Do you like playing boardgames and/or friendly card games, but had difficulty finding like minded friends? I did too! So I traveled to NJ and I traveled to Manhattan and Brooklyn, met lots of great people, but longed for something with a bit less travel time. Something local. And I thought.... If you build it.... they will come! And, YAY! Here you are! This group is for seasoned boardgamers/cardgamers as well as for novices. Bring a game that you enjoy playing (bring two!) or learn a new game fr …

This group was created to bring people together who enjoy playing different types of board and card games. Get togethers are held throughout North Jersey depending on where members would like to meet. Anyone who enjoys board, card or trivia games, beginners or experts should come check out our meetups and make some new friends!

This group is for social folk in the city who love the kind of games played in bars. For people who recognize that the bar can be a relaxed place to meet people while having fun over drinks.  And, obviously, for folks 21+. NYC Social Sports Club offers full 7-week seasons of Bowling, Team Trivia, Euchre, & Spades. And since 2004, players of our other leagues (including Kickball, Flag Football, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, Dodgeball, and Soccer) have enjoyed lively games at the bar after thei …

The NYC area is sparsely populated with Sheepshead players, and it takes five to play, not an easy feat around here. We schedule Sheepshead nights and recruit and teach new players.

Would you enjoy having a circle of friends that share an interest in cards, possibly unlike your other friends? This group is intended to bring back the simpler times, when a night of cards/cheating/inevitable debauchery could make for a rad time! Please join, it will be good fun! This is specifically to learn and play the card game of hearts. All levels and anyone interested is welcome.  It is easy to learn - and more fun to play with people (if you play on the computer ;.)) Disclaimer: The gro …

meeple (plural meeples) A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game. Welcome to The Tipsy Meeple! Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue? So 50 years ago! Come explore the new world of board gaming with fun modern games! This is a social group who enjoy playing strategy and party games! Come learn new games like Dominion, Cosmic Encounter, The Resistance and more! We meet weekly and are always excited to have new people join our group!  Bring your favorite games or come play some o …

Hi! This meetup is for NYC Singles age 21-35 who'd enjoy playing board games over drinks after work and meeting fun new friends. We meet every two weeks on Tuesday Nights 6PM-10PM upstairs at the Downtown Galway Hooker Pub (The Jameson Room)  (It's NOT THAT KIND OF BAR! A Galway Hooker is a BOAT silly!) (133 7th Ave South between Charles St. & 10th Street, West Village, NY) This great Irish pub has amazing bar food and has extended their happy hour for our group to 10PM. ($4 All Drafts, Well d …

Love party board games but can never seem to find people who will play with you? Whether it's Scattergories and Apples to Apples, Risk and Stratego, Boggle and Bananagrams, or Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit, join this group for nights of fun, laughter, and fierce competition.

This meetup group is for players of the White Wolf collectible card game Vampire The Eternal Struggle. We are a group of players who have been meeting regularly for years and wanted to open our meetups to others who may enjoy playing, but have had difficulty building their own groups. If you played this game before, have thought about playing this game but had no one to teach you, or play another card game and are curious to broaden your experience with the most fun multi-player collectible card …

Interested in the collectible card game based on Star Wars, George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & Fire novels, or another fantastic series? The New York City Cards community has players in Manhattan, Long Island and Brooklyn who meet regularly in Manhattan (near Grand Central) for casual play. For those interested in participating, we also host competitive events several times a year that attract players from Boston, DC, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the U.S.

The group is for any and all people who enjoy getting together with others and playing games such as Cranium, Taboo, Wits & Wagers, 25 Words or Less, Dominoes, and Slide 5, among many others. Most of the time we will meet in the Park Slope area, but people from all over NYC are welcome.   We look forward to meeting board game newbies as well as players of all levels.

The Has-Bros (alternatively Has-Brats for the female persuasion) first joined together in April 2012 to promote social bonding over a varied selection of board games, beer and warm fuzzy feelings. They meet once (or sometimes twice) a month to commence in merry-making with a bit of competition and strategy thrown in. Be a Has-Bro. Join today.

After learning the game and playing at the UFT for three years my friend and i decided it was time to make the game more comfortable and personal! Let's play a game or two and discuss all the new and exciting things we are doing or learn some new places to go, people to see!!

This is the only gamers meet up in the area. If you want to play cooperative or competitive games (console or otherwise) with other gamers, you should join this group. If you're laid back and like to have fun, you're more than welcome. We have places to meet and any event a member wants to do is fair game.

Calling all wordies! Not getting enough play time in these days? Neither am I. That's why I organized the Manhattan Word Games Meetup. Bring your favorite word game(s), or just show up and play. Let's meet every other Tuesday at Hill Country Chicken, in the Flatiron district. They have a great downstairs area for meetups, and their chicken tenders are delish! See you there!

Women get together and play cards and board games. A hang out group for women. Have fun and enjoy, talk, laugh... in a relaxed, friendly, non-judgmental atmosphere. A place for women to let go and be themselves, make friends with others and enjoy themselves.

Meet in Brooklyn. Play board games. Drink craft beer. :)

8 Bit and Up Video Games has gone Zero Bit! We are interested in working together with gamers in New York City to help us build a community in the East Village and Lower East Side. Board and card gamers looking for a place to play should feel free to contact us.

Good Friends, Good Fun, Good Games! Have fun playing boardgames of all shapes and sizes with a friendly group of casual players. Everything from Monopoly to Settlers to Ticket to Ride. Don't know how to play? Don't worry, newbies are welcome. If you're in the Forest Hills, Queens area and looking for a group to play with join us!

This group is designed to match tabletop game designers with playtesters. The idea is that everyone wins when we play each others prototypes and share our experience. You don't have to be a designer to join. You just have to want to be part of a community that helps games get made.

Are you a fan of Apples to Apples? Can you not wait to play a round of munchkin? Or do you really enjoy beating someone at Gin Rummy? Then we are looking for you! We are just a fun group of people that enjoy playing board and card games that live and work in the White Plains area. Come out and meet your neighbors while playing Pandemic and bring your favorite game to share with others!

One-third classic card games, one-third cocktails, and one-third James Bond 'Live Action Role Play' -- all shaken, not stirred. This unique group will hold low stakes poker and casino games within the atmosphere of James Bond movies. After approval each member will be asked to create their own original 007 inspired character (e.g. MI6 agent, double spy, villain, rich financier etc.) and all members will remain in character during the gaming. The games will be held in unique locations throughout …

Brooklyn Gaming Initiative (BGI) is an elite gaming group for experienced and fun-loving players interested in everything from strategy to role-playing to lighter fare like cards or dice-based games. BGI is a selective group to ensure busy gamers like ourselves have high-quality experiences with like-minded individuals. For that reason, we must ask that you provide as much detail (photo required) as possible in your application, contribute to the small monthly Meetup fee, and realize we're look …

Board game geek fanatics! We love everything about games and being geeks. Arts and crafts; fun and food; death and destruction; pain and GLORY( ouch paper cuts ); crocheting and knitting we haz it all. It is not easy to take an idea and bring it into the world. It is hard to explain to people that you just want to make something for fun, for people to sit down together and enjoy. The kind of games we all love. The games that families will always remember playing together, the games that your bes …

We are throwing our first gaming night event. On April 19 come by and bring any friends you want. We are going to have different board and group games, liquor and food. There is a $5 door fee but if you bring a friend they will get in for free. It's something different than the club and bar where you can drink and meet people. The environment will be high energy but it will be easy to meet a new friend by sitting down and playing your favorite games. We will have group games and individual games …

This is Game Brooklyn's game night meet up. www.gamebrooklyn.com and gamebrookly.tumblr.com . Game Brooklyn will be hosting events of all stripes; families, singles, groups, young, adult, euro, strategy, ameritrash, casual, and new to the hobby. Each event will have a different focus. First up is Ikea Brooklyn for Family Game Night April, May, and June 2013.

This is a gaming group for the parents and friends who get it! Kids are great! Spending time with kids is amazing, but we still want to enjoy those fun board/card games and fun grown up company. "It's your turn!" "Wait, I need to change a diaper!" We get it!  Pausing what you are doing, distractions, it's all part of parenting and can be part of gaming meet-ups with those who understand what it's like, experience it as well and have plenty of patience for those 20 minute games that can take 1 ho …

- Casual Gaming group meeting in the UWS/UES/Harlem/Morningside Park area - Magic the gathering (MTG) - D&D Gaming - Other Board Games (Carcasonne, Puerto Rico, Settlers)