I set up a public game night for a non profit organization. The event space has a bar on one side and Pizza and snacks are available. All ages are welcome as the bar side is segregated from where the gaming area is. We posted it in some FB local groups and I found some local subreddits and discord servers. I even made an Instagram account but it flagged my flyer as spam. It's a smallish town with about 14k people but near a much bigger college town by about 30 minutes. I'm at a loss as what to do since I'm going to give it a go this week too. We discussed having a vintage video game competition such as an old arcade game. Am I missing something or are game nights just not that popular?

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[–] 3 points 7 hours ago

You can’t just declare a party. You have to start by having friends, and then they invite their friends, and then they invite their friends…

I’m sure it’s not what you actually mean or think, but the way you are talking here you come across as entitled to the time and attention from everyone in your town. I could summarize this post as you saying “I did something nice for other people, so now they are required to like me.” People don’t work that way.

Anyways you seem very motivated to grow your community and I wish you the best of luck. There is a lot of good feedback in this thread.

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