recreation to an afternoon. Since ancients times, marbles and the likes have been their own game, have become parts in board games like Mancala or Chinese Checkers, been talked about in Shakespearean plays, and were even one of the first inductees to the Toy of the Year catalogue at the National Museum of Play back in 1998.

So, although we love our complicated strategy games of current day, it is always fun to remember how simple gaming can be with things like a deck of cards, some cups or tokens, a flat surface, and even a few marbles as long as you apply some creativity to the situation.

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

We're back at Studio 330 for our monthly game night this Saturday Can't wait to see you out!🎉 Come out and play today!🎉 ...
05/27/2026

We're back at Studio 330 for our monthly game night this Saturday Can't wait to see you out!

🎉 Come out and play today!🎉 With over a hundred games, there's never been a better time to try something new, crack some classics with friends, or party it up in Kingston's bustling downtown! We're back with our partner Studio 330 on the corner of Barrie & Queen Saturday, May 30th, 5PM - Midnight for a memorable board game night 😄

Our full collection and all events can be found at
www.theboardbartender.ca








Friday Feature No. 49 🖊📷There's only 10 minutes.You and your Bomb Defusal Team must neutralize the threat.Do you have wh...
05/23/2026

Friday Feature No. 49 🖊📷

There's only 10 minutes.
You and your Bomb Defusal Team must neutralize the threat.
Do you have what it takes or will your ship get overrun and explode?

In Fuse, you work as a team to defuse as many bombs as possible in under 10 minutes. Roll dice, match colour patterns, build towers and pyramids, add or subtract the right number, and you might just defuse enough! But watch out for Fuse cards that remove some of your hard work - and be sure to share the dice since unused dice each round hinder your efforts.

In this game that truly requires fast thinking and teamwork, you and your bomb defusing team will be tested over and over again as you try higher difficulties and harder cards.

Rent it and other cooperative games to add fun to your Friday nights, delivered by The Board Bartender!

Featured game:
🎲 Fuse

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

this week looks at some history of board game delivery.Here at The Board Bartender, we love to deliver games because i...
05/21/2026

this week looks at some history of board game delivery.

Here at The Board Bartender, we love to deliver games because it delivers fun to family and friends in our community. Back in World War 2 though, the British government delivered Board games to their soldiers that were prisoners of war in N**i Germany. Even though fun is a big part of board games, these games had far more usefulness to the POWs.

Edited copies of Monopoly that British soldiers received contained metal files, real money, compasses, and a silk map (resistant to disintegration like the usual paper ones) to get out of Germany. The best part - it worked! Some soldiers successfully escaped the N**i regime using tools delivered by board game.

While our games are far less useful for escaping imprisonment, we do have hundreds of games that can do the delivering fun part. From Monopoly to war games and everything else in between, be sure to check out our website for fun games and you can think about the creativity of the British government next time we deliver you some fun!

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

Friday Feature No. 48 🖊📷It's always fun to play a game of Monopoly every once in a while, but sometimes you just need a ...
05/15/2026

Friday Feature No. 48 🖊📷

It's always fun to play a game of Monopoly every once in a while, but sometimes you just need a quick version of the game. That's where Monopoly Deal has you covered!

In this card game version of the classic property trading game, you try to collect property sets. Use action cards to collect rent, steal properties, make trades, and build your Monopoly. Even pass Go! Beat your opponents to be the first with enough property sets to win the game.

For your next classic board game night, try adding in Monopoly Deal to have the card game twist on a childhood favourite.

Rent it and other card games to add fun to your Friday nights, delivered by The Board Bartender!

Featured game:
🎲 Monopoly Deal

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

One of the most popular party games of all time, Cards Against Humanity (CAH), has some fun about it and the company b...
05/15/2026

One of the most popular party games of all time, Cards Against Humanity (CAH), has some fun about it and the company behind the game.

CAH started as a fun game between a group of eight old high school friends who wanted to play games at their annual New Year's Eve parties. They created multiple games but the best one stuck out as "Cardenfreude" - later CAH. The game started as each person printing out their funny queries and responses on construction paper throughout the year.

Satisfied with the result, the eight founders wanted to share the game far and wide but didn't have any manufacturing so they released the game under a Creative Commons License. This technically means that CAH is actually free to download and print to be able to play the game! So if you have access to cheap printing, some construction paper, and scissors, you can have your own copy of CAH comparable to the original copy.

With a successful Kickstarter, CAH was eventually born and an immediate hit in the board game community with half a million copies sold in the first couple years of production. Since then, the company behind the game with those 8 founders has always had fun in keeping their projects weird from creating a Writer's Room to constantly update their cards, contemplating destroying an original Picasso as a marketing stunt, and successfully selling almost 200,000$ worth of actual bull dung for a Black Friday sale!

However weird the ploy, it always seems to work as CAH has remained a staple in party nights all over. Who knows what oddity they will come up with next?

Our full collection and all events can be found at www.theboardbartender.ca

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