We are on the precipice of yet another awesome season of

The Gotham Gaming Guild!

What is the GGG you ask? All your answers are here!

When, where, and how much does it cost to play in the GGG you ask? Get your information here!

Dates:

April 13th, April 27th, May 11th, May 25th, June 8th

Games are currently being voted on. The 5 games that get the most votes will be run at this the 15th season of the GGG.

Vote here and check out the games!

On TUESDAY, March 6th, 7:00-11:00, NerdNYC will hold a special BONUS Board Game Night at ThinkCoffee (Mercer Street location).

If you have game you want to play, bring it with you! If not, come down anyway and play what others have brought. No experience with the games is necessary!

Enjoy the company of your fellow nerds and eat delicious foodstuffs! ThinkCoffee also sports an excellent wine and beer bar!

Please Note:

• No experience is necessary to play!  The rules of each game can be taught.
• Conversely, if you bring a game, please be prepared to teach it to new players.
• Table space at ThinkCoffee is always at something of a premium. We do the best we can, but it is probably better to avoid bringing games that require lots of table space, or ones that take more than 3 hours to finish. Save those games for other events like Recess!

Location:

THINKCOFFEE
248 Mercer Street
(between 3rd and 4th Streets)
New York, NY
just a few short blocks from the B, D, F, A, C, E, R, N, and 6 trains.

View Larger Map

Travel:

- take the A, C, E to West 4th Street
- take the B, D, F, or V train to Broadway/Lafayette
- take the 6 train to Astor Place or Bleecker Street.
- take the N, R to 8th Street

Admission:

- FREE!!!!
- ThinkCoffee respectfully requests that you purchase something from their wide variety of drinks and foodstuffs.

Are you coming?  Do you have questions?

Please post if you are coming and what games you intend to bring here, or ask any questions you have…

GAME ON!

On FRIDAY, February 17th, 7:00-11:00, NerdNYC will hold its regular Board Game Night at ThinkCoffee (Mercer Street location).

If you have game you want to play, bring it with you! If not, come down anyway and play what others have brought. No experience with the games is necessary!

Enjoy the company of your fellow nerds and eat delicious foodstuffs! ThinkCoffee also sports an excellent wine and beer bar!

Please Note:

• No experience is necessary to play!  The rules of each game can be taught.
• Conversely, if you bring a game, please be prepared to teach it to new players.
• Table space at ThinkCoffee is always at something of a premium. We do the best we can, but it is probably better to avoid bringing games that require lots of table space, or ones that take more than 3 hours to finish. Save those games for other events like Recess!

Location:

THINKCOFFEE
248 Mercer Street
(between 3rd and 4th Streets)
New York, NY
just a few short blocks from the B, D, F, A, C, E, R, N, and 6 trains.

View Larger Map

Travel:

- take the A, C, E to West 4th Street
- take the B, D, F, or V train to Broadway/Lafayette
- take the 6 train to Astor Place or Bleecker Street.
- take the N, R to 8th Street

Admission:

- FREE!!!!
- ThinkCoffee respectfully requests that you purchase something from their wide variety of drinks and foodstuffs.

Are you coming?  Do you have questions?

Please post if you are coming and what games you intend to bring here, or ask any questions you have…

GAME ON!

On SATURDAY, February 4th, 7:00-11:00, NerdNYC will hold a special BONUS Board Game Night at ThinkCoffee (Mercer Street location).

If you have game you want to play, bring it with you! If not, come down anyway and play what others have brought. No experience with the games is necessary!

Enjoy the company of your fellow nerds and eat delicious foodstuffs! ThinkCoffee also sports an excellent wine and beer bar!

Please Note:

• No experience is necessary to play!  The rules of each game can be taught.
• Conversely, if you bring a game, please be prepared to teach it to new players.
• Table space at ThinkCoffee is always at something of a premium. We do the best we can, but it is probably better to avoid bringing games that require lots of table space, or ones that take more than 3 hours to finish. Save those games for other events like Recess!

Location:

THINKCOFFEE
248 Mercer Street
(between 3rd and 4th Streets)
New York, NY
just a few short blocks from the B, D, F, A, C, E, R, N, and 6 trains.

View Larger Map

Travel:

- take the A, C, E to West 4th Street
- take the B, D, F, or V train to Broadway/Lafayette
- take the 6 train to Astor Place or Bleecker Street.
- take the N, R to 8th Street

Admission:

- FREE!!!!
- ThinkCoffee respectfully requests that you purchase something from their wide variety of drinks and foodstuffs.

Are you coming?  Do you have questions?

Please post if you are coming and what games you intend to bring here, or ask any questions you have…

GAME ON!

What better way to celebrate Great American Pie Month than to win one by answering scads of nerdy questions? Show your patriotism and pie-dedication by joining us at the next TRUE NERD TRIVIA!

Where: Ryan’s Irish Pub: 151 2nd Avenue, NYC
When: Thursday, February 16th
Start time: 7:45pm

Team size is limited to 6 players – so choose your companions wisely! If you need a team – show up and we’ll find you some new friends!

Who will become True Nerd Trivia’s next champions and win that pie? Join us and find out!

Suggested donation $1 to feed the pie fund.
For more information and updates, go to truenerdtrivia.com
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For all you newbies who have yet to experience our brand of Trivia, leave your knowledge of state capitals at home! Forget everything you learned in high school – we won’t be asking you any of that stuff! Instead, our questions are all about the important things in life, such as:

Geography: What is the name of the region of Middle Earth where Hobbits live?
Science and Tech: What device will allow a Delorean to travel back in time?
Parazoology: How long would it take for you to be digested in the belly of the Sarlaac?
Superheroes: When Dick Grayson gets his driver’s license – what car can he take for a spin?

And much much more!!!

Recess was gaming and friendship all weekend long! 200 people participated in helping everyone have an awesome time.

What’s Recess like?

We could tell you… or we could show you…

Friday Party Photos…

Saturday & Sunday Recess Photos…

Real Life Lovecraft Cthulhu Investigators:

Recess as an old school dungeon map:

Party:

Stand Up Comedy?

Live Action, Action Castle, acted out!

Lots of boardgames (we call them miniatures, you call them toys):

Custom Character Sheets:

Friendly GMs:

Controlled Chaos:

Friendly Staff:

Game Signups:

Swag:

You animals… the Swap Table didn’t stand a chance!

True Nerd Trivia:

We had 2 My Little Pony games including a GM who dressed up as a pony!

Recess was a SUCCESS!

Thank you to everyone who attended and brought your enthusiasm for gaming and friendship! In total we were around 200 people strong! 39 awesome people attended for the first time!

Friday’s party saw 50-70 nerds rocking it out to video game soundtrack remixes, playing boardgames, making friends (at least 2 gaming groups formed), D20 Burlesque, Action Castle, and a bit of stand up improv while people rolled a giant D20 to see who could roll a natural 20!

Check out the Friday Party Photos here…

The weekend featured 170-200 people making friends, playing over 80 games, competing for freshly baked pies at True Nerd Trivia, learning how to paint miniatures, run games and find people to play with, and swapping cool nerdy-stuff (comics, games, toys, books)!

Check out Recess Saturday & Sunday Photos here…

Saturday attendance was up, 150 people. Sunday’s attendance was a bit down, 100 people (still good for Sunday). Our spies tell us it was due to extremely cold weather, gaming/party exhaustion, holiday traveling, and wait for it… the NY Giants Football Playoffs and the Golden Globes!

People played games. People made friends. That’s what NerdNYC is about… mission accomplished!

Surveys:

Your voice was heard! We collected close to 100 surveys and we’re already planning on how to make Recess even better!

Thanks to:

20 Sided Store for providing $25 Gift Certificate prizes and hanging out with us this weekend! You are amazing!

The fine folks at D20 Burlesque whose Charisma is matched only by their Dexterity! Their next show is on January 21st and will cover Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian gaming!

Our dear friends at True Nerd Trivia for freshly baked pies, fun, Trivia even people who suck at Trivia love, and asshole questions!

Jared Sorenson for being such a great game designer and even better friend! Plus running Action Castle at the party was surreal in the best way possible! If anyone hasn’t played Action Castle, we highly suggest you do! But don’t forget to check your Inventory and Save frequently!

Epidiah Ravachol for giving us amazing games and teaching us that finding a great gaming group is a lot like dating! NYC misses you!

Special Thanks:

Thanks so much to Pillar, badasswitch, Jenskot, Jimb, Tekatana, and Evilyn for organizing Recess!

Major shout out to Wage Mage, Herzwesten, Tim, Eppy, TheBauhausCure, and mtiru for helping us run Recess!

We want to emphatically thank abzu, ad1066, at5115, Barking Alien, BaronHelix, DaftMallards, DancingWarPanda, DarkRefuge, Deliverator, dorje, Dregg, E.T.Smith, Evilyn, faust, foner, GRStrayton, guyinblackhat, Herzwesten, Iguanaonastick, James, Javi, Jennisodes, jenskot, Jimb, Leftahead, lerugray, littleidiot, Lula, moriarty, MrGregs, ogreteeth, Orctavius, Osk,MinionOfCthulhu, Peculia, PheonixR, Pillar, pingstanton, Piratecat, PirateQueen, Riffling, rym, Seth, StompyMcD, Tav_Behemoth, truegrit, urbwar, volunteersmarmy, Warboss_Waaazag, weiyi.guo, Yamara, ZadkielAngel, Zaerdna, and Zuk… for running games at Recess! Without you… there would be no Recess!

We can’t wait for next Recess!

On FRIDAY, January 20th, 7:00-11:00, NerdNYC will hold its next Board Game Night at ThinkCoffee (Mercer Street location).

If you have game you want to play, bring it with you! If not, come down anyway and play what others have brought. No experience with the games is necessary!

Enjoy the company of your fellow nerds and eat delicious foodstuffs! ThinkCoffee also sports an excellent wine and beer bar!

Please Note:

• No experience is necessary to play!  The rules of each game can be taught.
• Conversely, if you bring a game, please be prepared to teach it to new players.
• Table space at ThinkCoffee is always at something of a premium. We do the best we can, but it is probably better to avoid bringing games that require lots of table space, or ones that take more than 3 hours to finish. Save those games for other events like Recess!

Location:

THINKCOFFEE
248 Mercer Street
(between 3rd and 4th Streets)
New York, NY
just a few short blocks from the B, D, F, A, C, E, R, N, and 6 trains.

View Larger Map

Travel:

- take the A, C, E to West 4th Street
- take the B, D, F, or V train to Broadway/Lafayette
- take the 6 train to Astor Place or Bleecker Street.
- take the N, R to 8th Street

Admission:

- FREE!!!!
- ThinkCoffee respectfully requests that you purchase something from their wide variety of drinks and foodstuffs.

Are you coming?  Do you have questions?

Please post if you are coming and what games you intend to bring here, or ask any questions you have…

GAME ON!

Want free nerd-stuff? Got cool nerd-stuff you’d like to share?

Say hello to the RECESS “Swap Table”! This is a place for attendees to leave any nerdy gear (books, games, art, toys, videos, etc.) that they no longer want or have space for. Anything placed on the Swap Table is free for anyone to take. And you don’t have to share nerd-stuff to take nerd-stuff.

The Swap Table will be on the 3rd Floor, room White Box both Saturday and Sunday of RECESS.

What are you bringing? http://bit.ly/yYnwjh

One RECESS someone left nearly the entire D&D 4th Edition set of core books and supplements! This RECESS at the minimum the Swap Table will have suit cases filled with comics, xbox 360 games, indie RPGs, D&D 4E, Shadowrun 4E, scifi novels, boardgames, and much more!

Give. Take. Enjoy!

Free RECESS Friday Night pre-party!

When?
- Friday, January 13th
- 7pm-11:30pm

Where?
- Bar 82
- 136 2nd Avenue
- New York, NY, 10003
- Back room (fits 60+ people)
- http://www.bar82nyc.com/

Who can attend?
- Anyone as long as you are 21+ years old.
- RSVP here: http://on.fb.me/txf3An

What else?
- Games, music, and meet other nerds who love RECESS like you!

Never been to RECESS?
- Come to our free party, meet us, and learn more!
- RECESS details: http://bit.ly/v0eeEf

More to come!