Having been popular for several decades in Europe and the Americas, board games finally spread to Guangzhou sometime in 2007. Now, board games are one of the most fashionable community activities for young white collar workers. Most of the games and pieces are exported from abroad so one may easily find games that are familiar, such as Scrabble and Monopoly. However, some Chinese characteristics have been incorporated to create the latest games.
One example, "Sanguosha" is a card game combining the features of "Bang!" and "Killer" (two popular Chinese role playing games) but the background story is set in the Three Kingdom Period (AD 220-280,) during which numerous wars were fought among different warlords.
Similar to the four roles of Bang! - Sanguosha has the Loyal Official, the King, the Cunning Official and the Rebel. Every role has a historical prototype therefore players are allowed to use cards for various functions according to their roles in the game.
The first board game club, BG-CLUB, was opened at Fazheng Lu. It now has six more branches throughout the city. Currently, 40-50 board game clubs can be found around Guangzhou.
Have some free time? Join these clubs to meet new friends and learn new games and strategies! Some of them offer services like wifi, drinks and snacks. More board game clubs are listed below.
BG-CLUB:
Huanshi Lu Branch: No 321, San Jian Building, 3rd Floor, Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District.
Tel 020-83503630
Business: Board game & Killer
Fazheng Lu Branch: No 17, Zhanjia Street, Fazheng Lu, Yuexiu District
Tel: 83548457
Business: Board game
Kangwang Lu Branch: No. 9, Xihua Lu
Tel: 13501544320
Business: Board game & Killer
DonghuaDong Lu Branch: No.585, Donghua Donglu, Yuexiu District
Tel: 13719328232
Business: Board game & Killer
TT-CLUB
Add: Room 204, Yijing Building, Guangzhou Dadao, Yuexiu District
Tel: 020-87362767
Business: Board game & Killer
Board & Fun
Add: Room A2808, No,571, Longde Building, Tianhe District (Oppisite to Grandview Mall)
Tel:13437825828
Add: 1/F, No. 106, Baoyuan Lu, Liwan District
Tel: 020-81951817,13068818861,13711336813,13711177334
Business: Board game & Killer
Gaming Board Game Studio
Add: No. 25, Kanggong St., Qianjing Lu, Haizhu District
Tel: 020-84482868
Business: Board game
Magic Box
Add: B17, Jiaochang Dong Lu, Qianfengrun Sports Commodity Town, Yuexiu District
Tel: 020-88289247, 15889954963, 13631355684
Website: blog.163.com/magic-box-game
Business: Board game
YoYo
Add: 101, No. 196, Yiyuxi Heng St.
Tel: 13570224337, 020-87535838
Business: Board game
Unplugged Bar
Add: 21B, Dijing Building, No. 36-38, Taojin Lu, Yuexiu District
Tel:15999958444,15918655507, 13826437827
Business: Board game
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