Do you like conventions about Science Fiction? Fantasy? Gaming? Anime? Horror? Odd stuff in general? The Chicago Conventions group is designed to get people together at conventions and at certain other related events to meet and have fun. Check out the Calendar! Note posts will be created on the calendar about all of the conventions (that I know of) in the Chicago area. If you know of other conventions not listed, send a message to the organizer Leane with whatever details you have and it will g …

The Berwyn Gaming Group represents a small portion of the roleplaying community in the greater Chicago area. We are players and DMs from all walks of life, representing decades of experience through at least four incarnations of the D&D system. Anyone with the desire to play or run a campaign is welcome! Quick Questions and Answers What does theThe Berwyn Gaming Group Meetup offer? -We offer a safe, supervised environment to experience D&D (or any roleplaying system). The Meetup Organizer and …

These are the voyages of the Western Suburban Science-Fiction Book Club... Our continuing mission: to seek out the most compelling, discussion-provoking science-fiction (and occasionally, fantasy) novels and gather together to chat about them over dinner. It's a pretty good mission. Reading sci-fi suggests certain nerdish... leanings, but don't be afraid: our group is all-inclusive. Yes, I'm sure a few of us qualify as geeks, but we're all socially well-adjusted and reasonably freshly showered t …

Chicago Warhammer League started because there aren't many Warhammer groups in the city, most appear to be out in the 'burbs. This group is open to those who play Warhammer Fantasy and Mordheim. However, in the future there may be some 40K. We are a laid back group that tries to meet once a week (or more depending on how ambitious we are).  The group features a variety of experiences.  So, if you're new or have a few games under your belt, then you'll fit right in. A primary use for this group i …

Sometimes being a geek girl is a lonely experience. It's hard connect with other women when they're staring at you funny because you're trying to explain your theory that the nature of a child's mutation stems partially from genetics as seen in Polaris and Magneto, but mostly from some sort of trauma before puberty - the time in which most mutants first exhibit abilities. Ex: Nightcrawler wanted to disappear because of his demonic appearance, and he did. You flashed 'em a little bit of your geek …

NERO Chicago is Chicagoland's premier Live Action Role Playing (LARP) Group. We have been serving the greater Chicago area since 1994. NERO is a high fantasy LARP group where you can be the bringer of justice or the sneaky thief. The only limitation is your imagination. Events are held at camps all around the Chicagoland and Northern IL area where you are your character for up to 36 hours straight. For more information please see our other website at www.nerochicago.com or check out our facebook …

The Evanston Writers Group is an eclectic mix of writers, ranging from beginners to long time professionals, and reflect all ages, genders and backgrounds. We have members who publish literary fiction, creative non-fiction, children's literature, romance, hard-boiled crime, memoir, travel, poetry, humor and assorted forms of the unclassifiable. Because we are fearless and a little nuts, we open our minds to anyone and any thing. We'll bend and stretch ourselves like soft licorice to dig your s …

This is a group to make up for the lack of geeky meetup groups on the south side of the city. They are all in the suburbs or North side and I would like to make new friends closer to home. I am open to any type of geeky events like watching movies, board or video game nights and just all-around fun! Please join and we can be nerds together (>'')>

EXPANDING RAVES and ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC- Make new friends in the scene and keep the circle of plur ever expanding! Whether you are in it to have fun with some great people, explore music and your personal creativity, or have an experience of ecstatic oneness with the universe, this is the group you've been looking for! Raves may one day trance-form the planet. Enough energy has been generated that we could expand to a higher level. Electronic music styles have create different effects on the …

Hello Role Players! I have started this group to see if we can develop the Chicago region RPG community in a similar manner as the board game community (www.chicagoboardgames.com). The goal of RPG Chicago is to: - Aid roleplayers in the Chicagoland area to get into groups that meet their interests - Establish and/or communicate roleplaying events and other items of interest occuring throughout the Chicagoland area, regardless of system - Effectively communicate to publishers and local busine …

The purpose of this group is to give gamers and the gamer curious a chance to meet, mingle, discuss and play games. There's always plenty of each at our meetups. Backgrounds of players and relative experience levels aren't much of an issue. We welcome long time players of various editions as well as players who've only been playing a short time. All you need to do is show up, pick a group, and jump in. Terry

This meetup group was originally developed to explore the meaning, possibilities and potential of time travel. Many books, movies and TV shows have been created, such as The Time Tunnel and The Time Machine, with fascinating and often absurd notions of how time travel can take place. However, can time travel even exist? If so, what is the potential for mankind? Together with time travel there are many other fascinating physical "impossibilities" such as teleportation, faster than light travel, …

This is a group of RPG Gamers, Board Gamers (fantasy, Euro, historical), and LCG players. We get together 1/ month for a full day of gaming. Interests vary widely, but looking to find gamers who also play A Game of Thrones, LCG.

Players in the Greater Chicago Area with interest in playing Dust Warfare and Dust Tactics. A group for casual playing and potential tournaments.

Like SC2 Meetup groups in other cities, this group will be used to organize local meetups and LANs, practice online, and attend local events. Add your friends and let's get playing! Come hang out in battle.net channel "chicago". Currently there is a gathering every Thursday at Ignite Network, with 20-30 players each week. You can find details on each weekly here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=344240

Welcome to what hopefully will be a meeting point for gamers, geeks, nerds, and otaku, that also happen to be parents! Tired of joining playgroups and mom-groups full of people who you have nothing in common with? Sick of being the only one at the mom/playgroup who know who Cthulhu is, have seen a 20 sided die, know the difference between anime and a cartoons, have heard of Ceiling Cat, or have been to Azeroth? We are too. Hopefully this group will grow into a community of like minded moms and …

Regular karaoke will never seem the same once you do Live Band Karaoke!! Live out your fantasy of fronting a killer rock band, on-stage and under the lights - just like a true rock show! You can choose from HUNDREDS of songs from every different genre played perfectly to your inner-Bono/Bowie/Backstreet Boy. The band provides the music, lyrics, and a microphone - you provide the twist and shout! Want to see what's going on? If you were a singer at one of our events, you know that your onstage an …

First 25 in FREE!* Free LIVE chat too! Drag City (Chicagolands T-girls, transsexuals, and transgenders) Transsexuals, transgender, t-gurls, queens, homosexuals, bisexuals, heterosexuals, androgynous, and the people who love them! There ARE fees to apply/join, see note below on how to pay. (*the first fifteen to apply will have the application fee waived!) This is a group for support, dating, and fun. Whether you like to dress up and parade around, glamming it up to be the belle of the ball, or j …

This group is dedicated to putting on arts and crafts fairs for fantasy, dark, science-fiction, tribal, and other sub-culture art.

Welcome to Chicago’s League of Legends Meetup! Join local summoners at for League-centered events featuring tournaments, casual play, giveaways, viewing parties and more!

Live in or around Evanston IL? Enjoy playing Star Wars The Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games? Well, hop on your speeder bike and come join our new meetup! We'll shoot for meeting up once a week at a cafe (cantina?) in the downtown Evanston area. It'll be a great opportunity to try out new deck ideas, hang out with fellow fans and enthusiasts, and just enjoy this great card game. If you feel like this meetup is not for you, well then I find your lack of faith disturbing... Join us, it is your d …

Phandemonium is a Chicago based non for profit organization who's primary directive is to hold the annual Science Fiction convention Capricon. But along with Capricon we also hold other events throughout the year, this meetup group is to keep Chicago area Fandom updated with our events.