BREAKING NEWS Jan. 16: Francesco "Cheech" Barbaro wins the historic 2010 Quad-States Poker Mixed Games Championship at the Majestic Star Casino and Hotel. Barbaro faced 45 of the regions toughest veteran Mixed Games players and finally won it all with a 9-high straight in No-Limit Texas Holdem. For the complete story, still breaking across the poker wires, visit: http://www.ChicagoPokerNews.com The Chicago Texas Holdem Meetup Group was proud to be a part of this incredible tournament, congratul …

Meet nearby Boardgame Players! Come to a Boardgames Meetup to play Euro and classic Games from A/H, SPI, Hasbro, just about anything. Make new friends. Fun is the key! Enjoy a little.. Stop by and give us a Try! So Bring a friend and your favorite game. Don't know many games? No Problem...we will teach you! Come on out and see what we're all about!

Meet with local professional and aspiring video game developers who are interested in experimenting with new ways to develop video games and new styles of game play.

Hey Evanston Social Game Players! Come to a Friendly Games Meetup to play old favorites with new friends. All games and skill levels are welcome. Bring your favorite board games, card games, word games, etc. You can teach us or we can learn that new game together. You can also just hang out and socialize with a fun group of people.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Meet nearby Party Game Players! This group is designed for adults (sort-of) who enjoy games like Pictionery, Scattergories, Password, and Charades. Very easy rules and a nice, intimate setting where we keep score but nobody loses.  Typically, we stick to PARTY games and not card or board games. It's more constant action for everybody, and, I believe, lends itself to more goofiness!    MAKE TIME FOR FUN!!

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local social, casual and MMORPG games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in games. We're especially interested in Casual Game Association Minna Mingles members and IGDA members who may have not gotten together in a long time. Hopefully we can be a resource. Please join our Meetup and pass the URL to other friends of yours in the local gaming …

Hello, and welcome to the newly renamed and reorganized Chicago Novice Poker Player Club previously known as Aqua Poker. I have taken over this Meetup Group after the previous Organizer resigned. The new purpose of this Meetup group is to help beginning to intermediate poker players improve their tournament and cash game play. We will hold Meetups on Tuesdays that will cover a specific aspect of poker. This is a new Meetup idea so we will only hold Meetups when we have the required minimum numbe …

International Game Developer's Association (IGDA) Chicago is a local chapter of a much larger, international, non-profit membership organization serving individuals who create video games. We bring together developers at conferences, in local chapters and in special interest groups to improve their lives and craft. Developers, aspiring developers, students, or people who just love games are welcome to attend our meetups, game jams, classes, panels, and everything else!

Let's play games!  Board games (the old ones; Scrabble, Monopoly, Sorry, etc.) card games, and whatever.  Just going out to have fun and maybe a little dinner and spirits. We'll mainly meet either on Tuesday nights at Rockwell's Neighborhood Grill, or Monday nights at Bowman's Tavern & Grill.  We're also open to suggestions. You can either arrive at the posted time for dinner and drinks, or about an hour later to join us for games.  Drinking while playing is strongly encouraged. :) Please try …

Active Joliet Area game group meeting at the Black Road library in the Book & Bean Cafe on Saturday mornings. We love to learn new games and have fun.

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 …

Are you looking for a well run poker game in Chicago? Are you looking to improve your game? We ARE the place for you. We hold games in Wicker Park every Wednesday and Friday. We play 1/3 NL Hold'em with FREE food & drinks!! This is a high quality venue (NOT IN SOMEONE'S APARTMENT OR BASEMENT). Our players are intermediate to advanced in their experience. Most play both cash games and tournaments. It is a friendly group of players. We seek the same type of new players. Many of our members play re …

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).

Are you an adult (21+) who is interested in video games and wanting to make new friends to game with?  Do you want to participate in nerdy activities and play classic and contemporary games?  Then you should join the Chicago Video Gamers Club. This eclectic group of people range from hardcore gamers to the weekend warrior where we can discuss and play our favorite games.  We play systems ranging from the Nintendo series, Xbox, Playstation, etc.  We will even make outings to local area arcades an …

Advance Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. Looking for expierenced players who have played at some point any of the D&D editions. Looking for about 4-8 dedicated players for each session. Meetups will be scheduled usually Friday or Saturday evenings. Will like to run a session every week or 2 weeks. These sessions will last from anywhere between 3-5 hours. Character creation will be based on some house rules and the campaign itself will be original. Will include a lot of role playing/puzzles/combat …

It's Time to Get Out of the Rat Race. What's your dream? Freedom of time? Unlimited resources to travel the world? Whatever it may be, Robert Kiyosaki, author of the #1 personal finance book of all time, Rich Dad Poor Dad, developed CASHFLOW 101, which teaches you how to get out of the Rat Race and onto the Fast Track, how to make your money work for you -- not the other way around. Therefore, I will be hosting the CASHFLOW 101, one or more game per month, to help illustrate the fundamentals o …

Do something.  Learn something.  Share something. Change something…. and play games!  We remember times we've had game night with friends, and now, perhaps game night with Meetup friends works even better.  Join for an easy evening of board games.  We plan to hang at a bar, sip at a coffee house, lounge on a friend's sofa with sparkling conversation and a languid competitive effort.  Break out.  Toss some dice.  Join us for some family-fun styled adult diversion.

Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, etc. For anyone interested in getting out and enjoying some good gaming every month. We'll start out meeting at Alley Cat Comics. BYOB.

Contract Bridge is the most played card game in the world, with immense popularity in the USA, Canada, the UK, Turkey, China, France, South America, and the Netherlands, to name a few. It, along with chess, is an offical olympic mind game. Its popularity stems from its complexity, as well as its seemingly endless variety (653,000,000,000+ possible deals). Famous advocates of the game include Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Radiohead, Snoopy (+Woodstock), and James Bond, as well as top CEO's and polit …

Looking for a challenging and fun new hobby? Growing weary of the standard bar scene? Ready to embark on a lifelong learning journey? Contract Bridge is the most played card game in the world, with immense popularity in the USA, Canada, the UK, Turkey, China, France, South America, and the Netherlands, to name a few. Contrary to popular belief, Bridge is not just played at our Grandparents' retirement homes. It, along with chess, is an offical olympic mind game. Its popularity stems from its com …

We are a group of players looking for more people interested in learning and playing the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. Don't know how to play, not a problem. Want to learn how to play, come out and we will happily teach you. We have lots of new players who have just began learning the game with in the last year.

This is a group of people that get together each Tuesday night to get to know each other. We always eat dinner together. Every other week we play triva at a local bar or have a game night. On the other weeks, we hang out and then spend sometime reading the bible and listening to what God is saying to us...Sound like a weird combo...Jesus might be more fun than you'd think. If you want to make friends, have fun, and look into the God thing (or pursue it more), we're the group for you.

Want to get out of the Rat Race? Join us as we have fun simulating buying stocks and property, making money work for us. Players realize their dreams in a favorite game of Real Estate investors,”Cashflow”, a board game created by Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. We learn something new every time we play and when we’re done, we discuss our real life investment adventures. No investment experience necessary. We welcome beginners and advanced players. A fun way to meet new people an …

This is a group of RPG Gamers, Board Gamers (fantasy, Euro, historical), and LCG players. We get together 1/ month for a full day of gaming. Interests vary widely, but looking to find gamers who also play A Game of Thrones, LCG.