What we’re about
In-person, live, in-real-time game play is the focus of this Meetup. Discover new games or play old favorites. Read the posted details for events that interest you. All group Members listed are active (see below).
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Portland Area Board Games and RPGs as a collective welcomes you to join in events several different host teams run. Each TEAM of hosts (the best way!), is in charge of the events they post and they retain full charge over who participates in their events.
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--- Meetup Group Ground Rules and Guidelines ---
1. No DMs unless you've met in-person and asked permission.
2. If you ask to game with someone and they say no, respect it and find someone else to game with.
- Be kind, respect others, help create safe spaces.
- Most players are looking to enjoy game play and social time, not romance.
- Use opportunities to slowly grow a circle of friends that you can share fun times with for years to come.
- Bad actors weaken our community. Bad actors may be banned from this Meetup group. The full Leadership group may be notified.
- Live into the community you want to live in.
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Join/Start a Host TEAM
Many hands make light work! Volunteer to help as you are able. Want to start up an ongoing event/game night, or run a special event? Either post your thoughts in the Discussion space for Portland Area Board Games and RPGs, or contact one of the Organizers/Co-Organizers on the Leadership list (on full website, not mobile).
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Site Use
Currently Meetup functions differently on the mobile app vs the full website. The website gives users access to a calendar view of events, a page of all event photo albums, and different ways to sort/view members. Both means of access are handy in their own way.
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Active Members Only
In 2025 we began focusing on growing active users of the group. All members listed are active or have recently joined. To maintain membership users should visit the Portland Area Board Games and RPGs group website at least once every 6 months. Users inactive past that time may find they need to rejoin. No worries. Should that happen to you, you will be welcomed back. All are welcome to join/rejoin any time, except bad actors, of course. Live into the community you want to live in. :)
Upcoming events
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Age of Steam Game Night
McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 Northeast 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR, USCome and play the board game Age of Steam every other Monday night at the Boiler Room bar in the McMenamins Kennedy School. With its industrial decor, twisting iron railings, and steampunk vibe originating from the school's actual former boiler room, is there a better place to play a board game about building railroads?
Age of Steam is the classic route-building and pick-up and deliver board game that also involves careful money management and auctioning. The rules are simple and elegant, but the gameplay can be brutal. At each meetup session, we will play on a different map (e.g. Southern US one week, Germany another week). Each map has its own twist on the basic rules.
For the January 5 event, we will play the base game Rust Belt map.
All are welcome. Familiarity with the basic rules is assumed. The rulebook is accessible at this link.
This is envisioned as a small-ish meetup to start, with 3-5 spots available for a game, as I only have a single copy of the game. The game plays up to 6 people. Please RSVP on Meetup if you intend to come. The event will run if at least 3 people have RSVP-ed.
Fellow Age of Steam enthusiasts with their own copy should feel free to RSVP and indicate in the comments that they are bringing a copy, so that we can expand the number of available spots for a game (e.g. from 6 to 12).
Gameplay will take place in the upper level of the bar (by the pool table). Please plan on buying a drink to justify our use of the space. Choo Choo!6 attendees
Board Games @ SE CORE Food Carts!
CORE - Collective Oregon Eateries, 3612 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR, USEvery Tuesday join us as we dive into the world of gaming at CORE Food Carts. No need to worry about rain, too much sun or a strong breeze because we’ll be set up in their large indoor space equipped with copious number of tables perfect for gaming and safe from the weather.
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No pets allowed unless clearly marked as a service animal. Emotional support pets are NOT allowed indoors. This is a strict rule.
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🎉View a list of what games people are briging, ask questions and stay connected via Discord👈
During this event enjoy GameCon’s wide selection & variety of games! Ranging from party games, to co-ops, to strategic middleweight and fun social deception games.
How Many People Attend? **
We regularly have 20 to 30 people attend with most of them arriving around 5:30 PM.
🧐Have your own games you’d like to play?
🎉Bring them!
🤔Never played board games before?
😃No problem! We'll happily teach you in this low-pressure, welcoming environment.
😨Feeling a little nervous?
👌That’s totally natural.
New games started about every 15 min or so, so it doesn’t matter what time you arrive we’ll have something for you to do. Also we are happy to teach you a new game.
The thing that’s fantastic about attending board game events is it takes out the stress of not knowing what to talk about. Simply talk about the games, ask how to play the games, learn, laugh, strategize and enjoy in this welcoming environment surrounded by delicious food.
If you’re new to town or simply would like to expand your friend group this can be a great, low stress way to meet new friends!
If you’re new to games, this is a judgement free zone and board gamers are happy to take the time to explain and teach and, in all truth, love to share their hobby with new people. Because, board games are the best games.
Heavy weight games & gamers welcome as well! While its not required, and people have brought & stared heavy weight games on the fly, because of the time commitment for a game like this you may want join our Discord to gain interest for your game and get a time set up for others to play.
Newbies and veteran board gamers are always welcome!
🍔WHAT IS CORE?**
Collective Oregon Eateries, also known as CORE, is a indoor/outdoor community gathering and food cart space that is located along 82nd Avenue.
See photos of the space below 👇
The indoor space is quite large, 6,500 square feet to be exact with ample amount of large tables perfect for gaming! Also provides clean bathrooms and will soon have indoor bar!
Outdoors is a variety of delicious food carts to enjoy! We highly recommend sampling the bounty. See photos attached to this event to see how amazing this venue is.
Check out CORE’s instagram . Stay up to date with their other events.
CORE has a large, safe and free parking lot!
♟️WHAT IS GAMECON?
GameCon is the largest game night in greater Portland Metropolitan Area and we have joined forces with CORE Food Cart to bring weekly game nights to this vibrant food cart business.
Want to stay connected to all GameCon’s events she thriving game boarding community?
Join us on:
New Discord: Tuesday @CORE Events
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Original Discord: Saturday @ House On The Hill Events
We have an amazing inclusive community where we just many gatherings. We are looking forward to meeting you!!!9 attendees
Rules-Light RPGs
2105 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR, USChange your PRIVACY SETTINGS so I can actually reply to your messages! :)
or contact me directly at
email = God.Emperor@Gmail.com
call/text = 971 325-2100
Join us on Tuesday for Kids on Bikes, Super Spies, Escape from Dino Island, Spacy weird Fantasy, Mörk Borg/Pirates, or Call of Cthulhu, and other Homebrew One-Shots -- things change over time.
So send me an email at God.Emperor@Gmail.com or call/text me at 971 325-2100 for more setting and system info. And the story plots are episodic enough that you can miss sessions and it's no big deal.3 attendees
Past events
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