GO: Heart Of England

Games Night: Central Boardgaming (Walsall)

Venue: The Black Country Arms, 9 High Street, Walsall, WS1 1QW. We aim to sit Upstairs.

All levels of experience welcome. We play fortnightly on Fridays, so don't forget to RSVP to earlier and later event iterations too!

Our members have a great collection of modern tabletop board games to choose from. We rotate them each time, so there will always be variety. Please feel free to bring along similar games of your own.

This is intended as a low-cost evening, but please do keep the owners happy with something from behind the counter/bar.

To make it easiest for you to jump into a game straight away, it's best to arrive at the start of the session and stay on, plus it's worth trying new games as well as ones we already know how to play.

Location and parking
Parking is possible in nearby roads, though perfect for public transport. The venue is a distinctive building on your left as you pass through the Markets area coming from the bus or train stations, opposite Asda.

New Members and Guests welcome! Please RSVP separately to each event you plan to attend.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
If you'd like to be added to our MESSENGER chat group, for discussing what games we're playing etc, please directly message Paul (host). Or join our new Facebook group, on www.facebook.com/groups/25625012123847895

Attendance: As with all events, please RSVP courteously, which means that no-shows and withdrawals in the last 24 hours are impolite. We need to reserve just the right amount of tables and seats.
Also there are occasions when we need to communicate with attendees, so if you aren't on the list, we can't message you with any important updates which occasionally may occur.

Thank you for your understanding.

GO: Monthly Great Alehouse Night (Rotating Venue)

Weekend Evening Gathering:
Many meetup nights-out feature noisy venues, but from January 2025, we hold a monthly Good Ale Pub Meetup, at various venues across the region (such as a Black Country Ales Inn where many real ales, seating, and no irritating DJ). The purpose is simply to socialize heartily over drinks in a good local community pub.

Venue Rotation:
By default, the venue will rotate by month as per tabulated list below. These 12 venues listed will be revised intermittently according to popularity. Alternatively individual events may be redirected to another great alehouse, either to maintain the viability of the event, or if needed to secure a volunteer host, or simply just for a change..

Details:
Please meet inside the venue at the time stated, avoid lateness. The venue is as below according to calendar date. First arrivals please secure suitable table(s), there's no 'host' as such. Please use recognizable profile pictures, so that others can find you, and best to swap contact details with others going if you don't recognize them. Phone calls and texts are preferable, since many members don't surf the internet when out.

Venue Rotation:
For a varied experience, the venue changes each time, according to the month as per the list below. This means we can use a recurring event proforma, but also means you need to check carefully to avoid going to the wrong place.

JAN: Jewellery Qtr: The Jewellers Arms (Hockley St, B18 6BW)
FEB: Dudley: Malt Shovel (Tower Street, DY1 1NB)
MAR: Walsall: The Fountain (Lower Forster St, WS1 1XB)
APR: Lichfield: Horse & Jockey (Sandford Street, WS13 6QA)
MAY: Coventry: Old Windmill (Spon Street, CV1 3BA)
JUN: Wolverhampton: Great Western (Sun St, WV10 0DG)
JUL: Moseley: Old Moseley Arms (Tindal St, B12 9QU)
AUG: Sedgley: Beacon Hotel (Bilston St, DY3 1JE)
SEP: Birmingham: Prince Of Wales (Cambridge St, B1 2NP)
OCT: Tamworth: The Tamworth Tap (Market St, B79 7LR)
NOV: Harborne: Hop Garden (Metchley Lane, B17 0HT)
DEC: Stourbridge: Waggon & Horses (Worcester St, DY8 1AT)

Background:
Our aim is for members to take turns arranging events, since centralized group admin hosting isn't our intention. The only firm rule is that joint-hosting with other groups isn't allowed without specific agreement from all group owners, to prevent altruistic community serving intentions being thwarted by self-serving agendas.

Attendance and Viability:
Please assume events with 4+ RSVPs (excluding admin) will go ahead, and events with less than 4 RSVPs will not go ahead unless members agree to proceed anyway via the event comments. Please finalize your RSVP at least 24 hours prior to the event. RSVP changes after this deadline may be detected by auto-reset software and you will be required to attend.