Are you too cool to do nerdy stuff like join a book club or play board games? WE'RE NOT! If you love to hang with nerdy (and quite possibly AWESOME) folks to talk about books, play games, eat yummy food, or just chill out, JOIN! If you have suggestions, let the organizer know.

The Seattle Games Cooperative is a grass roots organization focused on helping game makers develop games, make connections, and advance their craft.  We meet monthly to discuss topics related to game development ranging from building a game in Flash to creating an awesome character in Blender.  We invite you to join us; Designers, artists and programmers are all welcome.

TECHNOSAURUS EVENTS produces live monthly shows for Tech / Start-Up professionals in Seattle, WA, geared toward Gaming, App Development, Hardware, Biotech, Mobile, and more. Beyond meet-ups, beyond conferences, TECHNOSAURUS EVENTS productions create a new live-event genre for showcasing talent in the Start-Up Scene. With production values on par with television or touring concerts – including personable hosts, original music, animation, sets, and tightly constructed game sequences - our shows ar …

Meet with local GMs who need players, players who need games, and discuss RPGs in general.

Calling all Summoners! This is a group dedicated to League of Legends. If you are just a fan of the lore, looking to find people to play with or want to talk strategy, then this is group for you. As the LoL community has grown to epic proportions, so has the need to find players that you are comfortable playing with. Come hang out and meet other liked-minded individuals.

This group is intended to facilitate casual, fun bridge games. Unless otherwise specified, meetups are "Standard American" style and open to all levels, but if you are a beginner, lessons are recommended. Excellent lessons are available at the Eastside Bridge Center: www.eastsidebridgecenter.com.

Meetup for animation artists from all industries actively using Maya, MotionBuilder, Softimage, Mudbox or ZBrush. Games. Illustration. Technical Illustration.

Meet other locals who enjoy playing recreational Flag Football! All skill levels are welcome, and although we play for fun, we ask that you be willing to physically exert yourself and have some basic football knowledge. You must be at least 18 years old to play in our games.

Twice a month our seniors gather at Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle to play cards with play money but for real prizes. Mingle, have fun, and socialize with your fellows. Most of the group is Catholic and 55+ but everyone is welcome. Our poker games usually include Texas Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha, Seven Card Stud, and Five Card Draw.

I'm trying to form a group of women who want to play Scrabble and socialize; in Bellevue/Mercer Island, WA

Can't get enough NERF action? Looking for more players for your NERF events? Or are you alone and searching for a group to participate in? Seattle NERF is dedicated to bringing all NERF enthusiasts together for monthly NERF events at venues including Magnolia Park, Gasworks Park, Marymoor in Redmond and anywhere else within the greater Seattle and Eastside areas. Stock Nerf, Modders and even Homebrew are all encouraged to join and submit their events on top of our own hosted games! As we are cu …

Underwater Hockey is a fast, fun sport for women and men of all ages. Strictly non-contact, the game uses fitness, finesse and team tactics. Teams are co-ed and range from competitive athletes who travel to tournaments around the world to people who play just for fun. 6 players on each team play on the pool bottom with blunt sticks roughly a foot long to dribble and pass a plastic covered lead puck into the opposing team’s goal (same as ice-hockey). 4 additional players on each side continually …

Calling all women writers in the Seattle area, come join us for mingling, writing games and community. Help strengthen our local writing community! Connect with other women writers, have a glass of tea or wine, and play some fun writing games. Invite your friends! The more the merrier.

SGC is a volunteer nonprofit social group for gay male couples from all walks of life. We provide an opportunity for you and your partner to meet other gay couples, build lifelong friendships and explore gay-related issues of interest to you. We sponsor a variety of social events throughout the year. SGC has been in existence in the Seattle area for more than 25 years.  This social club requires a paid membership, we offer a trial membership if you want to get to know us better before joining fo …

The vision of the Adobe Flash Eastside Meetup Group is to: * Concentrate on the needs of the attendees. * Focus on Flash (although, if there is sufficient interest and knowledge, this may expand to FLEX and AIR, etc.) Depending on attendee usage, there may be Design and Programming tracks. * Share projects, including showing, discussing how it was created and the problems (and solutions) encountered. * Address problems attendees are encountering. * Provide presentations on subjects selected by a …

New York, LA, London, France, San Francisco and Vancouver all have meetups for transmedia storytellers, including some of the most innovative figures in the industry. Let's add Seattle to that mix. This group is for anyone, be they curious media makers, practiced transmedia creators, documentary film producers, new media makers, web designer/developers, screenwriters, novelists, actors, and beyond. Transmedia is about collaboration, and media ideas that transcend borders. If we're lucky, by shar …

***************************************** Being a new organizer and seeing no response with the old title, thought a new title might gain new interest. The paragraph below is being preserved in case new members want to see where this group had it's origins. Angela I moved to Albuquerque and started Albuquerque Ad Hoc Improv!   Sam is taking over to start up Seattle meetings again.  Best of improv to everybody! Matt Sexton(Founder and original Organizer) **************************************** …

As with anything we do in life, it’s more enjoyable when we have the knowledge and skills to be able to make the most of it. The game of pool is one of these. Unfortunately, most of us learn pool by trial and error, or by imitating what others do. We get frustrated when we miss shots and don’t understand why. A better way is to learn from someone who knows what to do, and why. The Northwest Pool School meetup group is for players of all skill levels. From beginning players who want to get …

"iSports, uSports, we all need to Support each Other. iSports is a business networking group where we all have something in common. We think sports are cool. It will give us something to talk about. It is our icebreaker, our way of getting to know each other in a more personal way. Even for those that don't work in the sports world, this is the place to meet. Some of us follow the Seahawks, Sounders, Mariners or have a passion for the college game. Time to talk about the return of the Sonics. Ma …

Do you have trouble making friends because of your shyness? Would you like to have a group of girls to hang out with and have fun? Then join us and meet other wonderful women who are ready and willing to make new friends. Any women ages 18 and older can join from anywhere in the Puget Sound Area. Our meetup group does a variety of activities, including hiking, painting classes, happy hour, trivia, board games, holiday parties, crafting, walking, kayaking, eating out, meeting for coffee, snowshoe …

ENEM is currently closed to new member applications. For inquiries about membership, please contact our organizers. Eastside New & Expecting Moms (ENEM) is a circle of true friendship and support, comprised of FIRST-TIME new and expecting moms here on the Eastside & Northshore. Specifically, we are a group of first-time moms who first gave birth in 2012. We are a group of more than 35 new & expecting moms who have, since June 2012, begun to form solid friendships with one another. We often meet …

Let's get together in Bellevue and play soccer, futbol, OR american football (I love both equally!). All skill levels are welcome. Depending on the number of people, we can play a short-sided game or just kick/throw it around for some exercise. There's a number of fields we can play at during the week or weekends (i.e. Downtown Bellevue Park). Looking forward to meeting you...

This is a group for Asian Americans, primarily 20s-30s, who have been immersed in two cultures most of our lives. We are the bi-cultural nomads – too Asian to be accepted as fully American, and too American to be accepted as fully Asian. In this group, we've been there and we get it! Join us for good food (top priority!) and a wide range of other activities -- cross country skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, kayaking, study groups, board games, movie nights, picnics…

• Provide people in all industries with opportunities to think creatively about integrating technology-based learning in their professional lives. • Interact with colleagues for professional growth, networking, and new ideas. • Provide access to local and national experts in order to broaden expertise in the field of technology-based learning.

In this group, we're all different sorts of queer. You're welcome, however you identify.  Though mostly, we're outgoing, fun, intelligent, empowered, bi, trans, and lesbian identified women interested in conversation and great company. This group is geared toward ladies (mid 20s to mid 30s) without partners who want to make geuine connections with others. (not necessarily for dating, but we won't cramp your style either as long as your winks and nudges don't make things ackward for others--We're …

Are you a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Queer person of color? Do you like to have fun? If you answered "yes" to EITHER of these questions, then The Seattle Double Rainbows LGBTQ Meetup Group is for you! Double Diversity = Double Rainbow! If you're interested in meeting up for fun activities and friendly conversation with LGBTQ people of color, come out and join us! We are a fun, diverse group of LGBTQ people of color, who like to meetup in Seattle and enjoy exciting outings and acti …

It's all about putting the right people together! There are programmers who need designers, designers who need programmers, and let's face it everyone can benefit from working with people who are great at business and marketing. The propose of the Software Entrepreneurs Meetup, is to bring together people who have a passion for software and business development. I have spent many years marketing some of the world's most exciting software, and I have seen the power of working with great program …

Calling all Seattle/Puget Sound area parents of college-bound Juniors and Seniors (plus Sophomores and even Freshmen)! Things have sure changed when it comes to applying to college, right? Are you going through the process now? Just finished? Looming on the horizon? Let's get together to share ideas, experiences, tricks, tips and fellowship. Discussions can include testing, grades, financial aid, specific colleges, the Essay, and more. We can also share impressions gained by visiting specific sc …