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Add Your Board Game Group

Board Game Clubs UK is community-maintained and hosted on GitHub. Anyone can add a new group or update existing information.

Submit via our form

The easiest way to add your group is to fill in our form on GitHub. No technical knowledge required - just fill in the details and we’ll do the rest.

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Adding a Group via Pull Request

If you’re comfortable with GitHub, you can add a group directly:

1. Create a new file

Create a new file in the _clubs/ folder on GitHub. Name it using the format your-club-name.md (lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces).

2. Copy this template

Paste the following into your new file and fill in the details:

---
name: "Your Group Name"
days: ["Thursday"]
time: "7:00pm - 10:00pm"
frequency: "Weekly"
location:
  name: "Venue Name"
  address: "Full Address, Town, Postcode"
  lat: 53.0000
  lng: -1.0000
cost: "Free"
image: ""
website: ""
facebook: ""
discord: ""
bgg: ""
description: >-
  A short description of your group. What games do you play?
  Are newcomers welcome? Any other useful info.
---

3. Fill in the details

Field Description
name Your group’s full name
days Array of days you meet, e.g. ["Thursday"] or ["Monday", "Friday"]
time When you meet, e.g. “7:00pm - 10:00pm”
frequency “Weekly”, “Fortnightly”, “Monthly”, or “Ad-hoc”
location Venue name, full address, and coordinates
cost “Free” or a money amount, e.g. “£2”, “£5 (First Session Free)”
image A URL or filename in assets/images/clubs/ (see step 5 below)
website Link to your group’s website
facebook Link to your club’s Facebook page or group
discord Discord invite link
bgg BoardGameGeek guild or group link

4. Find your coordinates

To get the latitude and longitude for your venue:

  1. Go to OpenStreetMap
  2. Search for your venue’s address
  3. Right-click on the map and select “Show address”
  4. The coordinates will appear in the URL bar (lat and lng)

You can add a logo or image for your group:

  1. Upload your image to the assets/images/clubs/ folder in the repository (PNG or JPG, ideally square and under 200KB)
  2. Set the image field in your group file to the filename, e.g. image: "your-group-logo.png"

Alternatively, you can use a direct URL to an image hosted elsewhere, e.g. image: "https://example.com/logo.png"

6. Submit a pull request

Commit your file and open a pull request. We’ll review it and merge it in.

Updating an Existing Group

Find the group’s file in the _clubs/ folder on GitHub, make your changes, and submit a pull request. Or just open an edit request and we’ll update it for you.