Welcome to Ye Gamer's Guild.
The guild is a game club in Indianapolis, Indiana that participates in a little bit of everything. We run weekly games of Dungeons and Dragons 5E, both Adventure League and Home-brew play. We also go old school on occasion and play some of the older editions of D&D, no longer in print RPG games. almost any tabletop game.
We meet at several locations including houses and local game and comic book shops. Our Favorite is Comic Book University where we run Sunday Games 12PM - 4PM.

Our Dungeons Masters are Jason "Merlin" Edwards, Wyatt Edwards, and Mark Zavestoski.

Our players are a diverse group that are not only occasional gamers, but also "Guild Members" that pitch in and help with Guild projects such as The Inclusiveness Project which incorporates our belief that gaming brings people together and can bridge any differences by a shared love of gaming. We also participate in smaller acts of  kindness such as donating supplies to no-kill animal shelters, providing toiletries and clothing to local homeless shelters, providing gaming libraries to organizations that provide assistance to at risk teens and young adults, and we advocate for the inclusion of all with an emphasis on gaming.

This blog will be used to document our outreach programs, help with awareness of issues we are trying to assist with, and also to be a history of the silly and often hilariously frustrating things our players do during the course of a game. We are currently working on several videos that offer ideas, tips, and hints for D&D players and Dungeon Masters to use in their games. We also hope to give reviews of new products and materials related to gaming.

I hope you enjoy reading of the Guild's exploits, blunders, and occasional critical successes in our endeavors to make  gaming more inclusive for all.
The Guild motto always has been and will continue to be

"ALL ARE WELCOME AT OUR TABLE" 

"That's How We Roll: a documentary on Gaming and Geek Culture in America"

The kickstarter is live, we are reaching out to personalities industry leaders, and conventions for interviews. The "That's How We Roll" interview application for inclusion in the documentary is up and running for anyone interested in being interviewed during the 2019/2020 convention cycle of filming:

Interview application for inclusion in That's How We Roll documentary on gaming and geek culture in America

Table 1....October 2017 you started on a Journey. A Journey into the hot steamy jungle nation of Chult. Close to 40+ weekends later you have made your way through jungles, past dinosaurs both alive and undead, encountered tribes of hostile creatures, fought a dragon, dealt with hags, explored vast ancient cities and braved the first 5 levels of the Dungeon Tombs of the 9 trickster gods. Now, you stand at the entrance to the LAST level....what awaits you at the bottom of thos...e stairs..DEATH..............
AND Cookies. This Saturday The first Group of Gamers to form up for Ye Gamer's Guild resurgence Wyatt Brady Arron Roberts Austin Roberts ThoSang Thang Michael Gaulden Rob Read Chris King and newest table member Mark Zavestoski more affectionately known as Narul the Tortle Monk also known as "Soup",, Vallaron Corbon, Tiefling Warlock, Vincent Goliath Cleric, Caelynn Don Elf Warrior, Rhek The Dragonborn Paladin, Sythesis Tharback aka Zythi the rogue who thinks he is a mage, HIss the yuan-ti rogue and servant of Dendar the Night Serpent, and that new guy that likes to push buttons and open wardrobes much to everyones woe....
This weekend an era ends with the completion of this adventure. Food will be provided by the guild. Feel free to brink snacks or additional food to share if you so wish. THIS GAME WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATER EDITING AND UPLOADING _ SO WEAR CLEAN UNDERWARE!
Regardless of who lives, who dies, who crumbles into a pile of dust like spidey from Infinity wars ;) it has been an honor being your DM/Torturer for this past year and I look forward to laying waste to your characters decendants for many games to come - Merlin Edwards PS Funny hats or headgear encouraged

Ye gamer's Guild just donated the first Gaming Library to Indiana Youth Group, an advocacy group for LGBT+ youth.
I would like to thank Zoe for taking the time to listen about the guilds Inclusiveness Project and accepting our donation of games. We hope the youth you help will enjoy the games and in turn foster a love of gaming.
https://www.facebook.com/IYGindy/

http://www.indianayouthgroup.org/

Ye Gamer's Guild

The Inclusiveness Project Donation Page

The funds raised from the Ye Gamer's Guild Auction have been used to purchase our first Gaming Library Donation. This library will be donated to a group this week in the name of Ye Gamer's Guild and the Inclusiveness Project.
I would like to give special shout out to COMIC BOOK UNIVERSITY for their additions to the library and support of Ye Gamer's Guild, and of course I huge thank you to our gamers for supporting us and making our Credo "All are welcome at our table" a living example. - Merlin

For more information on Ye Gamer's Guild and the Inclusiveness Project:

http://www.yegamersguild.com/

https://twitter.com/gamer_ye

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1713819175318878/

Donate to the Inclusiveness Project

Busy day Today, two tables running. Table 1 in Tomb of Annihilation: Fane of the Night Serpent

And Table 3 visiting Barovia in Curse of Strahd.

Ye Gamer's Guild and the Inclusiveness Project

The Ye gamer's Guild Inclusiveness Project GoFundMe Campaign 

Tabletop gaming, role-playing games, and card games have been a means for people to come together and form friendships for decades. There is a sense of camaraderie and fellowship that develops with those who meet across a table for a weekly game that is unique in that many times these are total strangers to one another before they begin playing. For some people, their weekly game is the social event of their week, old friendships are renewed and new friendships formed.

In Over 30 years of gaming, I have seen this time and time again and it never ceases to amaze and humble me. I pride myself on the most basic of statements I always declare at the start of of gaming with a new group of players: “All are welcome at our table”.

Ye Gamers Guild is a local gaming club in Indianapolis, Indiana that runs weekly games out of local comic shops, game stores, and homes. We are a fairly diverse group of the young and old, varying income levels, disabilities, genders, political beliefs, occupations, and race..

Looking back over the past few years I have been proud of the members in my group for living up to our Creed “All are welcome at our Table”. But, I believe we can do better.

We all watch the news, read the newspapers and daily  see articles on children, teens, and young adults that felt suicide, self-harm, or drug and alcohol addiction were their only choices. The wall of troubles that face these groups are huge.

Bullying - Sexism - Racism - Homophobia - Discrimination based on disability.

These people were not welcome at someones table.

Ye Gamers Guild is currently making plans to partner with local groups that address the problems mentioned by the aforementioned groups with an emphasis being placed on bullying since it cast such a wide net over so many. Ye Gamers Guild is working on gaming supplies to sell to help defray the cost of these goals but we need help to create a foundation to build on.

Funds will be used for:
Raising awareness of the Inclusiveness Project.
Building Game Libraries for organizations, school clubs, and youth related groups.
Assisting those who have difficulty (by merit of disability) attending game functions with better access to conventions, gaming social engagements, and local games.
A training program for game and event organizers to assist them in making their events as inclusive as possible.
Grants to be awarded to groups who are putting into practice the ideals of The Inclusiveness Project.
A central gaming hub locally and eventually abroad as a safe place to introduce gaming to those who may have never considered gaming as an outlet to assist them with social interactions with their peers in a non-judgmental forum.
This hub will hopefully be self sustaining financially, allowing more funds to go towards the previous goals of awareness and outreach. A physical game club would allow us needed office space, a gathering place, and a place where our creed is placed into practice: “All are welcome at our Table”.

The enormity of this undertaking is not lost on us, and to achieve any of our goals we will need help in funding these goals. We understand no one donates to a cause to earn a trinket, a rubber bracelet, their name mentioned in an annual list of donors. They donate because they believe in the cause and see the need for it. Hopefully, after reading this project outline you do believe in what we are trying to accomplish, understand the need we are trying to fulfill, and are willing and able to make a donation of any amount. If you have ever known someone who needed to know that they were welcome, that they were safe, and that they were supported, please donate.

If you have ever felt the need to be included, to know that friends were just a tables length away, please donate.

If you believe “All are welcome at YOUR table” please donate.


As we obtain donations we will give regular updates on our progress in meeting our goals, and will reward donors not only with our heartfelt thanks but an opportunity  to share in the programs the guild hopes to enact.