Weekly Short-Shots

Here's a summary of lessons learned by members of Seattle Gamers Assemble! (SGA) after several years of running weekly game events. You can see a partial overview of some of the games we've played on the SGA Gaming Night Archive.

In this section, we assume that you already have some sort of a community to start from: a local mailing list, a gaming circle, a game club, a Meetup group, etc. If not, you may want to read Forming a Gaming Community first.

Where and When

Some important considerations about the logistics of the games.

Scheduling

If you have a game at a set time on a set day, it's easier for people to remember and plan for it. Ideally, a game every week really becomes part of everyone's mental landscape. You may not be able to hold a game so often; if you have to plan a lower frequency (every other week, twice a month, monthly, quarterly, etc.), be ready for more coordination work, more reminders, and more promotion. It's all trade-offs!

We at SGA try to have a game every week; we've found this to be most effective. That means that some dedicated people are always ready with a back-up game if there is a cancellation (more on this later).

Calendar

If you're reading this, you're probably online and Web-savvy (unless one of your friends took the time to print this for you.) So the tool you definitely should useto make your life easier

Games

Making sure you have some games to play every week.

Promoting

Getting people to come to the games.

Growing

Baby steps!

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