RVA Board Game Scene
The Richmond, VA Board Games Facebook Group maintains a comprehensive list of local board game links and resources
Board Game Expo 2025
Triclops Rabbit
Triclops Rabbit is a one-woman business, all my products are designed by myself, Jade Lui. Contact me below if there are any questions or concerns about your order, or for any other inquiries!
Becca Williams
People tend to forget that art can and should be able to contain a deep and emotional factor. Art can be more than just a visually catching image used to advertise a product, or for persuasion. Art should also be able to capture an inexplicable connection or emotion between the viewer and a piece.
Knits By Babbs
Knits By Babbs is a small craft company trying to bring products to the local scene made with love.
Local Retailer
Locally Based Online
Flying Pig Games
Based in Ashland
Here at FPG we stay true to our values of making the most fun games with the highest quality components, that are thoroughly tested for replay ability, creativity, originality, and overall quality. Having our customers enjoy our games brings us the most satisfaction.
Flying Pig Games is a small, multi-generational, veteran and female owned publishing company that makes tactical and high player interaction games.
Local Services
Championship Chess
Chess RVA teaches scholastic chess throughout the Greater Richmond area, offering chess instruction and supervised play. Research shows that chess improves math, reading and problem-solving skills, while providing an added benefit of fun. Other benefits of chess include improved critical thinking skills, creativity, patience, accountability and sportsmanship.
Goblins and Growlers
We run massive public tabletop roleplaying events. The hardest part of being a grownup D&D fan is how difficult it is to get 5+ people together once a week to roll some dice, trigger some traps, and fight some monsters. We brought D&D back to the people by bringing it to breweries and restaurants.
Bra Full of Sawdust
Gabrielle (Gabby) Carder is the designer and craftswoman at Bra Full of Sawdust, LLC currently located in Ashland, VA. She helps design your custom piece, select the proper material for your project, and build it from start to finish.
Local Meetups
Opening gaming day in Mechanicsville
Wargames, miniatures, Euros, Ameritrash!
FREE FREE FREE
CONFIRMED! Booked a meeting room at Pamunkey (Mechanicsville) Regional Library.
February 1, 2025 - 10 am to 4:45 pm. Capacity 30.
Opening gaming. Wargames, miniatures, Euros, Ameritrash!
I will be bringing games. Or bring your own. We had 14 folks last time and lots of fun was had!
Richmond Board Game Meetup Group
Did you ever want to get a game of Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk or Clue going but didn't have enough time or people to play with? Are you interested in modern games, like Catan, Power Grid, and Dominion? Come out and play your favorite board & card games and have fun!
Tri-Cities Board Game Meetup
This meetup group was founded to bring together tabletop board and card game players. Our members include gamers in the Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Petersburg, Prince George, Fort Lee and Chester areas, and we hold meetups in various locations in these communities, from members' residences to public forums and local restaurants. We typically offer one or two gaming options per week.
Central VA Spades Players
If you like to play spades, talk trash and have fun then this is the group for you! Bring your skills or lack thereof because all skill levels are welcome. We'll bring the decks.
Many people who attend play with jokers and some play without. There are no "house rules" so rules are decided by the table you join. Don't be surprised if you hear something new! (We've heard it all, lol.)
This group is based in the southside Richmond area, but we have meetups in the surrounding counties as well. Venue recommendations are always appreciated.
The Kallax
The RVA Family Friendly Board Gaming Community. Started in 2021, our Board gaming community in Richmond Virginia promotes a family friendly atmosphere where adults (and kids if they would like!) can learn or enjoy the hobby of board gaming while we have activities and space for kids to play.
Facebook Group
Scott's Addition Board Game Society
As always, Scott's Addition Board Game Society is committed to fostering inclusive communities for gamers to have fun. We believe that games bring people together. Our purpose is to help create these moments of community by finding space, encouraging inclusiveness, and supporting others looking to bring gamers together.
Conventions
RiVirCon
March 13th-15th 2026
Twice-a-year board game convention in Richmond, Virginia. 3 days of tabletop gaming, friend making, and prize winning.
Facebook Page
Prezcon
2026 PrezCon Monday Feb. 21st thru Sunday FMarch 1st.
The PrezCon Annual Convention presented by Faceless Men Productions, LLC, is proud to have been hosting their Winter Board Gaming Convention since 1994, PrezCon has grown into a big event. It is now attended by hundreds of people from around the globe. We host over 100 Tournaments and dozens of demos during the convention!
Ravencon
RavenCon 19: April 24-26, 2026
RavenCon is the Con of Opportunity With over a dozen tracks of programming (more than 300 hours!), attendees will ALWAYS have something to do or see.
Richmond Open
Fri, May 2 2025, 9:00am - 11:00pm
Sat, May 3 2025, 9:00am - 11:00pm
Sun, May 4 2025, 9:00am - 11:00pm
Expanding into a 63k+ sq. feet space in our fourth year, the Richmond Open is a community-led tabletop convention featuring miniatures events, large tournaments, historical wargaming, role playing games, board games, vendors, open gaming, and more.
Galaxycon
MARCH 19-22, 2026
GalaxyCon Richmond is More Than a Comic-Con! It’s a 3-Day FESTIVAL OF FANDOM with celebrities, artists, writers, voice actors, cosplayers, entertainers, creators, wrestlers, fan groups, panelists, and PEOPLE LIKE YOU!
Burg Quest
BurgQuest will return October 10-12, 2025 for three days of board game and RPG free play,
Featuring three days of board game and RPG free play, panels, guests, game demos, field trips, game design workshops, and more at the Woodlands Convention Center in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Command Fest
No known Future Date
Magic: The Gathering fans will converge upon the Greater Richmond Convention Center to celebrate their favorite 100-card format, and experience Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate for the first time!
Star City Games proudly presents CommandFest: Richmond!
ImmerseCon
August 30-31, 2025
At the cutting edge of innovation, ImmerseCon blends the realms of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with gaming. It's a pulsating hub where diverse minds from casual gamers to industry mavens converge in a dynamic, groundbreaking setting. ImmerseCon is dedicated to transcending the typical convention experience. Here, every moment is an adventure, every interaction an opportunity to learn, play, and innovate.
DollarCon
October 25th, 2025
DollarCon is Richmond's Boardgame Convention with open play for gamers of all ages. We'll have a 300+ game library available for play and/or bring your own games to play! FAMILY FRIENDLY! Nursery available for use!
COST: $10/person or $20/family
Game Store, Trade Table, Door Prizes and more!
Local Content Creators
Jeff Knapp's Tabletop Toolbox
A newly-developing channel dedicated not just to tabletop & board/card games, but to 3D printing, designing, customizing, and taking gaming up a notch!
Local Lore - Lorcana From the Ground Up
A podcast hosted by Lindsay and Ian, who share their experiences playing, coaching, and competing in the Lorcana trading card game within their local community. The podcast provides resources and advice for both new and experienced Lorcana players, with a focus on building and participating in local leagues
Local Facebook Groups
RVA Disney Lorcana TCG
Private: A place to discuss Disney's brand new Trading Card Game, Lorcana! No Trading, Selling, Buying in this group.
RVA Game Design
A group for those in the Richmond Virginia area who dare to dream to create their own board game.
Battlegrounds Play Group
Public: This group is for Battlegrounds players to be able to communicate with each other to find time to play and see whats going on at the shop.
RVA Social Deduction
This will be the posting place for discussing social deduction games in Richmond, VA. These games include:
Local Unplublished Games
Mushrooms By Moonlight
Mushrooms by Moonlight is a 1-4 player game of shifting strategies and sinking maps, involving dice, lily pads, and mushrooms! Puzzle your way through an ever-changing swamp as you beat your opponents to attract the most fairies. Only with their magic can you collect the sacred gems and restore the lake to its former beauty, earning favor with the Queen at last. When the last gem is found, which clan will rise above?
Crystal Crucible
Crystal Crucible is a fantasy combat card game that uses a tile-based system to provide you with a dynamic battlefield in which you fight against monsters and other player’s characters alike.
Mordrün
Mordrün is a board game for 2+ players and ages from 6+ (young children may require some adult help along the way). Play time can be anywhere from 5 mins to 2 hours depending on the number of players, luck, and play style. At its core, it is a classic murder mystery game. However, it incorporates a flair of RPG play style that opens up the game play to a variety of styles. No session is ever the same.
Parlor Punch
Vespaw
THE STORY: Welcome to the vibrant urban neighborhood of the late 20th century, where you don the helmet of a VDS (Vespaw Delivery Service) courier. Your mission? Spend, as efficiently as possible, VDS company funds picking up and delivering packages; you can pocket what you don’t spend. Admittedly, it’s a ruff job, but Buttercup, the neighborhood’s beloved old stray dog, is here to teach you some new tricks. Will you become VDS’s most efficient courier?