Green Mountain Gamers Transforms

Green Mountain Gamers' website has transformed!

We bid a fond farewell to our original Google Site and slip comfortably into the brand new www.greenmountaingamers.com, complete with social networking features. Now gamers from all over Vermont and the surrounding regions can browse the dynamic event calendar, register to make new friends and participate in discussion groups.

And, of course, we have all the latest information on Green Mountain Game Days, particularly the upcoming Summer Game 'n Grill. Surf on over and check it out!

As part of the move, this blog becomes dormant. This Week in Gaming and other posts of interest will continue, though, over at the new Green Mountain Gamers blog.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: May 24th - May 30th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, May 24th through Sunday, May 30th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, May 25th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, May 26th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Legend of the 5 Rings, May 26th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society Regular Meeting, May 27th,United Way of Clinton County.
• Westford Strategy Board Games, May 28th, Westford, VT

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: May 17th - May 23rd

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, May 17th through Sunday May 23rd:

- Tuesday Night Board Games, May 18th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
- Wednesday Night Boardgaming, May 19th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
- L5R, May 19th, Triple Play, NH
- Pathfinder Society, May 19th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
- Gaming at Fletcher Free Library, May 22nd, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

CanGames, May 21st to 23rd, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view

This Week in Vermont Gaming: May 10th - May 16th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, May 10th through Sunday, May 16th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, May 11th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, May 12th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society Regular Meeting, May 13th,United Way of Clinton County.
• Border Board Games, May 15th, Derby Line, VT

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• Capitol Regions Warhammer 40k 'Ard Boys Tournament, May 15th, Zombie Planet, Albany, NY
• Draconis Game Day, May 15th, Montreal, QC

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: May 3rd - May 9th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, May 3rd through Sunday the 9th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, May 4th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Game Night at Langdon Street Cafe, May 5th, Montpelier, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, May 5th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Pathfinder Society, May 5th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
  

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• Schenectady Wargamers Association Monthly Gameathon, May 8th, Schenectady, NY
  

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: April 26th - May 2nd

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, April 26th through Sunday, May 2nd:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, April 27th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, April 28th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society Regular Meeting, April 29th, United Way of Clinton County.
  

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• Huzzah! - Historical War Gaming Convention for New England, April 30th to May 2nd, Portland, ME
  

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

Summer Game 'n Grill 2010 is June 19th at Essex Memorial Hall

Yes, it's true. We've finally locked down a date and place for  the first Green Mountain Game Day. Saturday, June 19th at Memorial Hall in Essex Village, Vermont, Green Mountain Gamers hosts the first annual Game 'n Grill.

Where and When
The 2010 Summer Game 'n Grill takes place on Saturday, June 19th, from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. If you can't or don't want stay for the whole day, drop in when you can.
 
Memorial Hall is on Towers Road, just north of the intersection of Routes 15 and 128 in Essex. For directions and parking information, see the Summer Game 'n Grill page.
 
Games to Play
All tabletop games are welcome at Green Mountain Game Days: board games, miniatures, role-playing games, the whole megillah. We encourage people to share ahead of time what games they plan to share, so others can get suitably amped. Let us know via our Run a Game form and we'll post the information on the Summer Game 'n Grill page.

We're also working up some special treats, like a Dominion tournament, so keep an eye on the blog for more information on that.

What's Cooking?
The Summer Game 'n Grill in particular brings good food into the mix of good people and good games. We'll have a grill at the ready, so feel free to put some meat to the flame, or bring your preferred picnic-style comestibles.

How Much
While a Green Mountain Game Day doesn't have an admission fee, we do ask participants to make a $5-10 donation. This money goes directly to the cost of renting the hall and fuel for the grill. Any excess donated money helps pay for the next game day, helping to keep the gaming and good times rolling.

Green Mountain Gamers on Facebook

Did you know you can become a fan of Green Mountain Gamers on Facebook? Check out our fan page there.


In addition to mirroring our blog feed, in case RSS readers aren't your thing, Green Mountain Gamers' fan page is a useful way to pick up breaking news and last minute reminders of gaming in and around Vermont.

Border Board Games April 17th Session Report

Bethany gives the down-low on last Saturday's Border Board Games meet-up in Derby Line. Highlights include a wicked game of Dominion: Intrigue and the shakedown cruise of Space Alert.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: April 19th - April 25th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, April 19th through Sunday the 25th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, April 20th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, April 21st, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Pathfinder Society, April 21st, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Westford Strategy Boardgaming, April 23rd, Westford library, Westford, VT
  

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• Draconis Game Day, April 24th, Montreal, QC
  

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

Carnage the 13th

Carnage, Vermont's longest-running tabletop game convention, is gearing up for their thirteenth year in 2010. As an all-out gaming convention, they welcome every kind of game that's played. They always try to strike a balance between old favorites and the new hotness, to use the modern parlance. Board games, card games, miniatures, role-playing games, LARPs, the whole shebang.

This year's theme is slasher horror, going by the fact that the horsemen of the apocalypse and their steeds are all wearing hockey masks. Should be a ripping good time!

This year, Carnage takes place at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT, November 5th through 7th. Submissions for events are now open via the website.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: April 12th - April 18th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, April 12th through Sunday, April 18th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, April 13th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, April 14th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society House Meeting, April 15th, location to be announced.
  
• Gaming in the Fletcher Free Library, April 17th, Burlington, VT
• Border Board Games, April 17th, Derby Line, VT

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• GeekOUT!, April 17th, Montreal, QC
  

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: April 5th to April 11th

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, April 5th through Sunday the 11th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, April 6th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, April 7th, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Pathfinder Society, April 7th, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT

Other Fun Stuff in the Northeast:

• Boston Comic Con, April 10th -11th, Boston, MA
• Econocon, April 10th - 11th, Plymouth, NH
  
• Schenectady Wargamers Association Game-a-thon, April 10th, Schenectady, NY

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: March 29th - April 4th, 2010

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, March 29th through Sunday, April 4th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Albany Game Day, Zombie Planet, Albany, NY 
• Gaming in the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT

Other Fun Stuff

• Geek Week, Langdon Street Cafe, Montpelier, VT

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

Geek Week 4.0 Observed!

Geek Week 4.0's Game Con was fantastic. We went, we saw, we placed cubes, meeples, influence tokens and every other variety of game-playing paraphernalia on which we could lay hands.

People literally packed the Langdon Street Cafe to play board games. At one point in the afternoon, there was standing room only for new arrivals. I counted eight tables of games being played, at least one of which served double duty for Arkham Horror at one end and Endeavor -- neither of which are games that take minimal space -- at the other.

Thanks again to Ben Matchstick for organizing Geek Week and making a place in the schedule for a game day, as well as Langdon Street Cafe hosting it all. Opportunities like Geek Week are rare. We should take advantage of them.

Gaming Calendar Updated

The calendar has been filled out with as many conventions and game days in Vermont and the greater northeastern region for the next year as we know about and have been scheduled at this point in time. Check it out to start planning your next gaming holiday.

As we learn about more events and others lock in their dates, we'll add them to our calendar. And if you know of one we haven't listed, drop us line via email ( ) or the contact form on the Green Mountain Gamers website.

This Week in Vermont Gaming: March 22nd - March 28th, 2010

Check out these gaming opportunities around Vermont for the week of Monday, March 22nd through Sunday the 28th:

• Tuesday Night Board Games, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Wednesday Night Boardgaming, Triple Play, Lebanon, NH
• Pathfinder Society, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, VT
• Westford Strategy Boardgame Session, Westford Public Library, Westford, VT
• PAX East, Boston, MA
• Gaming at Fletcher Free Library, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
• Geek Week Gaming Con, Langdon Street Cafe, Montpelier, VT

Other Fun Stuff

• International Traditional Gaming Week, everywhere.
• Geek Week, Langdon Street Cafe, Montpelier, VT

Got a game night or convention you want to share? Leave us a comment. And be sure to check out our calendar for the longer view.

Langdon Street Cafe's Geek Week 4.0 Gaming Con is March 28th

March 24th to 30th, Langdon Street Cafe hosts Geek Week 4.0, a celebration of all things geeky and wonderful. Nights are scheduled with workshops on various topics -- hacking, tapeloops and Dungeons & Dragons to name three -- and the nerdiest musical acts they could find. Their Facebook event page has a thorough listing of what's happening when.

The Sunday of Geek Week, the 28th, is the minicon. It's a game-playing free-for-all that runs throughout the afternoon. There will be a plethora of games on hand to try, or you can bring your own favorite to show off.

Green Mountain Gamers will be there, so if you see one of us, say hello!

Over Hill, Over Dale

We have a strong candidate for the site of the first annual Grill 'n Game. A site visit is in the works before locking it in. Stay tuned for more news.

Filling Out the Calendar

The calendar's filling out nicely. Thank goodness for the ability to create recurring events for regular game nights like those at Quarterstaff Games and Triple Play.

The next, larger calendar-related task is to get in all the major conventions in the New England area.

Hello world!

This afternoon we had an interesting meeting at Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier. Six people from different corners of the northern half of Vermont -- Bob, Brennan, Tyler, Rod, Bethany and Chuck, from left to right in the picture -- convened to discuss the possibilities in encouraging more frequent and active gaming in and between the disparate hobby communities.

The Green Mountain Gamers website is just one of the things that came from that meeting. Keep an eye out for more news as it develops.