A wide variety of people from all walks of life enjoy the social interaction and the mental stimulation of tabletop board games. Actor Wil Wheaton has a wildly successful show on YouTube called Wil Wheaton's Tabletop. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT956cWFGxqSyRdn6GWhBxiAwE
It has great information on how to play a variety of games and fun celebrity guests who enjoy playing tabletop board games.
We also have local gamers come to our club meetings to share and teach us some of their favorite games.
It has great information on how to play a variety of games and fun celebrity guests who enjoy playing tabletop board games.
We also have local gamers come to our club meetings to share and teach us some of their favorite games.
Jay Sigler
Jay is a publish game author. He also has a twitch channel where he regularly plays video games on. Check out his twitch channel Here. Jay also practice improvised comedy which came in handy when he was the GM (game master) for one of our Pathfinder groups. He was able to come in and run a hilariously, amazing game of Pathfinder for us!
Thank you Jay for coming to the club and teaching us Pathfinder!
Thank you Jay for coming to the club and teaching us Pathfinder!
Sam King
Sam is the Venture Agent for RRG and he coordinates a monthly PFS here in Bloomington-Normal. He went to college for bio-archaeology and he does POWERLIFTING!! Sam was generous enough to come in and help teach our club Pathfinder which was much loved by all who played!
Thanks again for running Pathfinder for us!
Thanks again for running Pathfinder for us!
David Frahm
David Frahm is an avid gamer, and loves helping build a sense of acceptance and community where ever he goes. When he isn't helping intrepid young Pathfinder Agents learn the ropes, he can often be found working at Illinois State University, helping organize local gaming conventions, and assisting in various local alternative communities. He finds learning and storytelling to be lifelong passions, and tries to educate himself on a variety of topics. David is the local Venture Lieutenant, assisting his local Venture Captain in organizing Pathfinder events at local conventions and game stores, and further building the local gaming community. He also has been involved in playing Pathfinder and games like it for over half of his life. This includes D&D, Shadowrun, and even a Live Action role-playing game called NERO. Finally David has worked at and participated in a significant number of GenCons, volunteering for Paizo, Bandai, and Wizards of the Coast for various demoing and GMing positions. David was kind enough to visit Game Club and teach our members Pathfinder with some of his friends!
Thank you for introducing us to the world of Pathfinder!
Thank you for introducing us to the world of Pathfinder!
Tim Szerlong
Tim Szerlong is an avid ukulele player who previously wrote reviews on them at www.Ukeeku.com. He met Wil Wheaton at the 2015 Gen Con, and he's related to the elephant man. Tim is a professional game product demonstrator for Steve Jackson Games. Tim was kind enough to come in and teach everyone the popular game of Munchkin. He also provided prizes for a drawing which included great games like Vampire Munchkin with expansion, Nightmare Before Christmas Munchkin and Castellan.
Thank you for the coming and teaching us this amazing game! And thanks for donating the great game prizes!
Thank you for the coming and teaching us this amazing game! And thanks for donating the great game prizes!
Cast and Crew of "LARPs: The Series"
"LARPs: The Series" is an award winning web series created by Beanduck Productions and its two seasons can be found on Geek & Sundry. "LARPs: The Series" is about a group of LARPers (Live Action Role Players) and how LARPing impacts their lives, as well as defining the parallels between real life and fantasy. This web series mixes humor, drama, and romance into one geeky show. If you like the Guild and other Geek & Sundry shows, you are sure to love this. On an extra special Game Club, we watched the entire first season and then the Cast and Crew of "LARPs: The Series" were kind enough to Skype with our club and answer our questions about their show. We had the amazing opportunity to talk to Scott Humphrey (Character: Will), Elizabeth Neale (Co-Producer and Shane), Charlotte Rogers (Brittany), Jonathan Silver (Arthur), Jon Verrall (Writer and Evan), Julian Stamboulieh (Director), and Benjamin Warner (Producer).
Thanks Again for talking with our club about your amazing work!
If you want to learn more about "LARPs: The Series", check out their website here or watch the series here.
Thanks Again for talking with our club about your amazing work!
If you want to learn more about "LARPs: The Series", check out their website here or watch the series here.
Catlin Slinker
Catlin Slinker has been running roleplaying game groups since he was 5 years old. Through his love of roleplaying games (RPGs) he's developed 17 different campaign settings and 10 different rule sets. He's also working on a big box battle adventure game with his weekly gaming group. Catlin was able to come in for a special 2015 Halloween Game Club and get us in the Halloween mood by not only writing but also running a special story for a horror RPG called Dread.
Thank you for scaring the daylights out of us and setting the Halloween mood of horror!
Thank you for scaring the daylights out of us and setting the Halloween mood of horror!
Jamie Mathy
Jamie Mathy owns Bloomington's local game shop Red Raccoon (http://www.redraccoongames.com/) and co owns other businesses such as Kelly's Bakery (http://www.kellysbakeryandcafe.com/) and Mavidea Technology Group (http://www.mavidea.com/). Jamie was kind enough to show us some games for International Tabletop Day (Escape which was a huge hit).
Thank you for showing us a good time!
Jamie Mathy owns Bloomington's local game shop Red Raccoon (http://www.redraccoongames.com/) and co owns other businesses such as Kelly's Bakery (http://www.kellysbakeryandcafe.com/) and Mavidea Technology Group (http://www.mavidea.com/). Jamie was kind enough to show us some games for International Tabletop Day (Escape which was a huge hit).
Thank you for showing us a good time!
Libby Norcross
Libby Norcross works at the Challenger Learning Center and is a successful artist (If you want to see some of her art check her out at http://www.libbydoodle.com/) Libby has a huge game collection and she showed us how to play some new games (Man Bites Dog and Last Word) in 2014. More recently in September of 2015 Libby came in, again, to help us celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day! She dressed up and taught us many pirate themed games such as Tsuro of the Seas, Smash Up (which has pirates in it), and Pirate Fluxx.
Thanks for the great visit Libby!
Libby Norcross works at the Challenger Learning Center and is a successful artist (If you want to see some of her art check her out at http://www.libbydoodle.com/) Libby has a huge game collection and she showed us how to play some new games (Man Bites Dog and Last Word) in 2014. More recently in September of 2015 Libby came in, again, to help us celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day! She dressed up and taught us many pirate themed games such as Tsuro of the Seas, Smash Up (which has pirates in it), and Pirate Fluxx.
Thanks for the great visit Libby!
Jeff Colledge
Jeff Colledge created his own game for the Challenger Learning Center and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. He has published books for the D20 system. He was able to stop in and introduce to us Ultimate Werewolf as well as moderate it.
Thank you for coming Jeff!