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Boardgame Cafe: Basecamp Cafe

Address

30 Simei Street 3, #01-08
Simei MRT Station
Singapore 529888

Operating Hours

Thursday: 2.00pm – 11.00pm
Friday: 6.30pm – 11.00pm
Saturday: 2.00pm – 11.00pm

Basecamp Cafe hosts regular tabletop gaming sessions organised for Singapore International Meetup, which is run by Card Board Crew. These meetups are excellent avenues to meet new friends in Singapore to play games and have fun. Event organisers , game experts or regulars will get you quickly into a game, so you only need to bring yourselves to Simei. Boasting Singapore’s largest boardgame collection, Basecamp will definitely satisfy gamers of all skill levels and varying tastes!

🥤Casual Games

Casual games, also known as party games, are light on mechanics and instead focus on the fun factor of the game. They are usually played over short sessions and accommodate larger groups of players.

Game Title

Player Count

Links
A Fake Artist Goes to New York (2012)

5-10
Abandon Ship (2008)

3-7
Aquatico (2017)

2-5
Ave Caesar (1989)

2-6
Baker’s Dozen (2005)

3-6
Bakong (2009)

2-6
Balloon (2017)

2-4
Blokus (2000)

2-4
Boggle (1972)

1-8
Boomtown (2004)

3-5
Broken Hearts (2020)

4-6
Burger Up (2016)

2-4
Bye Bye Black Sheep (2017)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Bye Bye Virus (2020)

2-6
Ca$h ’n Gun$ (2005)

4-8
Carcassonne (2000)

2-5
Cards Against Humanity (2009)

4-30
Castle Panic (2009)

1-6
Caveman Curling (2010)

2-6

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Chess (1475)

2
Chickyboom (2008)

2-4
Chocolate Fix (2013)

1

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Chope (2019)

2-6
Circus Grandioso (2012)

1-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Codenames (2015)

2-8
Codenames: Pictures (2016)

2-8
Coffee Shop (2019)

4-6
Colt Express (2014)

2-6
Corruption (2000)

3-7
Corsairs (2000)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Crossing (2013)

3-6
Dan and Phil’s Truth Bombs (2017)

4-8
Deadwood 1876 (2018)

2-9
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (2014)

4-12
Deep Sea Adventure (2014)

2-6
Die Weinhandler (2000)

3-5

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 DisX (2003)

2-6
Dixit: Odyssey (2011)

3-12
Dr. Eureka (2015)

1-4
Exploding Kittens (2015)

2-5
Family Business (1982)

2-6
Fish Eat Fish (2003)

2-5
Flip City (2014)

1-4
FrankenDie (2012)

3-6
Fruit Spy (2005)

3-5
Get Bit! (2007)

3-6
Get the MacGuffin (2018)

2-11

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Giza (2005)

2-6

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Going Postal (2019)

3-6
Gotta Go! (2012)

3-10

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Halli Galli (1990)

2-6

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Hanabi (2010)

2-5
Happy Salmon (2016)

3-6
Hey! That’s My Fish! (2003)

2-4
Hida-furukawa (2017)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Hojo Pojo (2020)

2-6
Igloo Pop (2003)

2-6
Illusion (2018)

2-5
Ingenious (2004)

1-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Jaipur (2009)

2
Jamaica (2007)

2-6
Jetpack Joyride (2019)

1-4
Jungle Speed (1997)

2-8

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Just One (2018)

3-7
Kingdomino (2016)

2-4
Kittens in a Blender (2011)

2-4
Kobayakawa (2013)

3-6
Koe zoekt Boer (2008)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Kopi King (2020)

1-6
Lethal Party (2017)

3-10
Letter Jam (2019)

2-6
Lifeboat (2002)

4-6
Loot (1992)

2-8
Love Letter (2012)

2-4
Machi Koro (2012)

2-4
Mafia de Cuba (2015)

6-12
Magic Maze (2017)

1-8
Mai-Star (2010)

3-6
Maki Stack (2018)

2-6
Management Material (2002)

2-5
Management Material: Information Technology (2003)

2-5
Maori (2009)

2-5
Masquerade (2003)

3-5
Math Cat (2017)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Medici (1995)

2-6
Menara (2018)

1-4
Micropolis (2018)

2-6
Momo & Friend Running Up & Down (2017)

4-8
Monopoly Deal Card Game (2008)

2-5
Monopoly: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition (2003)

2-6
Moo’s Code (2012)

3-6

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Mooncake Masters (2019)

1-6
Mow (2008)

2-10
Muse (2017)

2-12

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Mystic Market (2019)

2-4
New York Slice (2017)

2-6

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 No Thanks! (2004)

3-7
Om Nom Nom (2013)

1-6
One Night Revolution (2015)

3-10
One Night Ultimate Alien (2017)

4-10
One Night Ultimate Vampire (2015)

3-10
One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)

3-10
Orbital Mines (2015)

2
Pair in Pears (2009)

2-4
Pass the Pigs (1977)

2-10
Patchwork (2014)

2
Pick Picknic (2001)

2-6
Pick-a-Seal (2014)

1-5
Pickomino (2005)

2-7
Pit (1903)

3-8
Plateau X (2010)

2-4
Poo: The Card Game (2009)

2-8
Pyramid Raiders (2012)

3-6

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Quixo Mini (1995)

2-4
Quo Vadis? (1992)

3-5
Qwirkle (2006)

2-4
Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition (2018)

1-6
Rat-a-Tat Cat (1995)

2-6
Rattus (2010)

2-4
River Dragons (2000)

2-6
Roll & Wall (2018)

2-5
Rooster Rush (2016)

3-6
Saboteur (2004)

3-10
Saboteur: The Lost Mines (2018)

3-9
San Guo Sha (2008)

2-10
Santiago (2003)

3-5
Sarena (2011)

2-4
Say What? Cantonese (2018)

4-16
Say What? Japanese (2018)

4-16
Scrabble (1948)

2-4
Secret Hitler (2016)

5-10
Serial Killer (2018)

5-50
Shadow Hunters (2005)

4-8
Sherlock Express (2019)

2-6
Skyscrapers (2010)

2-4
Sleeping Queens (2005)

2-5
Snorta! (2004)

3-8
Spyfall (2014)

3-8
Station Master (2004)

2-6
Straw (2006)

2-6
Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (1982)

2-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Sushi Go Party! (2016)

2-8

🥛
Sushi Go! (2013)

2-5
Taboo (1989)

4-12
Telestrations (2009)

4-8

💯 BGG Top 100

 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (2019)

2-5
The Grimm Masquerade (2019)

2-5
The Lepak Game (2016)

4-8
The Majority: Complete Edition (2015)

2-4
The Mind (2018)

2-4
The Package (2012)

3-5
The Resistance (2009)

5-10

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 The Resistance: Avalon (2012)

5-10

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 The Singapore Dream (2018)

2-6
The Voice (2020)

3-8
The Walking Dead Card Game (2013)

2-10
Tongiaki: Journey into the Unknown (2004)

2-6
TransAmerica (2001)

2-6

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Triba Nation (2014)

3-6
Twixt (1962)

2-4
Uglydoll Card Game (2006)

2-6
Ultimate Werewolf (2008)

5-30
Uno (1971)

2-10
Vikings on Board (2016)

2-4
Wackelbrucke (2008)

2-5

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Wasabi! (2008)

2-4
Wavelength (2019)

2-12
What The Heck? (1988)

2-5
Whoosh: Bounty Hunters (2017)

2-8
Wooolf!! (2013)

4-8
YAK (2015)

2-6
Zooloretto Board Game (2007)

2-5
Zooloretto: The Dice Game (2012)

2-4

🍺 Entry Level

Entry level games are designed to ease newcomers into the hobby. They feature streamlined mechanics that are easy to pick up, but have enough complexity to encourage strategic planning.

Game Title

Player Count

Links
A la carte (1989)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Acquire (1964)

2-6
Alien Frontiers (2010)

2-4
Ancestree (2017)

2-6

💯 BGG Top 100

 Azul (2017)

2-4

🥛

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra (2018)

2-4
Bacchus’ Banquet (2008)

3-5
Barenpark (2017)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Blue Lagoon (2018)

2-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Bunny Kingdom (2017)

2-4
Cartagena (2017)

2-5
Catan (1995)

3-6
Catan: Seafarers (1997)

3-6

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Century: Spice Road (2017)

2-5
Condottierre (1995)

2-6
Crusaders: Thy Will be Done (2018)

2-4

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Dash! A whimsical race through Singapore (2012)

3-5
Dead Panic (2013)

2-6
Dice Town (2009)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Dive! Diver! Die! (2010)

3-5
Dixit Jinx (2012)

3-6
Dr. Shark (2011)

2-6
Dragon Castle (2017)

2-4
Eruption (2011)

2-6

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Ethnos (2017)

2-6

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 F3 (2011)

2-6
First Contact (2018)

2-7
Flipeek: Medieval (2016)

1-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Fly-A-Way (2021)

2-4
Food Fight (2011)

2-6
Foodies (2019)

2-5
Forbidden Desert (2013)

2-5
Forbidden Island (2010)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Formula De (1997)

2-10

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Ganz Schon Clever (2018)

1-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Ghost Stories (2008)

2-5

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Gizmos (2018)

2-4

🥛
Gyrating Hamsters (2017)

2-5
Hail Hydra (2018)

5-8

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Insured: The First Realm (2018)

3-8
Isla Dorada (2010)

3-6
Kill the Unicorn (2019)

3-6
King Chocolate (2015)

2-5
Kraftwagen (2015)

2-4
Lawless (2003)

2-6

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Letter Tycoon (2015)

2-5
Mahjong Poker (2006)

3-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Modern Art (1992)

3-5
Money! (1999)

3-5
Munchkin Pathfinder (2013)

3-6
Mystery of the Abbey (1995)

3-6

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Nanuk (2009)

5-8
Oasis (2004)

3-5
Obscurio (2019)

2-8
Orbis (2018)

2-4

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Overbooked (2018)

1-4
Overseers (2015)

3-6

💯 BGG Top 100

 Pandemic (2008)

2-4
Phase 10 (1982)

2-6
Pocket Rockets (2009)

2-4
Pony Express (2009)

3-5
Port Royal (2014)

2-5
Power Grid: The Card Game (2016)

2-6
Powerboats (2008)

2-6
Pretending to Grownup (2017)

2-4

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Purrballs: Catventure Card Game (2018)

3-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018)

2-4

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Ra (1999)

2-5
Ravine (2017)

3-6
Samurai Spirit (2014)

1-7

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Santorini (2016)

2-4

🥛

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Saucy Grannies (2020)

2-6

🍷, 🍵
Secrets (2017)

4-8
Sneak & Snitches (2010)

2-5
SOS Titanic (2013)

1-5

♥️ Crowd Favourite

 Splendor (2014)

2-4

🥛
Stocktastic: Stock Trading Game (2018)

3-6

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Stone Age (2008)

2-4
Stratego (1946)

2
Supervillain: This Galaxy Is Mine! (2018)

2-4
Tag City (2018)

2-4
Taj Mahal (2000)

3-5
Takenoko (2011)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac (2009)

2-6
The Boss (2010)

2-4
The Builders: Middle Ages (2013)

2-4
The White Lotus (2013)

3-6
Ticket to Ride (2004)

2-5
Ticket to Ride: Europe (2005)

2-5
Tiny Towns (2019)

1-6
Trains and Stations (2013)

3-5
Tsuro (2004)

2-8
Tsuro of the Seas (2012)

2-8

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Vegas Showdown (2005)

3-5
Victorian Masterminds (2019)

2-4
Vikings (2007)

2-4
Villagers (2019)

1-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Wongamania: Banana Economy (2016)

2-5
Zany Penguins (2016)

2-5

🍺🍺 Level 2

Level 2 games are perfect for players who are new to boardgames, but have already experienced the thrill of entry-level games. They feature mechanics which require the players to have some experience in order to fully enjoy the game.

Game Title

Player Count

Links

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Res Arcana (2019)

2-4

🥛

💯 BGG Top 100

 Wingspan (2019)

1-5

🥛, ☕️

🍺🍺🍺 Medium

The majority of euro-styled boardgames are classified under this category. Medium games feature elegant mixtures of mechanics that often offer multiple options to a limited number of actions.

Game Title

Player Count

Links

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Box Dungeon (2020)

2-5
Calimala (2017)

3-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Castles of Burgundy (2011)

2-4
Chinese Chess (762)

2

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Coal Baron (2013)

2-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Coimbra (2018)

2-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Commissioned (2016)

2-6

💯 BGG Top 100

 Concordia (2013)

2-5

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Container (2007)

3-5
Crude: The Oil Game (1974)

2-4
Deadwood (2011)

2-5

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Dungeon Petz (2011)

2-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Five Tribes (2014)

2-4

🥛
Gladiatori (2012)

1-4
Go (-2200)

2
Guardian’s Call (2019)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Hitman Holiday (2015)

2-10
Huns (2018)

2-4

🐼 Master’s Recommendation

 Istanbul (2014)

2-5

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Lawless Empire (2016)

3-5
Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game (2012)

1-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Lords of Waterdeep (2012)

2-5
One More Barrel (2008)

3-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Puerto Rico (2002)

3-5
Rajas of the Ganges (2017)

2-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)

1-4

✨ Basecamp Specialty

 Rokoko (2013)

2-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Root (2018)

2-4

🥛
Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion (2020)

1-99

💯 BGG Top 100

 Scythe (2016)

1-5

🥛
Shark (1987)

2-6
Shogun (2006)

3-5
Singapore (2011)

3-4
Sky Traders (2012)

2-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 Spirit Island (2017)

1-4
The Artemis Project (2019)

1-5
The Networks (2016)

1-5

💯 BGG Top 100

 The Voyages of Marco Polo (2015)

2-4

🇸🇬 Designed in Singapore

 Three Kingdoms Redux (2014)

3
Through the Desert (1998)

2-5
Thurn and Taxis (2006)

2-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Tigris & Euphrates (1997)

2-4

🥛

🍻🍻🍻 Heavy

Heavy games are complex and often take hours to complete. They feature composites of mechanics that play off each other, offering their players multitudes of options to explore.

Game Title

Player Count

Links
Betrayal at the House on the Hill (2004)

3-6

💯 BGG Top 100

 Brass Lancashire (2018)

2-4
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game (2014)

2-5
Field Command: Singapore 1942 (2009)

2-3
Fury of Dracula (2015)

2-5
Letters From Whitechapel (2011)

2-6

💯 BGG Top 100

 Maracaibo (2019)

1-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Terra Mystica (2012)

2-5
Transatlantic (2017)

2-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Tzolkin (2012)

2-4

💯 BGG Top 100

 Underwater Cities (2018)

1-4