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Last updated 07-23-2014
Please
note
: These are not the only things going on in the gaming
area on a given day unless it says (whole room). There
tend to be open game tables and other groups playing
games in the room as well. The listed events are
either specific groups who don't mind new players or
special events that are here for everyone.
Event Calendar Shortcuts: (just
click
on the date or event)
Special Events :
HMGS Game Night : Avalon
Hill Classic Board Game Day:
Specific Game Shortcuts : (click a game name for
info)
Hordes/Warmachine - D&D
Encounters - HMGS Historical
Minis Night - Federation
Commander - WUMMS Historical
Minis Group - Games Plus
Boardgame Day
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Reaccuring
Weekly
Gaming
(special events and holidays nonwithstanding)
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| Monday |
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| Tuesday |
Magic the Gathering
Open Gaming
Malifaux miniatures gaming
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| Wednesday |
Flames of War Open
Play
D&D Encounters Play (6 pm)
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| Thursday |
'Bored Stiffs'
EuroGaming Group play
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| Friday |
Heroclix Open Play
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| Saturday |
Warmachine/Hordes Open
Play
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| Sunday |
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July Special
Events :
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07/26
Saturday
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WUMMS Minis
Warmachine Tourney
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07/27
Sunday
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Star Trek CCG open play
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07/29
Tuesday
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Golem
Arcana Demo Game
6pm open the everyone
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August
Special Events
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08/02
Saturday
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Board Game Day
Chicago Region Infinity Players meetup
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08/08
Friday
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HMGS Midwest Miniatures Night
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8/14-08/17
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GENCON 2014- come see us up in
Indy! Booth 1840
We will have our usual display of vintage RPG and
boardgames as well as 4Ground buildings, Ganesha
Games rules and Red Box games minis
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08/16
Saturday
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Adeptus Windy City 40K tourney
(tentative)
Inifinity Demo games
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08/23
Saturday
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WUMMS Miniatures gaming
Warmachine Miniatures Tourney
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08/24
Sunday
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Star Trek Attack Wing Miniatures
Tourney
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08/31
Sunday
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Star Trek CCG Game Play
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September Special Events
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09/01
Monday
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Labor Day - open regular hours
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09/06
Saturday
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Games Plus Board Game Day
Chicago Region Infinity Players Meetup
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09/12
Friday
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HMGS Midwest Miniatures Night
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09/13
Saturday
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ENWorld Gameday
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09/20
Saturday
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Adeptus Windy City 40K Tourney
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09/21
Sunday
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Star Trek Attack Wing 'The
Collective'
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09/27
Saturday
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WUMMs historical miniatures
Warmachine / Hordes tourney
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09/28
Sunday
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Star Trek CCG game play
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Further Event Information
Lots of stuff going
on... check below for details and links.
Games Plus
Historical Miniatures Night
Next dates :
Friday, August 8th
Era:
ACW
Judge: Darrell Hartsig
Scenario: The
'Pook Turtles' of the Western Gunboat Flotilla
under Flag Officer Charles H. Davis are joined
by the United States Ram Fleet under Colonel
Charles Ellet, Jr in a run down the Mississippi
River to Tennessee.
Up from New Orleans comes the northern wing of
the River Defense Fleet, with no one in
particular in command...
10-17 players, 1/1200 scale modified "Ironclads"
by Tom Wham.
http://www.meetup.com/wargame-117/events/194550092/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1
(A monthly meeting forum for historical (usually) miniature gaming here
at Games Plus. Games will be run every second
Friday on the month.
Other Happenings at
Games Plus:
Fourth Saturday, noon until 8PM - WUMMS runs large
Ancients (DBMM) or Napoleonics scenario battles, but
other games are played. Stop by for more
information. (see below)
OPEN
MINIATURE GAMING – presented by WUMMS
(We Use Military Miniature Society) Rules will be taught.
All are welcomed!
Held every 4th Saturday of the month at
Games Plus
Contact
Curt Sabo, 773-774-4558 to confirm dates and
games.
Next Games Plus Board
Game Day Meeting :
Saturday, August 2nd
If you like playing board
games...Would you like to meet other players and have
the chance to game and plan for later meetings?
If so, stop on by. There are family style
games being played (like Settlers of Catan) and your
Wargame style games - like The Gamers' Sicily.
No specific games are planned currently,
if you'd like to set up something drop us a line and we
will put you in touch with the folks you need to talk
to.
Games Plus Thursday
Night Board Gamers
Every Thursday night we have a group (The
Board Stiffs) playing various board games here at the
store. Stop on by and give a holler !
Meg Maples
Masterclass painting workshop
Join Meg Maples, award winning
miniature painter, for 16 hours of intensive
instruction over the course of a weekend. I'm super
excited for this class as it's already promising to
be a fantastic class!
Day 1 will cover:
Miniature Cleaning and Prep
Proper Priming Techniques
2 Brush Blending (a quick and efficient technique
for smooth blends)
Painting Faces and Eyes.
Color Theory
Day 2 will cover:
Hair and Fur
Skintones
OSL (glowy bits)
Freehand
Basing materials
True Metallic Metals
I recommend students bring the following with
them:
Minis with well defined features such as faces,
hair, fur, eyes, armor, big cloaks or tabards. You
want a variety of surfaces to paint on.
Painting lamp
P3 paints (if you have them, they are best for 2
Brush Blending)
Raphael Kaerell Synthetic Rounds sizes 2 and 3
(synthetic brushes) for blending
Winsor & Newton Series 7 size 2 Brush for
details
Dry well palette
Sketchbook and pen for note taking
Hair dryer (at least a couple for the class to
share)
Files
Super glue
Hobby knife
Other minis to practice techniques on
White Spray Primer
The class is USD$205/person and you can
reserve a seat by sending in payment to
arcanepaintworks@gmail.com through paypal. Once I
receive payment I will confirm and add the
individual to the roster for the class.
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Next events - details
here
Dungeons & Dragons Game Day
D&D Encounters Gaming :
Wednesday Nights are
D&D Encounter Nights !
We will be hosting a
Wizards of the Coast sponsored D&D Encounters
night as longs as we get enough folks and Wizards
continues the program.
contact Curt here
for details and any questions.
Star Wars X-Wing & Star
Trek Attack Wing
Tourney information
Next Attack Wing Tourney : Sunday,
September 21st (The Collective)
Next X-Wing Tourney : TBA
Want to learn
Federation Commander or just find someone to play with
?
There is a group trying to meet once a month on
Saturdays to play. Interested ? You can contact Mark here.
Magic the Gathering
Standard Tourney
May 4th
$5 entrance fee - Play starts at noon - expected to go to
5 pm
If you have any questions - drop a line and we will try to
forward them to the tournament organizer.
Sorry, this event has past.
Windy
City
Bone Rollers
Note: From now on, the details of the next meeting will be
on SFR's
Dragon Dice forum at this location : (click
here)
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