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 Columbus Area Boardgaming Society 

Introduction
Columbus Area Boardgaming Society (CABS) is one of the largest board game clubs in Ohio, United States. The club has more than 400 members. The game library of the club includes over 1,000 games, and the list keeps updating.

The aim of the club is dedicated to "bringing the gamers of Central Ohio together". The club holds regular meetings every week, and the sponsors' board organizes the gaming convention Buckeye Game Fest and other special events through the year.

The club runs the Board Room at Origins Game Fair and has local food trucks at weekly meetings.

History
On Saturday, April 18th 1992, the four founders of CABS established the club at CAPCON.

In 1997, 12 members of the club met together and first organized activities under the name of CABS.

After that, CABS has become one of the biggest board gaming clubs in the United States. There were 34 different meetings in 2008, and in 2014, the number had grown into 50. Over 100 members meet at the same place regularly whenever meetings are held.

The best record was on May 11th, 2013, when over 225 members attended the meeting.

Location
The location of the meeting is the MOSSL Office in Worthington, Ohio:

670 Lakeview Plaza Blvd.

Suite E

Worthington, Ohio 43085

Officers
President: Anton Wilsbach

Vice President: William Reed

Secretary: Keith Bednarczuk

Treasurer: Ken Hill

Communications Director: Anton Wilsbach

Facilities and Logistics Director: Peter Stein

Librarian: Regina Hoffman

Technology Director: Corey Sanders

Membership Director: Wade Duym

2019 Executive Board
Keith Bednarczuk

Matt Boggus

Ken Hill

William Reed

Anton Wilsbach

Contact
Email address: cabs.board@gmail.com

Phone number: 614-547-6226.

Games
The CABS library consists of 1097 games: 7 Wonders Expansion: Cities, 878: Vikings - Invasion of England, A Feast for Odin, A House Divided, and so on. Moreover, the list of games keeps updating continuously.



Events
CABS usually holds its regular meetings on the first and third Fridays and second and fourth Saturdays monthly. The first Friday meeting of each month is usually reserved for people aged over 13.

Besides the regular game meetings every week, the club also has several special conventions throughout the year.

Buckeye Game Fest (BGF)
The gaming convention held by The Buckeye Game Fest organization, which is now the partner of CABS.

The Buckeye Game Fest (BGF) used to be held by CABS, the event offers players with playing site, accommodation and gaming facilities. After 2018, BGF has been run by a separate organization, BGF organization.

The Buckeye Game Fest organization is looking for volunteers to work at both CABS and BGF organization. The participants will be compensated for the time they spend on the service by obtaining discounts on the fees of these events. Interested people can fill out the volunteer contact form at the official website of  BGF organization.

After Turkey Day Game Fest (ATD)
The After Turkey Day Game Fest (ATD) is a two-day of gaming activity on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Day. During this event, the club is open to both members and non-members, and the standard day fees are suspended.

Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an exceptional gaming event in December which is combined with an internal business meeting. In this event, the board of CABS will give presentations to the members about the current status of the club. Games and food are provided as usual.

International TableTop Day
International TableTop Day is a special event held by Geek and Sundry. CABS will participate in the event and cooperate with other gaming groups in Columbus. During this day, CABS is open to both members and non-members, and the normal day fees are suspended.

Board Game Challenge
Board Game Challenge is an activity that asks members to play the board games shown in the category lists, the completion of games can be transferred into credit points. Extra points can be acquired by playing the games in the bonus points list. There are 30 categories in the basic game, and 12 games in the bonus points list.

CABS School
In the CABS School event, various games will be introduced to the members. Old and new members can get into groups and make the acquaintance of each other.

Any suggestion for the events can be provided to the club by sending an email to events@cabsgamers.org.

The information of The name, the content of suggestions, and the available time of participation are needed.

Membership
CABS Members can obtain extra benefits including:


 * 1) The access to the meeting space for regular meetings every year
 * 2) The access to all the games in the club library. Also, most of the games can be taken home by members for up to two weeks
 * 3) The discounted admission to gaming conventions, such as the Origins Game Fair and Buckeye Game Fest
 * 4) The access to the 'marathon' meeting which will be lasted over 36 hours after Thanksgiving Day.

The first visit to the club is free, and membership is not required.

Interested people can pay for the membership in person at a CABS meeting with cash, check or credit card, or they can pay online using the form provided on the purchase tab in the official website of CABS.