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Updated on: Sunday, May 31st, 2026

Meetup #29 - Movement Mania - Sunday, May 17th, 2026

We played many full body movement games like Just Dance and Wii Fit Plus.

Meetup #28 - Hunting Monsters - Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

We played Monster Hunter: Now around the Capitol.

Meetup #27 - Retro Gamers - Sunday, April 19th, 2026

Lots of retro games and consoles were brought, ending with an arcade crawl with a list of objectives.

Meetup #26 - Snacks & Murder - Saturday, April 4th, 2026

A murder mystery snack party hosted at a member’s home.

Meetup #25 - One Year - Sunday, March 22nd, 2026

Our one year anniversary celebration!

Meetup #24 - Dragons Two - Saturday, March 7th, 2026

Our second D&D one-offs.

Meetup #23 - Speed Gaming - Sunday, February 15th, 2026

Think speed dating, but instead of dating, you’re playing games with a new group of people every 30 minutes, with a discussion question given every 15 minutes.

Meetup #22 - Joysticking Together - Saturday, February 7th, 2026

Arcade focused meetup where your group of players would change with another every 30 minutes.

Meetup #21 - Horse Year - Sunday, January 18th, 2026

We crafted a wish tree for our goals for the new year, and was given a new year’s fortune.

Meetup #20 - Player’s Potluck - Saturday, January 10th, 2026

Potluck hosted at a member’s home, with a variety of games to play.

Meetup #19 - Winter Wonderland - Sunday, December 14th, 2025

Héctor’s birthday celebration with many winter themed video game levels, as well as a white elephant gift exchange.

Meetup #18 - Dragons? Dungeons? - Saturday, December 6th, 2025

Our first ever D&D one-offs.

Meetup #17 - Waggle Resort - Sunday, November 16th, 2025

A return to the Nintendo Wii, now with WiiMotion Plus, as well as future planning for the holidays.

Meetup #16 - Childish Wonder - Saturday, November 1st, 2025

Unfortunate circumstances led to last minute change of plans, pivoting back to board games played before.

Meetup #15 - Spooky Princess - Sunday, October 19th, 2025

Halloween themed meetup where we played Slay the Princess and as a group we all voted on what dialogue option to pick.

Meetup #14 - Rolling Games - Saturday, October 4th, 2025

Héctor was out of state, so we had a board game meetup involving the ones we’ve learned at Meetup #8 and #12.

Meetup #13 - Waggle Games - Sunday, September 21st, 2025

Nostalgia focused meetup revolving around the Nintendo Wii and motion controls.

Meetup #12 - Boards Played - Saturday, September 6th, 2025

Very similar to Meetup #8, but with 4 new games to teach and 1 returning game.

Meetup #11 - Mario Partied - Sunday, August 17th, 2025

Mario Party focus with Dokapon Kingdom as the chaos option.

Meetup #10 - Arcade Royale - Saturday, August 2nd, 2025

Arcade high score competition at I/O Arcade featuring 6 arcade scores to beat.

Meetup #9 - Voter Bonding - Sunday, July 20th, 2025

Casual meetup where we played The Voting Game and then some Jackbox focused on getting to know everyone a little better.

Meetup #8 - Board Play - Saturday, July 5th, 2025

Our first board game meetup, we taught and played 5 different board games.

Meetup #7 - Switch… TWO!!! - Sunday, June 15th, 2025

Switch 2 just released, so we tried out the Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour and Mario Kart World.

Meetup #6 - Pokemon Going - Saturday, June 7th, 2025

We played Pokemon Go around the Capitol.

Meetup #5 - Spring Chills - Sunday, May 18th, 2025

Casual meetup with a focus on playing Crawl.

Meetup #4 - Gaming Exchanging - Saturday, May 3rd, 2025

We set up a trading booth where people could exchange old video games or gamer merch, with no money transactions allowed.

Meetup #3 - Isthmian Racing - Saturday, April 26th, 2025

Ultimate Chicken Horse & Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments with prizes.

Meetup #2 - Forming Regularity - Sunday, April 6th, 2025

Second meetup, wanted to see if this wasn’t a fluke by making it more casual.

Meetup #1 - Checking Interest - Sunday, March 16th, 2025

Our first meetup ever, testing the waters with a variety of games.