This is a group for anyone currently working or interested in Game Development. We primarily discuss current games and technology, market trends and issues facing the industry. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting tips. Feel free to make suggestions! This group is for people in game development and for those who want to be. Join us if you're an artist, programmer, designer, marketing guru, any connection to game development at any level.

We are a biweekly meeting of casual, mid-range and heavy gamers meeting at the Christ Presbyterian Church in Terra Linda, 620 Del Ganado Rd, across from Scotty's Market. We meet every other Friday. We have a library of 200+ board, card and party games on hand, and usually 10-25 games brought in by attendees as well. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see all ages there! There is an incredible amount of table space available. Recent games include: Eclipse, Settlers of Catan, Settlers w/Seafarers …

This is a meetup of Android Game Developers. Meetup for a chance to win funding, a how to guide to meet and convince VC's to fund your app and possibly a chance to sell your game.

We welcome anyone interested in social gaming on mobile (Android & iOS). Whether you love to play the games or sit in your garage and write code to create these games, we'd love to have you join us! Majority of our events cater to developers and helping them socialize, monetize, and increase users for their games. Our topics will range from discussing gamification of games, current games and technology, and analyzing market trends. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting …

This group was started in 2011, the admin since moved to Sunnyvale, but I wanted to keep it going so now it's back in SF.  I haven't changed the blurb or anything since it's pretty much exactly what I'd say :)   i have a large collection of euro-style board games. most of them are strategy oriented, but i do have a few 'stupid fun' games as well. if you'd like to play some thinking-people games with some fellow thinking people who also like to laugh and have fun, join this group. or don't; i don …

BIG strives to demystify the video gaming industry for people of color. We assist individuals in evolving from consumers to producers of video games and apps. To accomplish our goals, BIG provides networking, outreach, mentoring, and entrepreneurship guidance to professionals and students.

I am a member of a bunch of fun MeetUp groups, but many are far away.  This one is to try and round up more local people for my favorite interests. This group is for all of us who live in Concord and beyond and still want to have fun but with a little less driving. The hope is for us to be able to find some local people who like to do whatever it is we like to do or, at the least, meet some cool people in the area.  We've got some great local resources out here, and we're well situated for esc …

This is a group for anyone currently working or interested in Social Game Development and the inter-workings of virtual currency. There will be many topics relating to Facebook, MySpace and other social game development and monetization. We primarily discuss current games, market trends in virtual goods and issues facing the industry. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting tips. We'll have speakers and themes. This group is for people in social game development and for …

Monthly get together for gaming tournaments.

Meet nearby Boardgame Players! Come to The Oakland Fridays Boardgames Meetup to play old and new favorites with new friends. We meet first & third Fridays at It's Your Move Games. Bring some snacks or drinks to share, and any game you want to suggest we play.

This group is for soccer games on weekends in Marina Green. Players at all levels of skill are welcome. The group is open to all genders. The idea is to get a good workout and get your heart rate up in midst of beautiful scenic setting of Marina Green. Post game we can head out to a local bar for some good beer ;) Games will typically start at 11:30am on either Saturday or Sunday.

Gathering the smartest mobile game developers from the valley and San Francisco into one super-dense neutron sphere of awesome. Lets share ideas, tech, code, frameworks, marketing tips to make better mobile games.

JUMP RIGHT IN AND DON"T BE SHY!! Life is short, lets enjoy each others company as women. SWAG is a women's social group based primarily in Vacaville and Fairfield while encompassing other areas of Solano County.    We enjoy a variety of activities like wine tasting, book nights with drinks/cupcakes, lunches and dinners, hiking, doggie park dates with our fur babies, dancing, comedy nights, movies, craft nights, game nights, manis/pedis and any other fun activities we can think of. Pretty much we …

Welcome to the North Oakland (California) Go Club!  Founded in mid-2011 and based at the It's Your Move game store at 4920 Telegraph Ave. in the Temescal business district, we currently meet about six times a month and look forward to expanding playing opportunities as we grow.  (See the store's open gaming night meetup page and their website for information about other gaming activities there). Our goal is to provide a welcoming, supportive environment for players from first-timers to experts, …

I own several really great board games that I rarely get to play. Especially what would be classified as 2 player "War Games". I've been unable to find a group of wargamers in the North Bay, so I figured I would start my own group and see if there was any interest. There are other board game groups in the area for playing "Designer" and "Classic" games, so I'd like this group to focus on games classified as Historic or Fictional war games. Meetups at least once or twice a month, feel free to …

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 …