Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton

Thursday is Open Board Gaming Day at Dark Side Comics and Gaming in their event room. They open at noon and don’t close until 10 PM. They have plenty of games available to be played and you are welcome to bring anything you want to have the group play. Obviously, you’re welcome to show up early and there are other people playing beyond this group and this event is also advertised in another group.

If you haven't tried our Meetup, you probably should. We have a lot of fun and also good food.

We get together every other Sunday, from Noon until 6PM or there abouts.
(if we are still gaming at 6PM we will complete the game we are playing)

This is a private residence event and will take place in my home here in South Venice.

This list of my current games will give the group an idea of the type of games I enjoy and what we can be playing. We do not have to limit our play to these type of games and bringing some of your favorites to play is highly encouraged, however, I am not interested in playing RPG's, party games, cooperative games, or simple minimal thinking games. I would like to focus this meetup group on fun strategy games; length of games are of no concern. If they play in an hour, fine. If they play in 6 hours, fine. There shall be no time restraints in the interest of good gaming.

My current games:

1. Ark Nova
2. Great Western Trail w/Rails to the North expansion
3. Seti: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
4. Clans of Caledonia
5. Power Grid
6. Concordia
7. Orleans
8. Quacks
9. Cascadia
10. Grand Austria Hotel
11. Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar
12. Teotihuacan City of the Gods w/all expansions
13. Russian Railroads w/German Railroads expansion
14. Hansa Teutonica Big Box
15. Istanbul Big Box
16. El Grande
17. Puerto Rico
18. Agricola w/Farmers of the Moor expansion
19. Planet Unknown
20. Lords of Waterdeep w/Scoundrels of Skullport expansion
21. Age of Steam
22. Railways of the World w/England & Wales, Europe, Western US, maps
23. Splendor w/Cities of Splendor expansion
24. Thunder Road Vendetta
25. Caylus
26. Modern Art
27. Sagrada
28. Village
29. Camel Up
30. Castles of Mad Ludwig
31. Bruges
32. Bunny Kingdom
33. Kingdomino
34. Trajan
35. Kanban Automotive Revolution
36. Tikal
37. Java
38. Goa
39. Cartographers Hero's
40. Pan Am
41. Alien Frontiers
42. Lords of Vegas
43. Nexus Ops
44. Airlines Europe
45. Age of Empires III
46. Vikings
47. Finca
48. Lords of Xidit
49. Snowdonia
50. Last Will
51. Wasteland Express Delivery Service
52. Yspahan
53. Reef
54. Formula D
55. Maglev Metro
56. Arkadia
57. TransAmerica
58. Survive the Island
59. The Palaces of Carrara
60. Fishing
61. Trails
62. Planet Steam
63. Ride the Rails
64. Catan: Starfarers
65. Aladdin's Dragons
66. Asara
67. Monkey Palace
68. Steam Time
69. Cinque Terre
70. Money
71. Rail Baron
72. Trick of the Rails
73. Quetzal
74. Magnastorm
75. Holi Festival of Colors
76. Passing through Petra
77. Gonzaga
78. The Towers of Arkhanos
79. Dungeon Kart
80. Prehistories w/Evolution expansion
81. Spoils of War
82. Truck Off the Food Truck Frenzy
83. Felinia
84. Trailblazer The Arizona Trail
85. Tricky Tides
86. Panthalos
87. Dark Minions
88. Parks and Potions
89. Dino World
90. Lost Kingdoms Pangea in Pieces
91. Manaforge

Of course I have played many other games that I also enjoy but do not own, so bringing your games as well for play time is highly encouraged.

I currently have 3 tables that we use for gaming. A new additional game room area is currently under construction, and will be a 15' X 24' separate area just for gaming. Should be completed by August 1st, 2026. Currently, we can still get 3 different games going as necessary.

Please bring snacks to share if you would like and please bring your own beverages of choice. Alcohol beverages in moderation are allowed.
No drugs, no pets, no children, please. I do not provide beverages. We do however, usually have a lunch meal prepared so we can have a good meal at noon and then share everyone's snacks throughout the day after that.

A final side note: I have 11 different games that I have designed and would love to find a core group of players to play these games on a regular basis during or outside of this group. Should any attendees have an interest, we can look at my games and can set up other times to play it as well.

My prototype designed games are: Sessions, Phenomenon Phase 1 & 2, Full Moon Haunting - Reality, Skull Island, The Graveyard, Catacombs, The Desert, Poltergeists Lairs, Poltergeists Fury.

Exciting Update: My prototype game - Full Moon Haunting will be going live as a video board game within 3-6 months. You can follow me on facebook.com/KunkelGames or instagram.com/KunkelGames or visit my website (which is under construction at the moment, at KunkelGames.com

Hoping we can get together for some great gaming. Mike

We play Blood On The Clocktower every Monday night at 6 PM at my house. Please message me for the exact address. We welcome new players but please come early if you do not know how to play the game and need to be taught as we start right at 6 PM we would love to have more people join us as regulars overtime. 

Blood on the clocktower is a really fun social deduction puzzle solving game. Come try it out!