Berkeley Board Gamers is an open public board game group for adults that meets in and around Berkeley, California to play strategy board and card games of a higher caliber. These aren't your parent's boardgames! Find out more about the games we love to play. The purpose of Berkeley Board Gamers is to meet up, play these board and card games, and have fun at public locations or at the home of any member who would like to host. We have members from all over the Bay Area. We are always looking for …

Gaming925 is a local gaming LAN group in the East Bay area. We put on BYOC LAN parties about once a month at our shop in Concord, Ca. We have about 45 Networked seats available at each event. We welcome all video gamers of all skill levels. We are a place where local gamers of all skill levels can come and enjoy a night of good old fashioned LAN parties in a fun and safe environment. We provide a SAFE, monitored and enjoyable environment for all levels and ages of gamers!  We look forward to hav …

This is a group for role players to get together and play games in the tabletop indie rpg community. From My Life with Master to Apocalypse World, we are a group interested in playing unique and story-weaving table top rpgs. Whether you're interested in checking out some games outside of the traditional play style, or just looking for more people to play your favorite indie game, you've come to the right place.

Sponsored by the Living Arts Counseling Center Are you a gamer, LARPer, or self-identified geek? Do you want to improve your role-playing skills? Are you also interested in improving your dating skills? Join like-minded gamers at our dating skills workshops and groups, where you'll learn how the principles of role-playing games can be applied to your dating life. Through improvisational games, learn and practice how to: Feel calm and relaxed in social situations Feel confident around p …

COME JOIN US ONCE or TWICE A MONTH TO PLAY BOARDGAMES AND MEET NEW FRIENDS! Examples of some of the games we play: Apples to Apples, Balderdash, Cranium, LCR, Scrabble, Rummikub, Taboo, Yatzee, Catch Phrase, Smart Ass, etc. NEW ADDITIONS; CARCASONNE, CATAN AND KILLER BUNNIES Feel free to bring your favorite game. THIS IS AN ADULTS ONLY GROUP. PLEASE NO PERFUME OR COLOGNE. Some may be allergic I'm not sure WHO it says is the Organizer, Brian is your new leader so please email Brian WITH ANYTHING …

This meetup exists to facilitate tabletop board and role-playing games in the East Bay. We meet semi-regularly in the El Sobrante area (near Pinole and San Pablo), in the back of the El Sobrante public library (atop the site of an old Huichin village and burial ground). We are generally not hardcore gamers and hope to share a large spectrum of game play. We have played such games as Arkham Horror, Descent, Munchkin, Resistance, and Monopoly. Currently we are meeting semi-regularly (c.f. El Sobra …

I am new to the area and looking for others who share an interest in strategy games and history, especially American and European 20th Century. This meetup is about meeting new people, engaging your mind and having fun. I am looking for a group of gamers that love to learn, play, and teach all sorts of games. Newcomers are welcome. Gaming is a social pursuit that can be enjoyed by all ages while promoting fun, social interaction, mental challenge with a dose of healthy competition. NOTE: We are …

Come play Boardgames and eat great food!! Meet new people while playing games like Apples to-Apples, Cranium, and Scrabble, to mention a few! We also hope to learn and love other, not-so-standard but award-winning games like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and Ticket to Ride. We plan to meet regularly on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month in Dublin and we often have meet ups on different nights throughout the east bay area. If you have a great spot to play and can organize an additional gath …

This group is for wearable tech professionals, industrial designers, R&D groups, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts to engage in the fashion/tech field through product presentations and workshops. Product engineers/designers, 3D printing professionals, researchers, gamers, crafters, tinkerers, inventors, gadget creators and/or tech artists engaged with mixed prototyping to converge fashion & technology who add digital dimension to their works by fusing advanced materials such as etextiles, wearable …

My goal is to find quality, reliable gamers rather than quantity. Let's bring back those Classic Card Games and Classic Board Games we all loved playing growing up. Love to integrate those Classics with todays new twist on them too. Ultimately I'd like to see on-going card games and/or board games that meet weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.  Do you like to play Canasta and you don't know how to play? You've heard of Hand & Foot and don't have a clue what that is? Was Poker a favorite of yours growi …

Like SC2 Meetup groups in other cities, this meetup will be used to organize local meetups to do LANs, practice online together at night and attend local Barcrafts. Add your friends and let's get playing! We'll also try to work with local gaming related organizations like the IGDA for those who are interested in the field of gaming.

Calling everyone interested in the future of video games. Neurogame developers are using the latest emotional, cognitive, sensory and behavioral technologies to create radically compelling experiences to engage and entertain gamers worldwide. We are at the dawn of the neurogaming age, on the cusp of making the impossible possible. Come hang out and see what's next and experience everything from brain-controlled games to true augmented virtual reality experiences.

This is the meetup page for Super Nerd Night, SF redditors, Drunk Spelling Bee, SF Scavenger Hunts, SF Startup List. All with the idea that making friends should be easy and totally not scary. We've had thousands of meetups and people have make friends, found jobs, homes and even love. This group is open to everyone who can live with the simple idea that being kind to each other is awesome. Facebook for SF redditors: http://www.facebook.com/groups/205326729493152/ Facebook for Super Nerd Night:  …

L.A.D.I.E.S Lesbians (and friends of) Actively Doing Interesting Entertaining Socials for LGBT professionals who are 38+. We would like to start a social gathering of like-minded Professional People. Lots of fun and drama free! We would like to meet once a month in the Pittsburg, Ca. area to play cards (i.e. bid whist, poker, and spades), board games, karaoke and watch movies. This is an ADULT SOCIAL CLUB. Family events are up for discussion. Any inactive member or any no-show during a period of …

Hello, and welcome to the new site for Gamescape North's Game Designers Guild! We are a diverse group of gamers that all have two things in common, a love of board games, and the desire to go beyond just playing them. The Guild meetings are a place where local designers can playtest game prototypes, meet-n-greet each other, and discuss any or all aspects of board game design and manufacture. Everyone is welcome, whether you have your own game prototype, an idea for a game, or just want to get a …

We Play for fun and mainly focus on the family strategy games; SUCH AS SCATTERQORIES, BALDERDASH, BRAINQUEST We play games of all kinds, but mostly board games However, if you have a hankering for a more traditional game like, Bridge, or Scrabble, bring it along and see if anyone's interested... The goal is to have a few hours a week to let your mind explore different puzzles and situations. all ages and from various gaming and non-gaming backgrounds are welcome, so long as you remember that we …

Hello, We are a group of avid gamers (board and card games) who live in San Francisco.  We seek to create a community that thrives on frequent gaming sessions.  It is my sincere hope that the consortium can help bring people together to spend time engaging in our wonderful hobby.  Please join us in our revire. We strive to create a fun, welcoming, healthy, and safe environment for all who wish to participate. Our presence on meetup.com is new, but we have been operating as a Facebook group for t …

If you're familiar with terms like JJ, lurch and making popcorn then this group is for you! This is for any fellow Tecmo Super Bowl fanatics out there who are interested in meeting up on a semi-regular basis to play TSB. There's a bar called Soda Popinski's that has a NES in the back. Given that the bar is an absolute sh*t show on Friday and Saturday nights we'll plan on meeting Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

A casual group for guys who like games and gaming of all sorts. Board games, card games, video games, RPGs, etc. Hopefully a place to gather like-minded individuals and game.

A group for fans of RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinders to connect, meet, network, and start games with other local gamers and fans of Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinders and other Fantasy and SiFi based Role Playing Games. Good food, good fun, good company.........

Calling all Gamers! This group is about the past time of gaming. Currently the "Mission Statement" is in flux... as it should be. The groups focus, to begin with, will be board games of the more "complex" nature. Pandemic, Lords of Waterdeep, Cosmic Encounter and many more. Card games could include, Magic the Gathering or Legends of the Five rings. And lastly we may dabble in roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder. It will be a place to meet. Discuss gaming news, play a few g …

This group is for any and all who wish to carry the torch and continue to pass time playing THE greatest Nintendo karting game ever made. We will mostly battle, because racing is highly subjective and not nearly as much fun. Be it Blockfort, the Scrape, or Double Deck (who really plays the donut?), shells will drop and balloons will pop. Bananas will be plopped on faces, mid powerslide, from the top shelf, followed by an upside-down box on your nose. 4 player is fun, but it's just too slow, so 3 …

Let's get together for no apparent reason and have no apparent reason parties. NARP!

This meetup has been going on since about November 2011, as a place to organize weekly game nights.  We play mostly Euro-style strategy games, such as those found on boardgamegeek.com.  So, experienced strategy gamers are preferred but if you don't mind learning some relatively complicated rules, we are happy to teach.  We are always looking to recruit others to the die-hard boardgamer cult.  Welcome!

Virtual reality has the potential to profoundly impact work, play, and society as a whole. Immersive virtual experiences previously known only in the realms of science fiction are finally within reach. Who should attend? SVVR is open to anyone interested in or curious about virtual reality, including developers, hackers, futurists, gamers, entrepreneurs, investors, and dreamers. The Oculus Rift, Kinect, LEAP, and Razer Hydra are the first wave of affordable consumer VR devices. Join us to discus …

This is for game engineers interested in battling fellow game engineers at Starcraft II. Come one or bring a team (company) and challenge Apportable Engineering at our office! Complimentary food and drinks will be provided. Please bring the necessary equipment although there may be computers available.

This meetup group is focused on providing a non-judgemental social environment to bring geek girls together for friendship and fun activities. All geek girls are welcome here, whether you're a gamer, Trekkie, bookworm, anime nut, or just a huge fan of something niche! We hope to see you at one of our meetups soon! More group info here: http://www.meetup.com/Geek-Girls-Silicon-Valley/about/

The Silicon Valley Chapter of ASAP is a dynamic chapter of the Global Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals that focuses on addressing the alliance-related needs of individuals and companies in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. We offer our members a wide variety of targeted programs and skills workshops, current information on industry best practices, case studies to support professional development, and education to help grow your business and professional s …