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The PAAG (including the floor plan) is now available.
Registration is still open through tomorrow.
Volunteer and get raffle tickets for gift cards! Plus 4 or more hours earns you this year’s coveted WeeM pin.
New this year: Add the program details to your personal calendar!
Interested in selling merchandise? Find out how from our vendor flyer.
Interested in sharing a room? Let our matchmaker help you.
A government-issued photo id is required to access any program serving alcohol—that includes Pretentious Drinking!
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This site will be updated with the latest information as it becomes available.
Tournaments
We will have a wide array of tournaments just as we have every year!
You can see some of the tournament schedule online in the posted Program At A Glance (PAAG).
Get details for some by clicking/tapping on the provided links.
Sign-up sheets for the Amazing Race and other tournament are
in Hospitality near the Games Room entrance. No sign-up is required for
the 7 Wonders Tournament nor for the Logic Problem Tournament.
Tournaments are offered in separate room(s) from the Open Gaming room.
The hotel layout for HalloweeM can be found here.
This year, once again, the tournament Amazing Race: WeeM Style
is back by popular demand—
- Name That Tune Music Trivia (Thursday)
- 7 Wonders Tourney (Thursday) If you have copies of 7 Wonders, please bring them! We need a few additional copies of the game.
- Werewolves of WeeM (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- What is a Megagame: an Introduction and Experience (Thursday)
- Blood on the Clocktower (Friday)
- Drag Queen Bingo (Friday)
- Logic Problem Tournament (Saturday)
- Poker Tournament (Saturday)
- WeeM Pub Trivia (Saturday)
- Amazing Race - WeeM Style (Sunday)
Sign-up sheets for the tournaments (including ones that may not be listed) will be located in Hospitality near Ravinia A, the Games Room.
Games
The game room will be available around the clock, with the Chicago Area Mensa collection of (at last count) over 380 games. We’re sometimes asked what games we have, by people who bring games to RGs and don’t want to tote one that will already be on hand. We’ve got you covered! Over on Board Game Geek, you can find the list of our entire collection (minus a couple of oldies for which the Geek has no entry). Check it out! And, if we’re missing a game that is one of your favorites, contact our Game Warden to tell us what you’d like to see added to our collection.
Please be considerate. WeeM attendees are expected to clean up after themselves. When finished playing, put all game components back into the box. Also remove all cups, plates, utensils, wrappers, papers, personal items, etc. before leaving the Games Room. The hotel staff does not bus Hospitality nor the Games Room.
Contests
There are also contests at WeeM like the annual Costume Contest and the Volunteer Raffle. Occasionally there have been additional contests but it hasn’t been decided what may be offered. The list below includes some that were offered in the past. Contact the HalloweeM Chair if you’d like to propose and be in charge of a contest.
- Cookie Decorating Contest
- Build your own Scarecrow - Bring some old clothes from home; get creative and build a traditional or unusual scarecrow! There will also be some stuff supplied but you may have some better garb to give your scarecrow “personality.”
- Costume Contest - Friday night’s costume parade is legendary. There are winners in multiple categories: best pun, worst pun, best traditional, best based on the WeeM theme, and even best bribe -- so this year, go adventurous, musical, or out-of-this-world.
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Volunteer Raffle - Although not a contest, the more hours you
volunteer, the more chances you get to win prizes, doubled if you sign up in advance—
and, although being kind, generous, and considerate is its own reward, who doesn’t need a few extra bucks! . Winners announced Sunday morning. Winners of the larger award amounts need not be present.
Only 91 days until AGOG . Join us for a long weekend of fun and games. This year, AGOG will feature the Megagame After the Throne where dozens of players navigate diplomacy, intrigue, shifting alliances, and competing ambitions in a kingdom without a ruler.
Do you like games? Do you spend the entire WeeM weekend in the games room? Would you like to do again? Every winter, Chicago puts on AGOG—A Gathering of Gamers. It's a weekend-long gathering of just games while socializing with fellow Mensa members and friends. All the games we have at WeeM and more, because folks like you can bring your own to share. We provide food, non-alcoholic beverages, and all the games you want for a reasonable price. Do you have awesome gamer friends? Of course you do. Invite them! AGOG is explicitly welcoming non-members—it's a great way to introduce them to our fun, quirky family.
Sunday, November 1st is the last day you can register for the reduced rate of $105 (ages 18+) and $65 (ages 9-17). Registering on-site will be an additional $20 for ages 18+ and $20 for ages 9-17. Non-Mensa members (ages 9+) pay an additional $5.
Friday, December 25th is the last day to book a room for the amazing rate of $128 (subject to availability).
Deadlines
- Registration - Discounts for advanced registration are available through Friday, October 16th. (Note: Full payment is required by the appropriate deadline to qualify for the discount for which you registered. And full payment must be received by October 16th or you will be required to register at the door.)
- Vendor space - Please complete and submit a Vendor Application by Thursday, October 22nd. If you have any questions after reviewing the Vendor Flyer containing all the details, contact the WeeM Vendor Liaison .
- Lodging - The deadline set by the hotel for the WeeM rate was October 9th.
- Volunteer Now! Get involved and become a star. We have a great WeeM every year due to the many of you who sign up to help out for a few hours or more. Sign up as a volunteer and qualify for raffle tickets to win one of the gift cards. Earn the coveted WeeM pin when you volunteer for least 4 hours.
- Room Sharing - Let us help match you up with another attendee who is also interested in sharing a room by submitting your information by Wednesday, October 28th.
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Speaker/
Meet & Greet/ - The deadline to submit your proposal for a Program, Meet & Greet, Swap, Exchange, or Tournament for inclusion in the WeeM Program Booklet and in the website's program list was Saturday, September 19th./Swaps/ Exchanges/ Tournament Submissions
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