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Wargaming => Conventions, Clubs, and Events => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on January 17, 2023, 11:39:19 AM

Title: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 17, 2023, 11:39:19 AM
Tell us about your local gaming group that people can come and join!


When / where do you folks meet?

What sorts of games are you featuring regularly?

Do you have a Google calendar we can subscribe to for the master event calendar?

Let's help promote your group!
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 17, 2023, 01:09:23 PM
Your Local Gaming Group ~ #TuesdayNewsday 1/17/23
Tell us about your local wargame group and let us help you get the word out.  Plus, all the usual news & notes about new releases, pre-orders, headlines, and events

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tn-1-17-23/
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: Toadkillerdog on January 17, 2023, 01:31:23 PM
St. Louis Historical Gaming Society (STLHGS)

We generally meet every 3rd Saturday at Miniature Market (on Manchester Road).

FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/stlhgs
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3279
Discord: mfxxHFzM5v
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: TTC on January 17, 2023, 02:21:34 PM
I am in Columbia, SC. We don't meet regularly (there are really only about 4-5 of us interested in wargaming, plus a few others interested more generally in boardgaming).

We play semi-regularly on Wednesday night's on VASSAL; we started with the COIN games during COVID and have moved on from there.

We do try to meet every few months at Firefly Games for a general boardgaming day and post those dates on a Facebook group.

Columbia Boardgamers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/columbiaboardgamers


South Carolina Old School Wargamers (not really an active group, but as long as it exists I have hope that we can bring a few new folks into our fold):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/229681834287535
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 17, 2023, 02:33:48 PM
w00t!  Keep 'em coming folks!

@ToadKillerDog - do you guys have any sort of Google calendar we can subscribe to?  Or are you OK with us creating a recurring event on our calendar for those meetups?
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bob48 on January 17, 2023, 03:08:27 PM
These guys are not too far away, and they have been responsible for organising a show every year (other than lock-down) for quite some time. I've not been to the meetings yet but intend to do so at some point.

https://sites.google.com/site/borderreiverwargamessociety/border-reiver-home?fbclid=IwAR2WpAM0uLmdUWGy73n83GPGo2q03L9CGuOoDQhTrbRwsbADNM0bpsjEpgY&pli=1
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: AndrewB on January 18, 2023, 02:32:35 AM
Here is one, if this is open to groups outside the U.S.

The Victorian Historical Boardgaming Collective.

When / where do you folks meet?
  Hawthorn (Melbourne*) Library meeting rooms, the last Sunday of each month (10 am to 5 pm)

What sorts of games are you featuring regularly?
  Mainly multi-player historical games and wargames. Also some 2 player wargames.

Do you have a Google calendar we can subscribe to for the master event calendar?
  Not currently.

Edited to add BGG link:
https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/2228 (https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/2228)

* Melbourne, Australia, that is.
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2023, 06:23:22 AM
Here is one, if this is open to groups outside the U.S.

Heck yeah!


When / where do you folks meet?
  Hawthorn (Melbourne) Library meeting rooms, the last Sunday of each month (10 am to 5 pm)

At the risk of sounding overly-anal-retentively-detailed (stop laughing, the rest of you!) we're talking about Melbourne, Australia, right?
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bob48 on January 18, 2023, 06:37:43 AM
Yes, its one of those strange places that actually exists outside of the US................ ::)
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2023, 08:50:30 AM
Yes, its one of those strange places that actually exists outside of the US................ ::)

I am 100% down w/ non-US places  :hug:  I even said so!

I just wanted to make sure he wasn't referring to a Melbourne in Canada, and not some off-the-map place like Sri Lanka, or Guyana, or the UK
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bob48 on January 18, 2023, 08:52:15 AM
I do so like winding you up................................... ::)
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2023, 09:04:27 AM
yeah, and if I'd take 3 seconds to peek at AndrewD's profile, I'd've seen his location as "Melbourne, Australia"

<-------   :Loser:
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: Toadkillerdog on January 20, 2023, 10:03:50 AM
w00t!  Keep 'em coming folks!

@ToadKillerDog - do you guys have any sort of Google calendar we can subscribe to?  Or are you OK with us creating a recurring event on our calendar for those meetups?

This should work - STLHGS Event Calendar <gcseahe9sa0ohr5sq4gjgksevk@group.calendar.google.com>

Otherwise, you can browse the STLHGS BGG entry and "Add to Google Calendar"
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 20, 2023, 10:25:05 AM
This should work - STLHGS Event Calendar <gcseahe9sa0ohr5sq4gjgksevk@group.calendar.google.com>

Otherwise, you can browse the STLHGS BGG entry and "Add to Google Calendar"

will do this weekend - thanks!
Title: Re: Your Local Gaming Group
Post by: AndrewB on January 21, 2023, 07:00:49 PM

I am 100% down w/ non-US places  :hug:  I even said so!

I just wanted to make sure he wasn't referring to a Melbourne in Canada, and not some off-the-map place like Sri Lanka, or Guyana, or the UK

I have to be reminded sometimes there are other Melbournes! Yes it is Melbourne, Australia, so I edited my post.