** This meetup is cross-posted through it's own site here: www.meetup.com/ChicagoEuroBoardgames/

We play various strategy boardgames, also called "Eurogames" or "designer games". If you aren't familiar with that terminology, you may recognize a few of the most popular titles, like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Puerto Rico, Agricola, Ra, and Race for the Galaxy. As quoted on Wikipedia, Eurogames are "usually less abstract than chess, but more abstract than wargames. Likewise, they generally require more thought and planning than party games, such as Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit, but less than strategy games, such as chess and Go".

If you have a specific game you wish to play, bring it along. Otherwise, you'll likely have a broad choice of games to learn and play because several members usually bring lots of different types of games ranging from "light and frothy" to "heavy and thoughtful", with many choices in between. Most members are very happy to teach you any game you want to learn.

Guthrie's is a tavern that invites game play - it has lots of games for play on its shelves though few are of the esoteric kind the Meetup members play.

It has a very limited bar menu which includes wings, popcorn, and pizza - if you want to order food, Guthrie's has a bin of menus for local restaurants that deliver to Guthrie's.