What we’re about
Try new games, meet new people, and find out what story games are all about! We play roleplaying games like The Quiet Year, Microscope, Fiasco, and Apocalypse World that encourage everyone at the table to participate creatively, without requiring prior knowledge or skill. This includes games commonly labeled as "story games", "OSR", and "role-playing games".
Everybody's welcome, and we support and encourage an inclusive and safe space. It doesn't matter if you've never tried story games before or never played roleplaying games at all. Just bring your brain and a good attitude and come try it out!
Our Community Standards document can be found at https://bit.ly/StoryGamesLA-CommunityStandards.
During COVID-times we met on a Discord server and ran the meetup online, and we continue to communicate and participate there: https://discord.com/invite/qbPzyRYBQv
(In March 2024 the meetup name changed from Story Games Glendale to Story Games LA.)
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Hey gang! Starting October 14th, this meetup will be moving to biweekly Monday nights (on the opposite Mondays from the SGLA playing meetup)!
Same bat time (6:30pm PST), same bat channel (Story Games LA Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qbPzyRYBQv)NOTICE: We have changed our start time to 6:30pm (previously: 7pm). This meetup occur exclusively online in the Story Games LA Discord (https://discord.com/invite/qbPzyRYBQv). Please RSVP here so we get an idea of attendance. See you online!
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Come join us if you are interested in discussing topics around role playing and story game design, as well as playtesting elements of people's games. Although this session will be about game design, you do not need to be an "established" or "published" designer, and you can even just be an RPG player interested in contributing. The meetup is open to anyone who is interested.
We gather at 6:30pm for some light socializing. This is also a great time to show up if you have any questions.
At 7:00pm we will likely start with a Game Design Lean Coffee session that will last approximately an hour. (What is Lean Coffee? It's a structured question and answer session where everyone participates, with shared spotlight. See https://leancoffee.org/ for more details.)
At 8:00pm we normally do some playtesting. Generally we've decided who is playtesting ahead of time from the prior meetup, and we also do a random "draw names from a hat" to see who will be going in the next sessions.
We try to provide an inclusive space, and do not tolerate harassment or prejudice of any kind, including that based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or disabilities. (If you have any issues, please contact one of the meetup organizers at any time, either during the meetup or afterwards.) We use the X-card and other RPG safety mechanics, and will discuss these just prior to the session. For details, please read our Community Standards document at https://bit.ly/StoryGamesLA-CommunityStandards.