Board Game Groups Los Angeles

Game Night: Blood on the Clocktower

Come hang out and play *Blood on the Clocktower*, a super fun social deduction game full of bluffing, guessing, and a little bit of chaos. **About Blood on the Clocktower** This is a social deduction game where \*everyone\* gets a secret role—some players are trying to solve the mystery, while others are secretly working against the group. You’ll be chatting, accusing, defending yourself, and trying to figure out who’s telling the truth (and who’s definitely not). Even if you get “killed,” you’re still in the game and part of the action -- you win or lose with your team at the end of the game. It’s easy to pick up, really engaging, and a great way to meet people or just have a memorable night. **Beginners and Veterans Welcome** Whether you've never played before, or are looking to play some more complex characters and scripts, we'd love to have you. Just show up ready to play and have fun. **Cost** Admission is $10, paid at the door, and includes pizza, drinks, and various other snacks. Studious Coworking graciously maintains and provides this event space and does a lot of the heavy lifting in creating third spaces and building community. Your admission fee helps them continue to provide space for community events like this. **Conduct** This is a respectful space for everyone. Please refrain from making unwelcome personal advances. Additionally, please remember that while bluffing and lying is a core part of Blood on the Clocktower, emotional abuse or coercion is not. Any behavior that makes others uncomfortable will not be tolerated and will result in getting banned from future events. **Parking** Meters on Broadway & Hill are $1.50/hr, for 2 hrs max. Meters stop at 8pm. $5 All Day Parking is available at: Mandarin Plaza \| 978 N Broadway Bamboo Plaza \| 420 Bernard St Free Parking is available at: Broadway in front of Casa Italiana/Cathedral High School (5 min walk to Studious). Studious is also across the street from the Metro A Line – Chinatown Station.

Werewolf Tournament / New Card Testing Night

**Werewolf Tournament / New Card Testing Night** This will be a **small Werewolf session** designed for players who already know the game and want to jump straight into deeper strategy and experimental roles and a more challenging advanced/challenging event. We’ll be running **five structured games with 16-20 people**, each capped at **45 minutes**, using **new cards and role combinations** that we usually can’t try during our larger regular events. This is a chance to test more complex setups, unusual win conditions, and advanced strategies in a focused group of experienced players. **Tournament Format** • **5 total games** • **45 minutes per game (game timer instead of round timer)** • Roles and setups change between rounds • Players stay in the same pool for the full tournament **Scoring System** Points accumulate across all games. At the end of the last game, the player with the **most total points wins the tournament**. **2nd and 3rd place prizes as well.** **Prizes** The winner will receive **special prizes**, which may include: • Copies of Werewolf / social deduction games • Power items that can help for future Werewolf nights (i.e. infinite tower of defense) • Other fun additional surprise prizes **Requirements** Because we’ll be jumping straight into complex roles and faster gameplay: • This event is **limited to a small group** • Players should already understand the core rules and flow of the game If you enjoy pushing the game further and want to experiment with new roles and strategies, this is the night for it. Werewolf setups: 45 minute game timer, I will keep all night phases moving, days only end with a kill Village team - 1 point Werewolf team - 1 point Independent team (vampires etc)- 2 points Independent solo win (lone wolf etc)- 3 points 5 rounds - whoever has most wins is 1st place in the tournament, 2nd and 3rd win prizes as well In the result of a tie in any of the top 3 places we play one final small tie breaker

Hong Kong Style Mahjong Night at Wushiland Boba

**🀄 Hong Kong Style Mahjong Night at Wushiland Boba** **📅 Date:** Thursday, July 30 2026 **⏰ Time:** 7:00 PM–10:00 PM **📍 Location:** Wushiland Boba – San Gabriel **🏠 Address:** 140 W Valley Boulevard #104, San Gabriel, CA 91776 **🎲 Game Format:** Hong Kong Style Mahjong **💵 Cost:** * $5.00 per person (on or before 7/24/2026) * $10.00 per person thereafter **👥 Birth Years:** 1983–1999 **🌱 Skill Level:** Beginner to Intermediate Come join us for a friendly and relaxed **Hong Kong Style Mahjong Night** at **Wushiland Boba in San Gabriel**. **Beginners are absolutely welcome, and teaching will be provided.** Whether you already know how to play, have only played a few times, or are completely new to Hong Kong Style Mahjong, you are welcome to join. I’ll be happy to teach new players and help anyone who wants a refresher. This meetup is intended for attendees born between **1983 and 1999**. The goal is to keep the group within a similar general life-stage range while still making the evening feel warm, respectful, and welcoming. The event is best suited for **beginner to intermediate players**, with a focus on learning, playing, and enjoying a fun weekday evening together. No pressure, no intense competition, and no need to worry about being new. Please arrive a little before **7:30 PM** so we can organize tables and start on time. The event will run until **10:00 PM**. *** **📌 Important Notes** * 🕖 Please arrive before 7:30 PM so we can start smoothly. * 🀄 Beginners are absolutely welcome, and teaching will be provided. * 🌱 Skill level is beginner to intermediate. * 👥 This meetup is intended for attendees born between 1983 and 1999. * 🧋 Please support the venue by purchasing a drink or snack. * 🪑 Space may be limited depending on table availability. *** **🤝 Respectful Conduct & Good Sportsmanship** Everyone is expected to be **cordial, respectful, patient, and welcoming** toward others. Please keep the atmosphere friendly and comfortable for all attendees. Good sportsmanship is expected throughout the evening, especially since some players may be learning or still building confidence. Please be kind to beginners, avoid rude comments, and be patient when explaining rules or gameplay. This event is here for people to **have fun, learn, socialize, and enjoy Mahjong together** in a relaxed setting. Disruptive, disrespectful, aggressive, or inappropriate behavior will not be welcome. *** **📅 Cancellation Policy** If you can no longer attend, please cancel your RSVP **at least 24 hours before the event start time**. Since space may be limited depending on table availability, canceling in advance gives another person the chance to attend. *** **🚫 No Gambling / No Money Involved** **This is a strictly no-gambling event.** There will be **no gambling, no betting, no wagering, and no money involved in gameplay**. Mahjong will be played for fun, learning, and social enjoyment only. **Gambling is strictly forbidden at this event.** Come enjoy boba, learn Hong Kong Style Mahjong, and spend a friendly evening with good company.

Board Games and Boba🧋!

🎲 Bring Your Own Board Game (optional) and jacket 🧥! Come hang out, meet great people, and enjoy a chill board game night at Namiko Studio Cafe ✨ Whether you’re a serious board gamer or just here for the vibes, everyone is welcome — even your 🐶💛. Part of the night we’ll be using their outside tables, and it gets pretty chilly, so please bring a really warm 🧥 jacket. We’ll have some games available, but feel free to bring a favorite you'd like to share! ✨ We’re grateful to this café for letting us use their space. If you’re able, **please support them by purchasing a drink or snack during the event.** Most importantly, bring positive energy ✨ and **be** **respectful and kind**, so that everyone can have a fun and comfortable time together 🌿💫 **IMPORTANT:** * The **cafe closes at 7:30pm** but the cafe is keeping the secret garden in the back open for us until 10:00pm. If you are coming to the event **after 7:30pm the front door will be closed and you will need to enter through the brown gate in the back** parking lot. You can find it by driving into the alley on N Edinburgh Ave and making a left into the black iron gate, then you will see the wooden brown gate. * **No outside food or drinks** are allowed**.** **PARKING:** * There are three free spots on N Edinburgh Ave. Make sure to always read the signs! * There is plenty of metered parking that is free after 8:00 pm. * You are also able to park in the gym spots in the back parking lot after 7:30pm only (the gym closes at 7:30 pm).

Board Games With You

Hey party people! Come hit up Paper Hero's for a chill afternoon of board games with East Valley Board Games. Also, BUNDLE UP, as it can get quite chilly in our corner of the store. Layers are good. The gaming details: Attendance: This is a drop-in event, so you don’t have to stay the whole time. Come for an hour, come for two hours, show up late, leave early. As long as you clean up any mess that you leave, you're good with us and the wonderful store runners, Andrew and Zoey. NOTE: It is advisable that the best way to get in on a game without waiting is to come at the beginning of the event at 2pm. Otherwise you might have to wait for a game to end and another to begin. Parking: Paper Heroes is located in a strip mall on the northwest corner of Burbank Blvd. and Hazeltine Ave. in Sherman Oaks. No, we don't know why Meetup lists the city as Los Angeles and not Sherman Oaks. There are a few parking spaces in the small shopping center, and we would suggest looking for street parking as well. Since it's Sunday, meters will be free. **Important note: It's been brought to our attention that there are a few 1 hour parking signs around the venue, so as always, check parking signs carefully so you don't get a visit from a parking fairy.** We have had good luck parking on the east side of Hazeltine, just south of Burbank. Food: Outside food and drink is allowed in. We just ask as always that you are careful so as not to spill. There's a coffee shop next door, Nat's Early Bite, which is open until 3pm. Just please be careful and don’t spill food or drink on games, or you’ll be expected to replace them, which we think is a fair policy. Also, there are some game mats placed on some tables around the stores with signs asking patrons to not place food or drink on top of them. PLEASE RESPECT THIS RULE. Don't be a jerk. Guests: Guests are great! Just be sure to note it in your RSVP, and if your guests' plans change, please update your RSVP. Please understand that you are responsible for making sure that your guests spend at least $5 at Paper Heroes to support the business. More info on that in a second. Store policy: PH is asking that every person who attends our events makes at least 1 purchase or purchases $5 store credit to use in the future (the store keeps an account for you). Snacks and drinks can be part of this, but they're not ideal. It's a gaming store (also comic books!) after all (and was affected by the pandemic). What we like to do is put aside a list of games we want and buy or order them from PH, rather than get them from Amazon (doesn't Jeff Bozo have enough of our money?) The store runners and East Valley Board Games organizers (Felicity, Joe, and Alan) will remind you at the event. Games: Feel free to bring your own games, or just play the ones that others bring. There's always a healthy selection of strategy games, word games, party games, and so on.

Playtesting at LFG Con in Burbank (and potential indie selling)

Hey everyone! The SECOND LFG Con will be occurring August 13-16 at the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, and we have been invited to participate! Last year was a small but mighty event and incredibly fun, we strongly recommend checking it out! Learn more about the event here- [LFG CON](https://www.lfg-con.com/) Please note if you are interested in participating you **MUST** sign up via the below form, RSVPing to the event on Meetup is not enough. **Public playtesting** ***Friday, August 14th, Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th 10am-5:30pm*** This will be an Unpub-esque event where con goers can peruse the tables and sit down to playtest games. Any genre and length of game welcome! There will be room for 5-8 games to run at a time, depending on table space required. If you are interested in running a game, please apply to do so here- [https://tinyurl.com/lfgplaytesting](https://tinyurl.com/lfgplaytesting) (**Participating designers will receive a free day-badge** for running two time slots on either day, or a full con badge for running at least two time slots on 2 days. *IF you have a spouse/assistant who wants to come* and you would like a free badge for them, please sign up for at least 4 timeslots. Otherwise, we request that they purchase their own badge. Thanks for understanding!) **Indie Game Night Market** ***TBD*** This is an event for designers to sell games **that have no other channel for purchase**. These should be games that have not been widely published, and have no intention of crowdfunding or releasing in the near future. Your product must be a game, however it can take any form- a handcrafted work of art, a janky limited print run, or a grab-bag of dollar store items with a stapled together instruction manual for how to use them. If you are interested in selling a game, **please email Cassandra directly at cassandra@ixiongameworks.com**. (Participating designers will receive a free day-badge for Saturday.) Please reach out to cassandra@ixiongameworks.com if you have any questions. Hope to see many of you there!

BOARDGAMES AND BEER 🍻

Hi all! Let’s meet up again for some Boardgames and Beer! This month we will meet at Steelcraft in Bellflower- which is a bit larger than the Long Beach Steelcraft; it has an arcade room, coffee shop, taco shop, Argentinian food, tacos, chocolate strawberries, and beer and wine- so there is something there for everyone to enjoy! I will bring with me my typical Boardgames which include some favorites like Codenames, Cards Against Humanity, Jenga, Ransom Notes, Moniker and more! If you have a favorite board game at home that you’d like to share with the group you are more than welcome to bring it and introduce us all! I’ll save us a few picnic tables and wait around in my BLUE COWBOY HAT 🤠 I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

Catan (All Levels) @ Van Nuys

Hot August Board Games!

Hey party people! Come hit up Paper Hero's for a chill afternoon of board games with East Valley Board Games. Also, BUNDLE UP, as it can get quite chilly in our corner of the store. Layers are good. The gaming details: Attendance: This is a drop-in event, so you don’t have to stay the whole time. Come for an hour, come for two hours, show up late, leave early. As long as you clean up any mess that you leave, you're good with us and the wonderful store runners, Andrew and Zoey. NOTE: It is advisable that the best way to get in on a game without waiting is to come at the beginning of the event at 2pm. Otherwise you might have to wait for a game to end and another to begin. Parking: Paper Heroes is located in a strip mall on the northwest corner of Burbank Blvd. and Hazeltine Ave. in Sherman Oaks. No, we don't know why Meetup lists the city as Los Angeles and not Sherman Oaks. There are a few parking spaces in the small shopping center, and we would suggest looking for street parking as well. Since it's Sunday, meters will be free. **Important note: It's been brought to our attention that there are a few 1 hour parking signs around the venue, so as always, check parking signs carefully so you don't get a visit from a parking fairy.** We have had good luck parking on the east side of Hazeltine, just south of Burbank. Food: Outside food and drink is allowed in. We just ask as always that you are careful so as not to spill. There's a coffee shop next door, Nat's Early Bite, which is open until 3pm. Just please be careful and don’t spill food or drink on games, or you’ll be expected to replace them, which we think is a fair policy. Also, there are some game mats placed on some tables around the stores with signs asking patrons to not place food or drink on top of them. PLEASE RESPECT THIS RULE. Don't be a jerk. Guests: Guests are great! Just be sure to note it in your RSVP, and if your guests' plans change, please update your RSVP. Please understand that you are responsible for making sure that your guests spend at least $5 at Paper Heroes to support the business. More info on that in a second. Store policy: PH is asking that every person who attends our events makes at least 1 purchase or purchases $5 store credit to use in the future (the store keeps an account for you). Snacks and drinks can be part of this, but they're not ideal. It's a gaming store (also comic books!) after all (and was affected by the pandemic). What we like to do is put aside a list of games we want and buy or order them from PH, rather than get them from Amazon (doesn't Jeff Bozo have enough of our money?) The store runners and East Valley Board Games organizers (Felicity, Joe, and Alan) will remind you at the event. Games: Feel free to bring your own games, or just play the ones that others bring. There's always a healthy selection of strategy games, word games, party games, and so on.

Are You Game?

Hey party people! Come hit up Paper Hero's for a chill afternoon of board games with East Valley Board Games. Also, BUNDLE UP, as it can get quite chilly in our corner of the store. Layers are good. The gaming details: Attendance: This is a drop-in event, so you don’t have to stay the whole time. Come for an hour, come for two hours, show up late, leave early. As long as you clean up any mess that you leave, you're good with us and the wonderful store runners, Andrew and Zoey. NOTE: It is advisable that the best way to get in on a game without waiting is to come at the beginning of the event at 2pm. Otherwise you might have to wait for a game to end and another to begin. Parking: Paper Heroes is located in a strip mall on the northwest corner of Burbank Blvd. and Hazeltine Ave. in Sherman Oaks. No, we don't know why Meetup lists the city as Los Angeles and not Sherman Oaks. There are a few parking spaces in the small shopping center, and we would suggest looking for street parking as well. Since it's Sunday, meters will be free. **Important note: It's been brought to our attention that there are a few 1 hour parking signs around the venue, so as always, check parking signs carefully so you don't get a visit from a parking fairy.** We have had good luck parking on the east side of Hazeltine, just south of Burbank. Food: Outside food and drink is allowed in. We just ask as always that you are careful so as not to spill. There's a coffee shop next door, Nat's Early Bite, which is open until 3pm. Just please be careful and don’t spill food or drink on games, or you’ll be expected to replace them, which we think is a fair policy. Also, there are some game mats placed on some tables around the stores with signs asking patrons to not place food or drink on top of them. PLEASE RESPECT THIS RULE. Don't be a jerk. Guests: Guests are great! Just be sure to note it in your RSVP, and if your guests' plans change, please update your RSVP. Please understand that you are responsible for making sure that your guests spend at least $5 at Paper Heroes to support the business. More info on that in a second. Store policy: PH is asking that every person who attends our events makes at least 1 purchase or purchases $5 store credit to use in the future (the store keeps an account for you). Snacks and drinks can be part of this, but they're not ideal. It's a gaming store (also comic books!) after all (and was affected by the pandemic). What we like to do is put aside a list of games we want and buy or order them from PH, rather than get them from Amazon (doesn't Jeff Bozo have enough of our money?) The store runners and East Valley Board Games organizers (Felicity, Joe, and Alan) will remind you at the event. Games: Feel free to bring your own games, or just play the ones that others bring. There's always a healthy selection of strategy games, word games, party games, and so on.

MTG The Hobbit Saturday Pre-release at Collector Legion $35 12pm Noon (and 5pm)

4th Monday Meeting: "Up or Down?" (Meeting #1193)