In the HBAC MCR, members can find a large variety of board games, video games, and outdoor games.

Our collection is curated by the Video and Board Games Subcommittee, currently chaired by Michal Staniaszek (michal.staniaszek@keble.ox.ac.uk). Suggestions for new additions are always welcome.

Board Games

As far as we know, the Keble MCR has the most extensive board game collection of any Oxford college. In the HBAC MCR members can find our growing collection of over 100 board games, and everyone should be able to find something they will enjoy.

We hold board game nights on Monday every week at 8pm, where members can compete, cooperate, or just hang out, while enjoying snacks and drinks. But members can make use of the collection at any time!

You can find a list of all the games along with descriptions, recommended number of players, and complexity in this PDF

Some of the genres and titles in the collection include:

Classics: Scrabble, Rummikub, Catan, Dominoes, Monopoly, Uno, Yahtzee, Jenga

Party: Codenames, Decrypto, Just One, Cards Against Humanity, Wavelength, Sushi Go!, Exploding Kittens, Articulate, Scattergories, Monikers, Dixit

Social Deduction: Coup, Insider, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Love Letter, The Resistance: Avalon, Skull

Two player: Jaipur, Mastermind, Fungi, Sky Team, 7 Wonders Duel, Splendor Duel

Card: The Crew, Hanabi, The Mind, 6 Nimmt!, Bohnanza, Cockroach Poker

Medium Strategy: Wingspan, Azul, Heat, 7 Wonders, Cascadia, Splendor

Heavy Strategy: Brass: Birmingham, Castles of Burgundy, Beyond the Sun, Concordia, Dune, Root

Video Games

There is a Nintendo Switch in the HBAC MCR with a variety of multiplayer games for members to enjoy, from Mario Kart to Mortal Kombat.

Outdoor Games

We currently have Kubb, Finnska/Number Kubb, and Spikeball.

No games are permitted on the HBAC quad, but University Parks is a short walk away.

At the Parks Road MCR, members have access to a croquet set which can be used on Pusey quad at certain times of year.

A lost game of “Daybreak”….

A game of Catan. A timeless classic!

A game of “Modern Arts” for the artistic (and capitalistic) inclined amongst us 🙂

A game of “Spectral” with loads of cake!