How the game schedule comes together

• Add your games. About six weeks before sailing, we'll email everyone the survey spreadsheet. If you're thinking of bringing a game, type it into the "Games to Bring" tab with a link to its BoardGameGeek page, the player count, and roughly how many hours it takes.
• Vote. Rate every game on the list: 2 = love to play, 1 = willing to play, 0 = no interest. Please also mark the games you already know how to play; this tells us which tables will need a teach.
• Draft schedule. A week or two before the cruise, we'll post a draft on the "Game Schedule" tab: game, day, time, table, and players. Players who voted 2 get priority, and we try to spread seats fairly so everyone gets into the games they care most about.
• Tell us what doesn't work. The draft is not set in stone. If you can't make a time, want into a game you missed, or want to swap tables, let us know and we'll rearrange.

Scheduling ground rules

• Scheduled games use about half the tables at any one time. The rest of the room is always open for pickup games.
• No scheduled games during the main dinner seatings (about 6:00-8:00 pm) or after 9:00 pm. Open gaming continues as late as you like.
• On embarkation day, scheduled games start late afternoon, once everyone is aboard.
• No scheduled games while we're docked in Bermuda (go enjoy the island!) or on the morning we return to Baltimore.
• Most games are scheduled for about four players, and time slots include roughly an extra hour for teaching.
• Popular games may run more than once with different players, but nobody gets scheduled for the same game twice.

Bringing games

• If you bring a scheduled game, please come prepared to teach it. If you're signed up for a game you haven't played, watching a tutorial video or skimming the rules ahead of time helps a lot.
• Mind your luggage space. Only offer games you can actually bring; smaller boxes travel best.
• Checked bags take a couple of hours to reach your cabin, so keep any games you want for the first afternoon in your carry-on (along with your swimsuit).
• Games can be left in our conference room for the week, so you don't have to carry them back and forth.
• Bring a dinner game! Small, quick games like Skull and Flip 7 have been hits at our dinner table.

Finding us on the ship

• Conference Room A is on Deck 6, past the Schooner Bar (often running trivia), tucked behind the "Some Enchanted Evening" lounge. You're welcome to play in our room or at any table in the lounge area. See the Vision of the Seas deck plans.
• In 2026 the ship also gave us Conference Room B, next to the Windjammer, with big windows. We'll ask for it again.
• Download the Royal Caribbean app. We create a group chat there on Day 1. Add your phone number to the spreadsheet if you'd like to be included.
• Clocks change when we cross into Bermuda time and again on the way home. Check the app so you don't miss a game start.

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