Toronto 2SLGBTQIA+ Board Games Extravaganza

About Us: Our events are friendly meetups that aim to create a safe space for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, friends, and allies to gather and connect through gaming. Our goals for our events are to foster greater community, help build friendships, and support our community's safe space partners.

Age recommendation, 16 years+

What to Expect: Connecting with you and helping you find a group and a game is literally why we love putting these events on. Should you join us, both our volunteers and veteran attendees will help you feel comfortable and at home.

Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to the world of board games, this event offers something for everyone. Discover new games, challenge your friends, and make new connections with fellow board game lovers along the way. Come as a group or solo, and our friendly volunteers can help pair you with a community table, assist with introductions, and offer support with any new games by providing a teach of the rules.

Extravaganza events are community first. However you identify on the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, there is always a chair for you at our game tables. Friendly allies are also welcome, so long as they are respectful of the intentions of the event space.

Board Games: From classic favourites to modern hits, we will have a wide selection of games to choose from, learn, and explore with nearly 100 games in our collection, including Coup, Codenames, Catan and many more! We also like to bring out the more crunchy games like Wingspan and Viticulture. If there is a game you would like us to bring, please send us a message to make a request! You are also welcome to bring games from your own collection if you are interested in leading a table.

Roleplaying Games (RPGs) and Social Deception Games:

• Ever wanted to try a game like Dungeons & Dragons or Blood on the Clocktower? This is your chance! Our volunteers will be at some of the tables, ready and dedicated to leading beginner-friendly games for you to experience!
• Our events feature a rotation of game experts and game systems, so there's always a new world to explore in a one-shot format.
• When you first arrive, you can sign up for these activities or sign up ahead in our Community Discord.

Pay-what-you-can General Admission Tickets: For this Changeling Gaming gathering, we ask for folks to pay what they can to help us organize these events. Tickets are priced and sold per person. Admission supports all the resources that go into making these events possible.

Tickets and tables for this event include access to the Cake Cabaret for games, a curated collection of board games, and on-site volunteers who can help you with player introductions, game selection, and running how-to-plays for your table.

Want to Volunteer?: We are always looking for wonderful folks to join our friendly team of volunteers who help to make these events possible. From greeting folks at the door, to teaching games, we have a wide variety of tasks behind the scenes that need doing. Volunteers help with set-up, clean-up, and 2 hrs of the event hosting one of the various activities. If you would be interested in joining us, please fill in the Changeling Gaming Volunteer Sign-Up Form.

About : Serving sweet treats with a side of spicy performance. Cake Cabaret is Toronto’s one-of-a-kind destination for dance, burlesque, drag, and special events. The perfect place to be safely queer and game.

About : We are a collective of board game instructors who host both public and private game experiences in Toronto and together create game content for YouTube. Our mission is to help folks find the right games for their tables and to create safe, accessible, and welcoming community spaces to play games and make new friends along the way.

Photography Disclaimer: Please note that there will be photographs and videos taken at the event to be used for social media purposes. If you wish to remain off-camera, please let our staff know once on-site

Info: Or sign up ahead in the Changeling Gaming Discord.

Info: Openplay gaming tables, planned social activities, drink services, and food pop-up Dining & Dragons

Info: Wrap up games and social. Last calls for food and drink.

Info: Please help us return the space to the venue by leaving on time.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cake Cabaret, 627 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Canada

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