Greetings Quirk Nation and Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying the holiday season, and ready to welcome in the New Year! We are ready to hit the ground running in 2026 with more events than ever before. We are bringing you an Indie Board Game Showcase, Axe-Throwing Speed Dating, a whole new pack of Board Game Speed Dating events in your area, new dates for our Traitors competition. Plus our FREE Feud Night is expanding all over Maine and returning to Roslindale, MA!

And, of course, a bonus round of trivia at the end about food during the holiday.

Come To Our Indie Board Game Showcase in one of Six Cities

Our Indie Board Game Showcase Event is returning to downtown Boston, this time featuring 30+ games, the majority of which will be either ones we haven't shown at previous events or significantly edited versions of things you played last time.

In addition, this event has been such a hit, that we will now be hosting it in five additional cities: New York, Philadelphia, D.C., Chicago, and Denver. In each city, we’ll have a fleet of local game designers, giving you a chance to hop from table to table, play new games, and meet the brilliant minds behind them. We’ll be showcasing everything from early-stage prototypes to finished products available for purchase, with something any game lover can enjoy, with party games, strategy games, and everything in between.

So grab our discounted Early Bird tickets before they're all gone.

GET TICKETS HERE!

Have you designed a game you'd like to show off at this event? Fill out this form by end of day January 6.

Celebrate the New Season of Traitors by Competing Like You're on the Show!

The new season of Traitors premieres January 8, and this year, you don't just have to sit on the couch, watching. Rather, you can compete, as though you're on the show. (Admittedly, a much lower-budget version of the show). There will be murders, missions, round tables, and plenty of other hat tips to a great show. For those of you who haven't seen Traitors, you'll still be able to compete on a level playing field with everyone else there.

And if you played in our Traitors events in 2025, we have good news! We are wiping the slate clean. We are making some minor adjustments to the game so that you could play again and not have an unfair edge over the other people in the room. So if you play in 2026, we do ask that you just play once, because we won't be resetting the game a third time, but if you played in 2025, you are welcome to come back and participate once more.

• Jan 12th | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!
• Jan 21st | New Haven CT | East Rock Brewing Company | Tickets!
• Jan 28th | New London CT | Tox Brewing | Tickets!
• Jan 30th | Boston MA | Dorchester Brewing | Tickets!
• Jan 31st | Portland ME | Bissell Brothers | Tickets!
• Feb 9th | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!
• Feb 18th | New Haven CT | East Rock Brewing Company | Tickets!
• Feb 25th | New London CT | Tox Brewing | Tickets!
• Feb 28th | Portland ME | Bissell Brothers | Tickets!
• Mar 9th | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!
• Mar 18th | New Haven CT | East Rock Brewing Company | Tickets!
• Mar 25th | New London CT | Tox Brewing | Tickets!
• Mar 28th | Portland ME | Bissell Brothers | Tickets!

We have hosted multiple Traitors events for office parties and birthday celebrations, and we'd love to do yours next. To host your own private Traitors game, email us at [email protected].

Try Out Our Most Popular Event: Board Game Speed Dating

As always, we've got Board Game Speed Dating nights galore, including our first one in Somerville in years!

• Jan 12th | LGBTQIA+ | All Ages | Providence RI | Long Live Beerworks | Tickets!
• Jan 12th | Men & Women | 25-39 | Boston MA | High Street Place | Tickets!
• Jan 15th | Men & Women | 30-45 | Tyngsborough MA | Epigram Brew Co. | Tickets!
• Jan 19th | Queer Women | All Ages | Providence RI | Long Live Beerworks | Tickets!
• Jan 22nd | Men & Women | 25-39 | New London CT | Tox Brewing Co.| Tickets!
• Jan 26th | Men & Women | 25-39 | Manchester NH | Backyard Brewery | Tickets!
• Jan 26th | Gay Men | All Ages | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!
• Feb 16th | Men & Women | 25-39 | Somerville MA | Aeronaut Brewing | Tickets!
• Feb 23rd | Queer Women | All Ages | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!
• Mar 23rd | LGBTQIA+ | All Ages | Boston MA | Club Café | Tickets!

Axe Throwing Speed Dating Is Back!

This was a sold-out hit a few months ago, so we're doing it again! We're teaming up with the folks at The Rugged Axe in Manchester, NH to bring you Axe Throwing Speed Dating. One of their experts will train you on the fine art of hurling a blade and you'll get to do several rounds, each time with different singles. Meet anyone you like? Scan a QR code and submit their name. If they put your name, it's a match, and we'll send you an email so you can set up a time to go out! Oh, and if you match with someone, you'll get a free pass, enabling you to go to their rage room on your first date, if you so choose. How have you not bought a ticket already?

• Feb 19th | Men & Women | 20s & 30s | Manchester NH | The Rugged Axe | Tickets!

Feud Night

We've polled 100 people and asked them some pretty life-altering questions, like "What’s one job you shouldn’t work if you are afraid of heights?" And now it's up to you to guess what they said. We have venues all over New England, so find one near you, gather your friends, and come play for FREE!

• Second and Fourth Thursday Every Month | 6-8:00pm | Boston MA | Distraction Brewing | Free Tickets!
• Every Tuesday | 6-8:00pm | Portland ME | Smoked Portland | Free Tickets!
• January 6 | 6:30-8:30pm | Westbrook ME | Cowbell Row | Free Tickets!
• 1st and 3rd Sunday Every Month | 6-8:00pm | Portland ME | Coppersmith Tavern and Table| Free Tickets!
• Every Other Friday | 6-8:00pm | Portland ME | Bissell Brothers | Free Tickets! (Starts January 16th)
• Every Tuesday | 6-8:00pm | Middlefield CT | 1741 Pub & Grill | Free Tickets!
• 2nd Fri Every Month | 7-9:00pm | Stratford CT | Two Roads Brewing | Free Tickets! - Note: we will host this on 2/6 in February, skip the month of March and be there on 8/7 in August, but the rest of the months, it'll be the second Friday.

 Feud Night is one of our staples here at Quirk Events. But to pull off our games, we need your opinions in our latest survey! Thank you for your critical input. (This is a brand-new survey, so if you have taken a previous one, we would love some fresh insight on our new earth-shattering queries.)

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Book Us for Your Next Event

We would LOVE to host your next birthday party, office party or other gathering. Play one of our exotic games, like our Trivia Murder Mystery or our Traitors competition. Or book us for a classic like Trivia or Feud Night. Email [email protected], and we'll tell you more.

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Food at the Holidays

Can you answer these holiday questions about food?

1. What obsolete holiday treat, known as a luxury confection for hundreds of years, can be found, in some form or another, dancing in both The Nutcracker and A Visit from St. Nicholas?
2. A few years ago, a Christmas tree farm run by several members of the Religious Society of Friends was surprised to get a letter threatening a trademark infringement lawsuit from a lawyer at a major company that was famous not for Christmas Trees, but rather for making what breakfast food?
3. According to research by the Miriam-Webster dictionary, the term "Friendsgiving" rose to prominence after a 2011 ad for what brand, which also started offering a seasonal "Apple Pie Liqueur" in 2020?
4. What chain, with nearly 5,000 locations (mostly in Canada), has a holiday menu that includes a Polar Bear Dream Donut and Gingerbread-Filled Muffins?
5. Thanks to a massive marketing campaign in Japan, it is now customary on Christmas Eve, to eat fried chicken from what American chain?

Check your answers here!

Okay, that's all for now. Thank you for being a part of the Quirk Events Universe. And, as always, game on!