NOVA Comics and Games hosts the NOVA Jacks Gaming Group on Saturday nights.  The group plays strategy board games and card games, many of which are sold at the store.  The store has a bookcase loaded with games that are available for the group to play.  There is no cost to join in and you don't need to bring any games, unless you have one you'd like to share for the evening.  You also don't need to know anything about playing games - we will teach you.  There are generally about 15-20 people that attend each Saturday.  Whenever a game ends, new ones are chosen based upon how many people are present to play at that time.  People start showing up between 6:30-7:00pm and the door is open until 9:00pm, when it is locked to anyone except gamers.  There are drinks (soda and water), plus chips and cookies or candy to purchase, but gamers are also allowed to bring in their own food.  Since I lock the store, we stay as late as I feel like, which has been VERY late some Saturdays.  If you love gaming as much as we do, or you have a desire to learn, please join us on Saturday night!

A Not-for-Profit established in 2003 to introduce the Washington, DC area to Japanese Animation (Anime) and East Asian culture.  The DC Anime Club provides a positive and alternative activity for area youth by exposing them to foreign culture and encouraging artistic expression and creativity, as well as providing opportunities for community participation and leadership growth.  Activities include screenings of Anime and live-action films, Gaming, CosPlay, and Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments.
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The East Coast Avengers are a chapter of the Avengers Initiative Costuming Group, a cosplay group set in the Marvel Universe, geared to the Avengers (All Marvel characters are welcome).  The ECA promotes creating, owning, and wearing the costumes from the Marvel Universe featured in films, comics, and television. To capture the magic of these characters, the goal is to portray an accurate presentation of the character through your individual costume. We recognize that this hobby centers around fun and creativity, and therefore the ECA allows for the creative modification of costumes within the confines of decency (defined as being without profane or vulgar features or statements and must be viewable by young children).  AICG and the ECA were founded to provide a collective identity for costuming fans on the east coast with similar interests, and put its resources to good use through fund raising, charity work, and volunteering.
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The Guardians are a non-profit science fiction reenactment group performing lightsaber duels and Jedi-themed battles for charity.  Speaking engagements consist of motivational messages, self-defense awareness, and wellness. We regularly participate in charitable events, fundraisers and humanitarian activities designed to promote peace and healthy living.

A group of CosPlayers that have organized to do personal appearances for charity in the guise of characters from G.I.Joe: Real American Heroes.