Game developers today live in a challenging climate: gaming has never been a more crowded space than it is now. In this environment, how do you attract users, differentiate your game from competitors, and still make enough money to keep the lights on? Existing methods of game monetization are starting to get stale.  Virtual goods have become a commodity, in-game advertising intrudes on the user experience, and level packs require continuous time investment to create new content. Game developers …

Calling all Gamers! This group is about the past time of gaming. Currently the "Mission Statement" is in flux... as it should be. The groups focus, to begin with, will be board games of the more "complex" nature. Pandemic, Lords of Waterdeep, Cosmic Encounter and many more. Card games could include, Magic the Gathering or Legends of the Five rings. And lastly we may dabble in roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder. It will be a place to meet. Discuss gaming news, play a few g …

With rising acquisition costs, the struggle to create innovative gameplay, and a marketplace that couldn't possibly get more crowded, how can mobile game developers differentiate from their competitors? How can you get players to connect with your brand and remain loyal in the face of unprecedented options? The answer may surprising you: doing good. Doing good can mean many things: selling in-game items that support charitable causes, giving consumers a way to donate instead of buying in-game cu …

What are the problems that every game developer has? At this point they've almost become a cliche: Acquisition, Retention and Monetization. Every game developer from the solo indie to the mammoth public company needs more players, to keep those players, and to monetize those players. There are literally hundreds of companies that are founded to help developers address these challenges in one way or another. So why is it still so hard? I believe it's an education problem, and I've founded this gr …

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local mobile games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in mobilel games. We're especially interested in Casual Game Association Minna Mingles 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 Mobile games space.

This is a group for anyone who is interested in strategy gaming in its many face to face forms. This would include Miniatures, either Historical or Sci-Fi/Fantasy, strategy oriented boardgames from euro games to historical boardgames, or euro style card games. I started this group so I could meet other gamers in a social atmosphere and local, or close to Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood. Looking forward to gaming with everyone.

ROSEVILLE OFF BLUE OAKS! Paul Rogers will be there- view this link to see him on Oprah show with his mentor of years, Robert Kiyosaki, creator of the Cashflow game and author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB6OQkETcw Come join our large group of adults and young adults- from all over Sacramento area, whether you're a beginner/have never played before or you're advanced. We have Cashflow night EVERY Friday! We have tables set up for every type of player- generally 5-6 ta …

This meetup is for iOS and Android game developers and designers to learn about way the various methods of user acquisition and talk about the latest trends in monetization, we share experiences on what works and what doesn't and we hear directly from people in the trenches making money with their games.

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 or share 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.

Great group for adults who enjoy ALL types of board and card games. I'm hoping we'll be able to have individual "Host" houses for small group get togethers. I'll encourage multiple meetups on the same day or weekend with alot of different games, giving members a choice on what they'll want to play. I personally prefer the fantasy, horror and science fictions games, so I'll be hosting these types of games at my house, with an occasional "traditional" game thrown in, for example, Risk, Chess and t …

Calling all board game enthusiasts! Whether you're new to board games or have been playing them for years, let's get together and play & learn some games in and around Petaluma (plenty of coffee shops around, and hey, even breweries), and of course, get to know each other in the meantime! This is a new meetup group, so I'm open for suggestions about where this meetup group could go and what types of board games we could play - at this point, anything's "fair game" - haha. Once we have a few memb …

Looking to find any players who would be interested in playing science fiction themed board and miniature games. For example: Space Empires 4x, Ogre, Starfire, Lensman, Eclipse, Twilight Imperium, The Sword and the Stars, Frontiers, Spaceship Troopers, Space Hulk, Battlestar Galactica, Race for the Galaxy, Vanished Planet, 4x games.

Adventures in Comics and Games has provided a daily venue for gaming since November 1993.  We have tables and chairs to seat over 75 players at a time.  We host weekly or monthly games of: Magic The Gathering (6 days a week) Pokemon UFS - Universal Fighting System Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeons and Dragons (3 days a week) Other RPGS, including PathFinder, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, FATE and more! There are no table fees to play, except for Tournaments with Prizes.  In consideration of our space, and other …

Ok folks, we are gonna start with games hosted at my home, and as we pick up members float on to other members locations.  We will all bring snacks and a large beverage to share and the host will provide a potluck dish for all.  Each meetup will be limited to 12 players when we do poker,  board game nights will allow for more.  If you RSVP and flake, you cant attend the next one. Poker will start with low stakes (25¢ chips) $20.00 buy in, this is social poker only, nothing professional and the h …

We have expanded this meet up event from it's original incarnation.  We have added the competitive game of Corn Hole, Moonshine & Movies... all for a more interactive experience.  A Super Fun Game Night every Monday from 730-11pm Hosted by The Fireside Lounge and End Game. Tons of board games, old and new. Corn Hole, Moonshine and Movies. Bring your friends and make some new ones!

Every two weeks, we all go play a 2-3 casual to midcore games, then get together and talk about them! If you're working on projects on your own and want thoughtful feedback from other game makers, this is also a great avenue for that!

The Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship get-together's started a few years ago at Stanford and meet every quarter in the Bay Area. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. The event is open so feel free to pass around. The last events saw over 500 people from: A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, P …

My wife and I just moved from the North Bay where I had a weekly D&D group to the East Bay (Concord) where we don't know anyone. I'm not interested in starting another D&D/RPG group, as it just eats up too much of my time/energy and my work schedule has become too unpredictable to allow me to play steady at a D&D table right now. I work at a Hotel and work some weird hours (swings and graveyards) and my days off can shift around. That's why I'm looking to start a more casual gaming group. This w …

Whether you're working on the next Triple-A series or weekly mobile game stories, writing for video games is a unique and challenging experience. You're faced with constant deadlines, unrealistic demands, and a need to stay flexible when environment, tools, and even entire characters change. Come meet other writers in this growing field to learn tricks of the trade, find inspiration, share struggles, and just have a good time. The goal is to meet monthly, either casually over drinks or more form …

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 group to get folks who are interested in playing Living Card Games (e.g. A Game of Thrones, Netrunner, Starwars, Lord of the Rings, etc.) together to play, organize tournaments, and just generally to socialize about the games we love.

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 …

Have a strategic boardgame mechanic in your head? Want to get it to paper, create a prototype, develop rules, and create something not only playable but enjoyable and perhaps even marketable? Or do you want to interact with those who are actively developing, prototyping, playtesting - gaining access to unfinished designs before they hit the market? Then this group is for you! Together, we will discuss game theory, game ideas, design concepts, the process of prototyping, playtest existing designs …

The purpose of the Sacramento Game Developers meetup is pretty simple, to allow developers or people striving to become developers in the game industry to have a place where they can come together and communicate with each other. Share ideas, form friendships and to learn ways to get into the industry. Perhaps even form or join in on a game project with other members. So if you love playing video games, learning about how to make them then this is defiantly the place for you! We have people …

Our goal is to disrupt the mobile game industry by delivering a complete infrastructure and ecosystem for HTML5 2D and 3D game development, allowing developers to deliver equal performance for both Native and Web-based games from a single code base. We provide a cloud compilation system that allows developers to deliver their games to all of the native apps stores, including iTunes, Google Play, Facebook and Chrome today with Kindle, Nook, Windows Phone, Tizen and Intel AppUp coming soon. We'll …

We will meet  for some friendly socializing and fun game playing.  Our original group started with Scrabble.  We are now expanding  to include other fun games such as Boggle, Rummikub, Charades, hearts.  Does anyone know how to play Euchre??

Making and thinking about games, both the analog and digital! This is an inclusive learning community for all backgrounds and skillsets, focused around co-working events in classic "game jam" fashion: meet up for a few hours, chat, and make something - whether it's your own projects or as part of a competition.