Calling all people who know how to put letters together and spell words! Come and play if you want to expand your Scrabble skills, or if you are just getting started with this amazing game. If you want to meet new people and have a great time join in!

The Portland MahJong Society is a group devoted to the ancient tile-game of MahJong, originally developed centuries ago in China. We are devoted to not only playing MahJong but, also reaching out to new players and giving them a fun, friendly group of people to learn the game from. -------------------- MAHJONG IN THE GARDEN : Thursdays, Lan Su Gardens @ 1:00pm - 3pm We have a regular game that plays in the blissful surroundings of the Portland Chinese Gardens. May - September:  Every Thursday, f …

This group is designed to keep a regular weekly pickup game going in Portland. Look here for information about places, dates and times to play, and feel free to add your own recommendations. As the weather turns nicer, we will look to add a weeknight game as well. But that’s not all! We’d also like to create a group of fans of international soccer (La Liga from Spain, the Premier League from England, etc.) who would like to meet at a restaurant or bar to watch the games and - why not? - mak …

Due to a busy summer school schedule, games won't be help until August 2012. So you like the outdoors? You say you like adrenaline? How about meeting great people ? Then stretch your legs, put on your running shoes and steady your aim! Because now there's laser tag...outdoors! Outdoor laser tag is a slightly different type of game than indoor. Scratch the day-glo paint and the dry ice, insert mountain sides, boulders, streams and blue skies. It's essentially the same game as paintball, but wit …

Tired of being the only one at the bar wanting to watch NHL games? We get a decent group together a couple times a month and go watch NHL games that are being televised.

Our group fosters community and meetups for card players to enjoy their games with people that want to enjoy their games.  Meet nearby players and enjoy friendly competition.  Play old favorites and try out new ones. We can play and teach well known card games like Spades, Hearts, Euchre, Bid Whist, Pinochle, Cribbage, Big Two, and Tarot, as well as similar tile games like Mah-Jong and Dominos, but our house of cards offers many more games than just these!  Don't miss Tichu, Durak, Doppelkopf, o …

Cards R Us is all about getting together with fun people to play fun games!  Beginners are welcome, and we won't even bite (very much)!  We play pinochle, canasta, and euchre, but if you have a favorite card game, let us know and we'll see if there is enough interest to add it to the calendar. Thank you for visiting our webpage and we hope to meet you soon!

If you've been curious about European/Non-traditional board games, (also called Euros), or simply want to meet new people, join us! There's quite a few gaming groups in Portland already, but after hosting my own co-ed group for several years I've found that not nearly as many women as men game so I decided to start this group as an alternative. New players and all ages/orientations of women are welcome. Those who want to teach a specific game to the group are particularly encouraged to contact m …

This group is for those who want to create more authentic, intimate relationships in all areas of their lives and have fun doing it. Several of us have taken workshops and classes in the San Francisco Bay area through a group of coaches who created Authentic World. We were all amazed by and grateful for their work teaching people to be more present and more true to themselves while staying connected to others. We are excited to share this with the beautiful people of Portland. We will start with …

Would you like to have more chances of meeting politically liberal intelligent respectful non-sexist non-racist folks in Portland? We wont meet in loud bars where you cant hold a real conversation and we wont go to bars where folks drink and then they think and talk differently - not always so good for creating genuine mature friendship. I am a relationships counselor and I would love to help folks find each other in an atmosphere where folks can really get to know each other in a genuine and re …

You live in Portland. You are an epic kind of person. The board games you love to play have a little meat on their bones, but you've noticed the local scene gravitates toward games that simply aren't as filling. Don't panic! It just so happens there is a place for you and your desire to play epically satisfying games. That place is here. Epic games generally last 2 or more hours. They include, but are not limited to: Arkham Horror Mansions of Madness Civilization (Avalon Hill) Civilization (Fa …

We host meet ups and organize events to support innovative collaborations throughout the Pacific NW. We are an open group dedicated to social impact through game development, education and community building. If you are interested in hosting or sponsoring an event, please let us know. We encourage you to join our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247773668667490/ We also cross-post with Games for Change Meetup Everywhere at: http://www.meetup.com/Games-For-Change/Portland-OR/

Meet with other fans in the Portlandia area interested in Dallas Cowboys football. Watch all the games, wear your gear proudly and discuss the latest decisions made by America's Team.

Home setting, relaxed gaming, fridge with ice. Game on Saturday nights. Emphasis is on fun, then role playing. Please be a mature player as we expect to have fun and not drama. Look forward to talking to you!

Calling all women writers in the Portland area, come join us for mingling, writing games and community. Help strengthen our local writing community! Connect with other women writers, have a glass of tea or wine, and play some fun writing games. Invite your friends! The more the merrier.

Greetings: This is a private group of women friends.  Sometimes we meet in each others homes, so for security and privacy for our members, we have our group setting set to private. We currently have about 30 women members (old broads).  You don't see that many here because right now we are still in the testing phase to see if this is a good tool for us. A message did go out from MeetUp announcing our group.  However our group is not ready to accept new members. But we hope to be ready for that i …

Calling all Scrabble lovers! Come play scrabble and meet new people. We will start off with scrabble and consider other games as time progresses. The object of this meetup group is to have fun, meet new people and have an opportunity to be a kid again. We will be meeting at Eugenio's/Foundary Furniture, a cozy SE Division location that blends 2 venues into one.  Feel free to order an appetizer/dinner/beverage or anything else while we play games and get to know one another. All skill levels are …

This group is for anyone wanting to get back into board games. The Side Door will be hosting and they have a large bank of games to choose from. We will be playing every first and third monday of the month around six. I am looking forward to meeting some game enthusiasts. I know the Side Door has games there but if you want to bring some that would be great too. Every style is welcome from old school rummykub to settlers to pandemic what ever you want to play. See you soon

We love strategy board games, and we love playing them at Cloud Cap. If you are interested in modern Euro-style or Amerifun games, light medium or heavy, join us. Games like Ticket to Ride, Small World, Ora & Labora, Eclipse, War of the Ring, Last Will, Seasons, Smash Up, Castles of Burgundy, and more hit the tables. Live to play, play to live! This group is designed primarily as a tool for players to organize their own sessions at Cloud Cap. Everyone is encouraged to post game sessions! The goa …

If you are looking to connect with great people, foster a stronger sense of community by cooking and sharing great food, and maybe even find love, then this is the group for you. Our group is NOT exclusive to singles, however one of the primary purposes of our gatherings is to help single people connect in a no-pressure environment so that love can blossom in its own way. If you're in a relationship, but still interested in building community and sharing delicious food: fantastic! You'll be give …

Huzzah! Like Video Games, Comics, Science, Puns, Math, Computers, or other stuff? So do we. Looking for others who collect 8-bit or other classics? Um, yea. Enjoy learning and building your own gizmos? Share the love, yo. Hoping to expand your social circle, or online circle? This should help. Tired of shopping think geek and want to get out of the house before your cat kills you? Need to find just a few more games to complete your Nintendo collection? Our fearless leader Niki must meet you. Se …

Do you love tabletop gaming in any or all of its forms—strategy, casual, roleplaying, dice, cards, miniatures—but have ideas of your own you'd like to explore and create? Looking for like-minded game creators for idea exchange, collaboration, resource pooling, playtesting and feedback? Whether you make games for your own enjoyment or with an aim toward publication; whether you're an experienced designer with multiple prototypes or someone with no experience beyond a good idea; whether you want t …

We are an autism-centered social group, run by and for autistic adults, who do fun things each month like board game nights, disability-friendly swing dancing, movie nights, restaurant outings, and more, autistic style!  Any autism spectrum diagnosis (self or official) is okay. "Adults" more or less means 18 years old and up, although we don't check IDs; if you look close enough to 18, you're in.  We don't have an upper limit on age, so you may wind up socializing with people much older or young …

Come hang out and play Halo! Competitive, social, good, not-so-good -- everyone is welcome! We play a mix of serious and absurd gametypes. Infinity Slayer, Team Throwdown, Capture the Flag, Oddball, King of the Hill, Flood, and more. Sometimes we just invent our own gametypes on the spot. And we're always down to LAN the older Halo games, too! We strive to be inclusive, so no sexist, homophobic, transphobic, racist, sizist, ableist, or otherwise messed up behavior. We get enough of that on Xbox …

Meet Portland-based SF Giants fans to watch games at various locales throughout the Portland area.  This is an OPEN group - i.e., anyone can post a time/location they will be watching a game and invite others to join them.  In other words, it's Giants free-for-all :)  I would encourage you to choose the "email group" option when you are posting for a same-day meetup.  Cheers!

This meetup is an extension of the Gay Geek culture related to digital gaming as well as tabletop gaming. If you can't wait to play the latest Bioshock Infinite or have a ruinous game of Cards Against Humanity, you're in the right place. Future Meetups might include tabletop sessions, LAN parties, online raids, or game themed bar crawl.

Hello and welcome to NW Portland Lunchtime Hoops.  Here are all of the details about our group: Lunchtime hoops is a guaranteed game at a set time with guaranteed playing time.  No winner stays and no sitting out for a game.  Show up, play, leave. This group is for experienced, skilled, and knowledgeable basketball players only. Most of our members played high school varsity and some played college. However many of us have seen a year or ten pass since those days so our brain may be a bit quick …