Gamers Club

How to Join

The Gamers Club strives to build a community of gamers around grounds through a balance of intellectual discussion and friendly competition. As our goal is to maximize inclusion, we do not charge dues or keep a strict member list. All meetings are open to anyone in the UVA community and we encourage everyone to participate in online discussion in our forums.

Meetings
The Gamers Club holds weekly meetings that are typically 2 hours long. The first half revolves around discussion, usually focusing on a specific topic. The second half is devoted to playing games which sometimes coincide with the meeting’s theme, but members are free to bring whatever systems and titles they wish to play.

Challenge Days
Some meetings forgo the half discussion, half gaming format for a special Challenge Day. The whole 2 hours are devoted to a non-traditional tournament with a specific theme, whether it features games from a specific console, games from one genre, or something completely different, like the single-elimination “Gauntlet” or “Weird Games Challenge Day.”

Trivia Days
For the last meeting of each semester, the club holds a Jeopardy-style contest, complete with prizes and food. Participants are divided into 3 to 4 teams and whichever team has the most points in the end gets first dibs on prizes. Final Jeopardy, where everyone responds individually, determines the order in which people in a team get to choose a prize. Typical categories include “Name That Video Game Tune,” company-specific trivia, and questions related to the club itself.

Festivals
Since the first event on March 24, 2006, the Gamers Club has held Fall and Spring Gaming Festivals every year in the Newcomb South Meeting Room. Attractions include 8 gaming stations (7 TVs + 1 projector), several tournaments, and of course a huge space for you to talk games and play some handheld multiplayer.