Seattle area gaming comunity

[iain]

I am potentially going to over in the Seattle area come March/April this year and was wondering what there was in the way of activity and gaming shops in the area.
Cheers
Iain

[rafial]

You'll want to check out the Seattle Gamers Assemble yahoo group.  It's primarily focused on role playing and has a number of members interested in Forge style games.  There is a semi-regular monday night gathering to do one and two shots:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleGAMERS_ASSEMBLE

Currently they meet at Metro Seattle Gamers, a gaming club located in one of the neighborhoods of Seattle that also hosts a lot of board gaming activities:

http://www.dragonflight.org/msg/

If you feel up to it, there is Gamestorm, and gaming convention being held in March in Portland, which is about 3 hours away by car or train:

http://www.gamestorm.org/

You may also want to check out such fine stores as Gary's Games, or the Dreaming.

http://garysgamesandhobbies.com/
http://www.insiderpages.com/profiles/DreamingComicsAndGames-boXc9RDWShCm6bsTimhH3w/

And finally feel free to PM me when you are in town.

[iain]

That is a deluge of information. thanks very much. Might see if i can sneak a visit to the convention and will definetley check out the local stores.
Cheers
Iain