What we’re about
The Queen City Game Club is proud to once again participate in Extra Life! Extra Life is a way for people who love games to give back to their community - in this case, to raise money for Levine Children's Hospital here in Charlotte. Every year, gamers of all types come together to raise money through Extra Life to support their local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, which treat thousands of children each year, regardless of their family's ability to pay. Every dollar raised goes directly to our chosen hospital. Since 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $100 million to help children's hospitals take care of sick and inured kids, across America and around the world.
You can find our Extra Life Team, Charlotte Gamers United, here.
The Queen City Game Club is a 21+ meetup for gamers interested in more complex or strategy driven board games. Traditional strategy games, abstract games, euro games and war games of all kind are welcome. This group will also be a community for local board game designers that are interested in obtaining feedback and looking for playtesting groups.
Our meetup schedule, includes several monthly meetup events, including our popular Beers and Board Games event at the Waldhorn.
Finally, we also look to match up gamers for various ad hoc meetup events. If you are interested in playing a particular game and are just looking for a few other players, you can setup a new meetup indicating the venue and the max number of participants for your game session. We request that you attend at least one public meetup before making a request to host an event at a private residence. Our message boards are also available for making request when looking for members to join in a specific game session.
MEMBERSHIP
We don’t charge for our events, but we welcome your financial support.
For just $25 a year, you’ll become a voting member of QCGC. This gives you the right to vote at the annual meeting to have a say in the future of our club.
Your contribution to the club goes to cover our Meetup Fees, IT expenses (email, PayPal, web domain), administrative costs (corporate and tax filings), and event support (name tags, prizes, and advertising) These funds can also help us add games to our library for our community teaching projects.
You can make a contribution via https://www.paypal.me/QCGC/25 (admin@qcgameclub.com) or by providing cash or a check (made out to Queen City Game Club) to one of the officers at an event.
Thanks for your support!
Before 6pm, a $15 Contribution is REQUIRED for this Event - but the entire amount goes directly to Levine Children's Hospital and is tax deductible.
There are three ways you can contribute:
- Join our team and/or donate directly to the Charlotte Gamers United Extra Life! team (https://www.extra-life.org/team/CLTGamers).
- Pre-pay via PayPal to the Club (https://www.paypal.me/QCGC/15), and we'll pass it along to Extra Life!
- Pay at the door on November 2nd, and we'll pass it along to Extra Life!
SO WHAT IS EXTRA LIFE! ?
Queen City Game Club is just part of a coalition of Charlotte gamers (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExtraLifeCLT/) sponsoring teams for the 24-hour game marathon, Extra Life (http://www.extra-life.org/)! Please join us to kick-off a full day of playing board games to raise money to save kids!
The Charlotte Gamers United Extra Life! team has chosen to support Levine Children's Hospital, where thousands of children are treated each year, regardless of their family's ability to pay. These kids are facing serious threats to their health, like cancer, cystic fibrosis, and injuries from accidents, to name just a few.
On Saturday, November 2, 2024, we'll be part of a huge international celebration of the social impact of gamers with Extra Life. We invite you to come join the celebration!
From noon to 6pm, there will be a raffle and prizes in support of Levine Children's Hospital. Afterwards, you may stay and game until last call.
A selection of games will be available and feel free to bring your own favorites as well.
If you are interested in joining our fundraising team, please go here (https://www.extra-life.org/team/CLTGamers) and click Join Our Team.
We've had a great time the last several years raising money for this incredible event. Together with our friends in the wider Charlotte gaming community, we have raised over $355,000 for Levine Children's Hospital since 2008!
RAFFLE DETAILS
We will be having a raffle during the first five hours of this Extra Life event. You will receive 3 tickets with your $15 initial contribution. You may purchase additional tickets at $5 each, and these tickets may be bought in advance or at the event.
Every dollar contributed goes to Levine Children's Hospital. You may place the tickets any of the following drawings:
Beyond the Sun
Dune: Arrakis
Papillon
Raccoon Tycoon
Hunt for the Ring
Cosmic Encounter Duel
General Prizes
After the main prizes have been drawn, all remaining tickets will be placed into this general raffle for a number of additional prizes. (You can also buy tickets directly for this drawing if you're not interested in any of the other games.)
All the raffles will conclude by 6pm, but participants are still welcome to stay and play games until close.
We can't wait to see you to play fun games and raise money for this great cause!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Beer & Boardgames in BelmontPrimal Brewery, Belmont , NC
Please join us in Belmont at Primal Brewing. Our hosts will provide and teach a selection of games, but if you have a favorite board game you've been wanting to play, feel free to bring it to share -- but please be prepared to teach the rules to new players. This is a free event where attendees are only encouraged to have fun and eat and drink at the venue if they want to!
This meetup event is a great opportunity to meet the newest members of the Queen City Game Club as well as to introduce all members to new games.
The event will run approximately 3.5 hours.