What we’re about
Looking for a Chicago board game group that plays games with deeper strategy than Pandemic and Codenames? You've come to the right place! We play mid to heavyweight games (hence the name). How is this possible? Everyone signs up for a game in advance and watches a brief tutorial in advance of the meeting so we don't waste time learning the basics. You're not left wondering if you'll have a group to play with and what game you'll play, and you get a great breadth of games to play!
Games will be listed in advance with available open spaces so you have the certainty of meeting some folks and playing a particular game with other players, and players have an interest in providing themes and offering up games to bring to events. We use a google sign-up sheet that is linked in each invite, but we inform the schedule with your feedback and requests. When you sign up for a game, tutorial videos are linked in the google sheet since you need to come with at least a basic understanding of what's going on to meet the time constraints, which are 6p-10p. Lastly, we support the venue (Fat Cat) since they're letting use their space for free.
If you're a board game geek into mechanics, design, and looking for similar folks to have drinks/snacks and play games with, you've come to the right place!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Heavyweight Games 10/30: Star Wars Rebellion, Nucleum, Ra, Dune, Lorenzo + moreFat Cat, Chicago, IL
Join us October 30th for: Star Wars Rebellion, Nucleum, Dune Imperium: Uprising, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Red Dust Rebellion, and Ra!
3 things to remember....Reserve a space for a game by:
- Signing up in advance on the google doc linked below and
- RSVP in meetup using the rsvp button
- Most importantly, if you don't know how to play watch the linked tutorial in the google doc sign-up sheet (the rulebooks are linked too) - we arrive ready to play and skip long teaches - that's how we're able to play heavier games in just four hours!
- Because we study heavy games in advance and other people's fun potentially depends on your attendance, canceling within 24hrs of game time more than 1x a month will get you removed from our group.
Sign up here >>> ***Heavyweight Games Sign-Up*** <<< Sign up here
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Star Wars Rebellion: 4 Available
Nucleum: 4 Available
Dune Imperium: Uprising: Cap 4, 4 Available
Lorenzo Il Magnifico: 4 Available
Red Dust Rebellion: 1 Available
Ra: 4 AvailableGoogle doc linked above for sign-up has sign-up and tutorials and rulebooks. Our group works a little differently in that we learn games in advance so we can make the most of our time, allowing us to play more complex games than most other groups. Brief overviews are fine, but you should come with a basic understanding of the game you'll play.
Some rules:
- Have fun and make some friends. This is an incredibly dynamic group of fun folks that we've fostered over the last year. Make some friends!
- Come knowing how to play.
- Support the venue: You're getting to play a free game in an establishment giving up money-making real estate. Be a good human and contribute.
- Hard Stop at 10p. We don't want to get in trouble for staying beyond our window and making service staff stay late.
- If you have to back out, kindly remove your RSVP and name from the GoogleDoc.
