2018

A Gathering of Gamers (AGOG)

The Location:

Westin North Shore Hotel
601 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Wheeling, IL 60090
1.847.777.6500

The Dates: ‡

Start: Friday, January 12th at 7 pm
End: Sunday, January 14th at 3 pm

The Details:

Join us for a relaxing weekend of games and hospitality. Bigger than a house party, smaller than an RG; just hundreds of Chicago Area Mensa's games, plenty of tables, and well over a hundred friendly, albeit competitive, players. At AGOG, you can play all your favorite board and card games*, including Euro/German games as well as party games and classics, or bring your own to share with friends. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are provided throughout the weekend.

If you do find a lower rate for Westin hotel online via travel websites or memberships which you may have such as AAA, please let the AGOG team know. When events result in more rooms being booked, it helps keep AGOG prices down by allowing us to negotiate space at a better rate, which benefits all the attendees as well.

The Hotel Rates:

We don't have any information yet about the room rates at the Westin North Shore Hotel. So please visit this page in a few months to check for updates about hotel registration.

The Program:

Stephen Rider will be discussing “Getting away with murder: Social deduction games for new players.”

The Contacts:

Questions? Post them on Facebook or email the AGOG Chairs Jason and Angela. You can also sign up for the AGOG-Notify mailing list to get email updates (no more than one a month, except during the 30 days prior to AGOG). To remove yourself from the list, just click on the same link and follow the instructions.

The Directions:

AGOG and the January Monthly Gathering will be held at the Westin-Chicago North Shore Hotel at 601 North Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling. The hotel is located on the east side of Milwaukee and the main entrance is at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Wolf Road (just south of Lake-Cook and north of Dundee Road).

The rooms facing east enjoy a great view of the Forest Preserves. The hotel is located just west of the Des Plaines River and is steps away from the Des Plaines River Trail leading into the Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve.

The hotel offers a shuttle service from the nearby METRA stations. Please call them well in advance to arrange a pickup.

The Meals and Refreshments:

Around the clock

snacks, beverages, etc.

Friday Dinner

for Volunteers only (contact our Chairs to arrive well before 7 pm to help set up)

Saturday breakfast

bagels & stuff

Saturday lunch

from Buca di Beppo

Saturday dinner

Rosatti’s pizza

Sunday brunch

bagels & stuff

The Past:

Check out the photos from AGOG 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 or 2010.

‡	The dates have been confirmed. The Monthly Gathering and AGOG are on the same weekend.
*	Check out our list of games (which is missing a couple of oldies for which the BoardGameGeek has no entry) but we have over 275 games!

Thanks for being our 2,123rd visitor to AGOG.