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15 upcoming events in Brive-la-Gaillarde you can go to alone, 15 of them free, from Sunday 13 Dec to Sunday 27 Jun 2027. Picked from city open data and official agendas. Check the official page before you go: times and prices can change.
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The local games guild sets up tables of family, expert, party, card and miniature games, and volunteers teach you how to play. Entry is free. The organisers promise you will always find partners, which makes it ideal to come alone.
On Friday evening 18 December the Salle Dumazaud in Brive-la-Gaillarde hosts the 85th Games Gaillardes, a gaming evening organised by the local group La Guilde Ludique Briviste. The club holds two such meetings a month, one on a Sunday afternoon and one on a Friday night, and this is the Friday one for December. Tables are set for family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniature wargames, and volunteer hosts are on hand to demonstrate games and teach the rules, so you can arrive alone and still find partners. Entry is free. The announcement is in French. The evening starts at 19:00 and ends at about 23:00, which leaves plenty of time to try a few different games. The hall is at 22 rue de Sèlves. «Games Gaillardes n° 85» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
The local games guild hosts its 86th Games Gaillardes evening, with tables of family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniatures. Hosts are on hand to explain rules, so you do not need to know any games beforehand. Entry is free, and you simply join a table.
The Centre Culturel de Brive holds another of its traditional board-game evenings: tables are set up and waiting, you sit down with new partners, discover games you have never played and meet people along the way. Ideal if you have just arrived in town; free entry, no booking listed. «Soirée Jeux au Centre Culturel de Brive» Starts 20:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres des partenaires de La Guilde (open data).
The local games guild fills a hall with tables of family, expert and party games, plus collectible card and miniature games. Hosts are on hand to teach the rules. Entry is free, and the guild promises you will always find partners to play with.
Brive's board-game guild hosts its 88th friendly Friday-evening games night with tables of family and expert board games, party games, card games and miniatures. Volunteer hosts teach the rules, so you can show up alone and be dealt into a table within minutes. Entry is free. «Games Gaillardes n° 88» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
Brive's board-game guild hosts its 89th Sunday-afternoon Games Gaillardes, with tables of family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniatures. Volunteer hosts explain the rules, so you can arrive alone and be dealt into a table in minutes. Entry is free. «Games Gaillardes n° 89» Starts 14:00, ends about 19:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
Brive's games guild hosts its 90th Games Gaillardes with tables of family and expert board games, party games, card games and miniatures. Facilitators are on hand to teach the rules and help you find partners, entry is free, and it is made for turning up alone and joining a table. «Games Gaillardes n° 90» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
On Friday 19 March the Centre Culturel de Brive on Avenue Jean Jaurès in Brive-la-Gaillarde invites people to its traditional board-game evening. The announcement is short and friendly: you will make new acquaintances, discover games you may not know, and find tables waiting for you with new partners to play with. It is organised with the local gaming community around La Guilde, and entry is free with no booking mentioned. For a visitor who arrives alone this is one of the easiest formats there is, because the games themselves provide an instant reason to sit down with strangers, and nobody needs to know the rules in advance. The listing is in French. The evening starts at 20:00 and runs until about 23:00, which leaves plenty of time to try more than one game and to pick up a favourite to buy later. «Soirée Jeux au Centre Culturel de Brive» Starts 20:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres des partenaires de La Guilde (open data).
On Sunday 28 March the Guilde Ludique Briviste holds the 91st edition of its Games Gaillardes in the Salle Dumazaud, on Rue des Sèlves in Brive-la-Gaillarde. The guild organises two such gaming meetings every month, one on a Sunday afternoon and one on a Friday evening, and this one is the Sunday kind. Many board games will be on the tables: family and expert games, party games, collectible card games and miniature games. Hosts are present to introduce the games and teach you how to play if needed, and you are sure to find partners for a friendly moment around the tables. Entry is free and open to everyone, and the listing is in French. The afternoon starts at 14:00 and finishes about 19:00, so you can drop in for an hour or stay for the whole session as a solo visitor. «Games Gaillardes n° 91» Starts 14:00, ends about 19:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
The Guilde Ludique Briviste opens its 92nd Games Gaillardes afternoon at the Salle Dumazaud, with tables of family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniature games. Entry is free, volunteers teach the rules if needed, and you are sure to find partners at a table, which makes it ideal to drop in alone. «Games Gaillardes n° 92» Starts 14:00, ends about 19:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
Brive's board-game guild holds its 93rd «Games Gaillardes» evening in the Salle Dumazaud, with tables of family and expert games, party games, card and miniature games. Hosts are on hand to introduce games and teach the rules, and entry is free, so you can turn up alone and be sure to find people to play with. «Games Gaillardes n° 93» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
For the 94th «Games Gaillardes» the Brive games guild sets out tables of family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniatures, with volunteer hosts on hand to teach the rules. Entry is free, and the organisers promise you will always find partners at the tables, which makes a Friday games night an ideal icebreaker when you come alone. «Games Gaillardes n° 94» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
Brive's board games club holds its 96th «Games Gaillardes» evening, with tables of family and expert board games, party games, collectible card games and miniature games. Volunteer hosts explain the rules and help you find fellow players, so coming alone is no problem. Entry is free. «Games Gaillardes n° 96» Starts 19:00, ends about 23:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
Twice a month the Guilde Ludique Briviste sets up tables full of board games in Brive, and this 97th Games Gaillardes is a Sunday afternoon session with family and expert games, party games, collectible card games and miniatures. Volunteer hosts explain the rules and help you find partners to play with. Entry is free. «Games Gaillardes n° 97» Starts 14:00, ends about 19:00. Source: OpenAgenda — Les rencontres de La Guilde Ludique Briviste (open data).
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The next event in Brive-la-Gaillarde is "Games Gaillardes: Sunday Board-Game Afternoon in Brive" on Sunday 13 Dec at 14:00. 0 events are listed in the next two weeks, and 15 up to Sunday 27 Jun 2027.
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