This document provides guidance on starting a game club for under $100. It recommends getting approval from teachers, parents, and students. Fundraising ideas include charging dues and hosting events where admission is charged to earn money to buy games and pizza. The club could host "cyber night" LAN parties or have game nights featuring Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Wii. The school library is suggested as a location. Advice includes starting small, getting permission, and having club members plan and monitor events.

1. How to Start a Game
Club for under $100
Terri Kirk
Reidland High School

2. Why gaming?
• PR
• Opportunities for kids

3. Beg
• Teachers
• Parents
• Kids

4. Buy
• Charge dues
• Shop Big Lots

5. Support
• Check with local gaming or comic book
stores for deals

6. Club Day

7. Club Day

8. Club Day

9. Club Day

10. Club Day

11. Club Day

13. Events
• Charge admission to those outside the club
• Charge enough to buy pizza ($5)
• Enlist the help of students

17. Event
• “Cyber night” LAN party

18. Advice
• Start out small
• Sign up
• Sell (or give) tickets
• Get parental permission

19. What to do?
• Allow more M games
• DDR
• Guitar Hero
• Wii

20. Where to have it
• If you can, host it in the library

21. Another event
• School reward party
• Discipline reward
• Testing reward
• Field day

22. Advice
• No M games allowed
• Lots of group games like Rock Band
• Planned and monitored by game club
members

23. Big Games
• What is it?
• Why we do it?

29. Resource
• http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/
• terri.kirk@mccracken.kyschools.us