This is a group for people who want to meet other enthusiasts who play games which require a living person to be across the table. Primarily the meetings we will have center around playing through different boardgames or one-shot RPG scenario's. We don't expo any Collectible Games, under any circumstances, however. At present we meet weekly, on Wednesdays, but our location, and start time, can change. Hopefully this group will spawn others to meet outside of the set meeting for rpg campaigns …

Play the board game Diplomacy the way it was meant to be played -- face-to-face! Visit us online at http://windycityweasels.org! Breaking News! The Weasels will host the 2012 World Diplomacy Championship!

Meet other local Axis and Allies players. Discuss and play this WWII based strategy boardgame!

Meet other Wargamers who are interested in historical gaming. We have a small wargaming group located in North Riverside (1 mile North of Brookfield Zoo) with a focus on historical miniatures. Our miniatures include WWII (skirmish, armor, air, and naval), Civil War (land and naval), American Revolution, Napoleonic, Crimean War, Franco Prussian War, French Foreign Legion, WWI (air and naval), Ancients, Medieval, and Renaissance. We are also both interested and open to other periods. We belie …

The Berwyn Gaming Group represents a small portion of the roleplaying community in the greater Chicago area. We are players and DMs from all walks of life, representing decades of experience through at least four incarnations of the D&D system. Anyone with the desire to play or run a campaign is welcome! Quick Questions and Answers What does theThe Berwyn Gaming Group Meetup offer? -We offer a safe, supervised environment to experience D&D (or any roleplaying system). The Meetup Organizer and …

This group is open to all gamers in and around the Elgin, IL area. We're open to gamers of all kinds, whether you enjoy tabletop RPGs, board games, card games, story games, or maybe all of the above. Looking for players for your last RPG campaign? Or a weekly boardgame night? Or perhaps just meeting other gamers in a social setting around town? Join us and let us all know! Schedule a meetup or start a discussion thread. This isn't just a Meetup group, it's a local community. New to gaming? No pr …

Come join us for a fun night of gaming! Whether you are a veteran gamer or new to the hobby you are always welcome. If you have no games to contribute for playing that's OK, several of us bring games ranging from the quick and silly like Flux and Poo, to the more popular Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan, and to the more complex economy games like Power Grid and Puerto Rico. Never heard of the games just mentioned, that's OK, too.  Sometimes we play main-stream games from Chess to Poker. Howeve …

Science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction fans getting together to have fun! Isaac Asimov, Harry Potter, Dr. Who, Pern, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica, Valdemar, Star Wars... the list of our interests and enthusiasms goes on and on. Come join us at our monthly social at Dave and Busters to meet fans from all over Chicago and suburbs who have equally wide-ranging interests. Order off the menu, pay before you leave and have fun! Our focus is relaxed socializing. We …

Organize gamers in the far south / southwest suburbs of Chicago for local gaming. Get gamers together with other gamers to start and find groups for Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, board games or any other RPG type games people want to play.  We occasionally hold one-shot adventures and social gatherings. Supporting Gamers in the South and South West suburbs (But all are welcome) NEW: Age requirement- Please be 21+ as we do this as a social activity which often involves some drinking, or we play …

MAGMA Promotes Member-created Events Milwaukee Area Game Maniacs Agency (M.A.G.M.A.) is a community-based group for gamers in the Milwaukee-Metro area interested in tabletop and board games. It is open to all who wish to join. There are two ways that meetup events can be created:  1) Any member can created an event and it becomes active when 3 or more people say they are attending.  2) Events can be created by one of the organizers. Member created events are highly encouraged.  Here are some gui …

The Wandering Dragon Game Shoppe is the new game in town!  We are a family friendly game store located in historic downtown Plainfield, Illinois. With our cozy, homey atmosphere and spacious game room, The Wandering Dragon is not only great place to buy the best in hobby gaming, but to also play in or run any events you can think of.  Stop by and check us out!!! The Wandering Dragon Game Shoppe has open gaming Monday through Saturday, even when organized events are running! Open Gaming Hours: Mo …

Do you like conventions about Science Fiction? Fantasy? Gaming? Anime? Horror? Odd stuff in general? The Chicago Conventions group is designed to get people together at conventions and at certain other related events to meet and have fun. Check out the Calendar! Note posts will be created on the calendar about all of the conventions (that I know of) in the Chicago area. If you know of other conventions not listed, send a message to the organizer Leane with whatever details you have and it will g …

We play Euro-type boardgames (think Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, RA, Agricola, Railroad Tycoon, Age of Empires III, Goa, etc.) and light Tabletop Miniature Wargames (using Command & Colors rules).

The Chicago Chiefs is a new meetup for all Chiefs fans that live in the greater Chicagoland area. This is a great group for all pro football fans even if you don't follow a favorite club. There is no better time to be a KC fan or adopt the Chiefs as your new team. With a dismal record last season, the Chiefs future is bright with new GM John Dorsey and Head Coach Andy Reid leading the way for a far improved franchise. During the offseason this meetup will debate topics such as: the Chiefs upcomi …

Looking for anyone who loves to get together to play military themed board games. This would include games like Axis and Allies and its many variants, Memoir '44, Battle Cry, Risk, D-Day Dice, and any others people can bring.

This is a group for software developers and coders that enjoy coding competitions. Competitions will happen once every quarter. Past competitions we've had include writing a bot that competes at the board game Clue, and mini-puzzles solved in C# and JavaScript. We aim to have some competitions that are language agnostic.