12/5 meeting cancelled

The meeting on Friday, Dec. 5th is cancelled.

Go Club mailing list

The Board Game Barrister now has a Go Club mailing list. You can sign up at http://lists.BoardGameBarrister.com (Select GoClub from the list).

As always, all club announcements will be posted on this blog.

Change for November schedule and the meeting dates for December.

The holiday season is almost there and for our meeting, we're dodging those holidays.

For November: 11/7, 11/21.
For December: 12/5, 12/19.

Meetings are all held on Fridays, 7-9pm, at The Board Game Barrister at Bayshore Town Center. The store and the game tables are located near rotunda area in the middle of the mall. (Mapquest Bayshore Town Center)

Most likely, we'll be back to the normal schedule starting Jan. 9th, 2009.

Meeting dates for November

Note: This post is edited on 11/3.

Starting this month, we'll meet only at the Barrister. The schedule stays the same; 7-9pm every other Friday. The Barrister has GO sets, but they are smaller than regular ones. So if you like bigger board and have one, bring it.


For November:

11/7, 11/21 The Board Game Barrister at Bayshore Town Center. The store and the game tables are located near rotunda area in the middle of the mall. (Mapquest Bayshore Town Center)

Iowa Weekend of Go

The people of Cyclone Go Club at Iowa State University is hosting Iowa Weekend of Go. Here is the information:

The Cyclone Go Club is happy to invite all of you to our biggest event
of the semester, the Iowa Weekend of Go. This is a two day event with
a Go Seminar on Saturday and the All-Iowa Tournament on Sunday
(December 7 and 8).

What: Iowa Weekend of GO
When: December 6 and 7
Where: Iowas State University

~~++~~ Seminar ~~++~~
The seminar on December 6 is a full day seminar with lectures in the
morning and games in the afternoon, after lunch. You will have a
chance to implement the new knowledge you acquire and then have the
game reviewed. The seminar is prepared by our own Kyle Blocher, who
has been actively studying Go since January 2006 and teaching since
January 2007. In the summer of 2008 Kyle went to China to train under
Liu Yuanbo 2P. Currently Kyle offers private lessons and is also
teaching a Go class at Iowa State University. He is currently a
4-dan amateur (http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/cygo/go_lessons.html).

Fee -- Club Member: $25 (Pre-Registration), $45 (At-Door)
Non Member: $35 (Pre-Registration), $55 (At-Door)

~~++~~ All-Iowa Tournament ~~++~~
The All-Iowa Tournament is the biggest tournament in Iowa. It is held
twice a year on spring and fall, and it constantly brings players from
all over the Midwest. This is a handicapped tournament for the Iowa
Cup. The All-Iowa tournament regularly has prizes from Yellow Mountain
and Slate and Shell, but this year we also have cash prizes. We are
giving $150* to 1st place and $100* to second place.

Fee -- Club Member: $20 (Pre-Registration), $40 (At-Door)
Non Member: $25 (Pre-Registration), $45 (At-Door)

*This amount is based on participation estimates and my vary at the
time of the tournament.

For more information, go to Cyclone Go Club.

Meeting dates for October

We'll meet at UWM and the Barrister. The Barrister has GO sets, but they are smaller than regular ones. So if you like bigger board and have one, bring it.


For October:

10/7, 10/21 UWM Union Terrace Cafe. (Kenwood and Farwell on East Side. The cafe is located on street level facing Kenwood.) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

10/3, 10/17, 10/31 The Board Game Barrister at Bayshore Town Center. The store and the game tables are located near rotunda area in the middle of the mall. (Mapquest Bayshore Town Center)

Meetings at the Barrister set

We are happy to announce that we decided on the dates of the Milwaukee Go Club Meetings at the Barrister at the Bayshore Town Center.
It's every other Friday at 7-9pm, starting from September 19th.

The Board Game Barrister hosts Games Nights on Friday and Saturday nights. You can play any of their open board games. And, admission is free! So, having Go meeting on Fridays means you get play Go AND board games, which is awesome.


Links:
The Board Game Barrister
Bayshore Town Center
Mapquest Bayshore Town Center

Meeting dates for Semptember at UWM

We'll meet at UWM bi-weekly on Tuesdays.

For September;

9/9, 9/23 UWM Student Union Terrace Cafe.(Kenwood and Farwell on East Side. The cafe is located on street level facing Kenwood.) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

We are discussing the schedule for meetings at the Barrister. The info will be out shortly.

Meetings at the Barrister at Bayshore Mall

We are teaming up with the Board Game Barrister at Bayshore Town Center. More information is coming soon....

8/5/08 meeting cancelled

8/5/08 meeting at Caribou Coffee is cancelled. Next meeting is on 8/12/08 at UWM Union.

Meeting dates for August

We keep meeting on Tuesdays at 7pm at UWM Student Union or Caribou Coffee in Wauwatosa.

For August:

8/12, 8/26 UWM Union Terrace Cafe.(Kenwood and Farwell on East Side. The cafe is located on street level facing Kenwood.) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

8/5, 8/19 Caribou Coffee, 418 N Mayfair Rd Milwaukee, WI 53226 (Northeast corner of Mayfair Rd/Hwy 100 and Bluemound Rd) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

7/1/08 meeting cancelled

7/1/08 meeting is cancelled.

Meeting listings

Now the meeting schedule for July is also on the Shepherd Express website.

We are back playing Go

We had the first meeting at the coffee place.

New meeting times

Milwaukee GO Club is meeting on Tuesdays at 7pm at UWM Student Union or Caribou Coffee in Wauwatosa.

For June and July:

6/17, 7/1, 7/15, 7/29 UWM Union Terrace Cafe.(Kenwood and Farwell on East Side. The cafe is located on street level facing Kenwood.) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

6/24, 7/8, 7/22 Caribou Coffee, 418 N Mayfair Rd Milwaukee, WI 53226 (Northeast corner of Mayfair Rd/Hwy 100 and Bluemound Rd) (mapquest) 7-9pm.

Please bring a board and stones if you can.

Meeting details discussion

We are currently discussing the details for the meetings.
The schedule is coming soon.

Milwaukee GO Club Info

Visit our online calendar for the meeting schedule.

Sign up for mailing list at our group page.

Contact milwaukeegoclub@gmail.com for more information.