Add a Club or Event

1. Create a new file

Create a new file in the _clubs/<country>/ folder on GitHub, where <country> is your ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code in lowercase (matching one of the existing folders in _clubs/). Name the file using the format your-club-name.md (lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces). For names with diacritics, use ASCII-folded versions: ä→ae, ö→oe, ü→ue, ß→ss, é→e, etc. (e.g. spieletreff-muenchen.md).

2. Copy this template

Paste the following into your new file and fill in the details. Set country to match the folder.

---
country: "GB"          # ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, uppercase, matching the folder
name: "Your Club Name"
type: ["Board Games"]
days: ["Thursday"]
time: "7:00pm - 10:00pm"
frequency: "Weekly"
location:
  name: "Venue Name"
  address: "Full Address, Town, Postcode"
  lat: 53.0000
  lng: -1.0000
cost: "Free"
age_restriction: ""
image: ""
website: ""
meetup: ""
facebook: ""
discord: ""
bgg: ""
description: >-
  A short description of your club. What games do you play?
  Are newcomers welcome? Any other useful info.
---

Do not set permalink. The club’s page is generated at /clubs/<filename>/ automatically, with a copy under each language prefix (/de/clubs/..., /fr/clubs/..., and so on).

3. Fill in the details

Formatting the description

The description field is rendered as Markdown, so you can use paragraphs and bulleted lists. Keep the YAML block-scalar indentation (two spaces) on every line. That’s what keeps Jekyll happy.

description: |
  We're a friendly group meeting in central Leeds. Newcomers are always
  welcome and rules are explained.

  Typical evening includes:

  - A medium-weight Euro to kick things off
  - Lighter card or party games later
  - Plenty of breaks and chat

The >- style from the template collapses line breaks into one paragraph, useful for a single short description. Switch to | (as above) when you want to keep paragraph breaks and lists.

4. Find your coordinates

To get the latitude and longitude for your venue:

1. Go to OpenStreetMap
2. Search for your venue’s address
3. Right-click on the map and select “Show address”
4. The coordinates will appear in the URL bar (lat and lng)

5. Adding a logo

You can add a logo or image for your club:

1. Upload your image to the assets/images/clubs/ folder in the repository (PNG or JPG, ideally square and under 200KB)
2. Set the image field in your club file to the filename, e.g. image: "your-club-logo.png"

Alternatively, you can use a direct URL to an image hosted elsewhere, e.g. image: "https://example.com/logo.png"

6. Submit a pull request

Commit your file and open a pull request. We’ll review it and merge it in.

Conventions, games fairs and one-off events live in _events/<country>/ and appear on the events calendar. The easiest route is the Add an Event form; if you’d rather open a pull request, create _events/<country>/your-event-slug.md with:

---
country: "GB"
name: "Your Event Name"
start_date: 2027-06-04     # YYYY-MM-DD, unquoted
end_date: 2027-06-06       # same as start_date for a one-day event
location:
  name: "Venue Name"
  address: "Full Address, Town, Postcode"
  lat: 52.4530
  lng: -1.7180
price: "Ticketed"          # or "Free", "£15/day", "€20"
tickets: ""                # link to buy tickets
website: ""
facebook: ""
discord: ""
bgg: ""
image: ""                  # URL or filename in assets/images/events/
description: >-
  What happens at the event, who it's for, and anything visitors should know.
---

Do not set permalink; events live at /events/<slug>/ automatically. Past events drop off the calendar on their own once the end date has passed.