NAGA Central
Nashville Area Gamer Association
Nashville Area Gamer Association
Promoting and Fostering Analog Gaming in Middle Tennessee
1 DAY TO THE CONVENTION!
We will be lauching the game library list, schedule, and photos here soon. Also check for a possible live stream!
Nashville Area Gamer Association
NAGA at AkaiCon 12: Delinquent Dozen
June 26–28, 2026 — Farm Bureau Exposition Center, Lebanon, TN
The Nashville Area Gamer Association is bringing a full analog game room to AkaiCon 12 this year, partnering with The Game Lodge out of Lebanon to run three days of continuous tabletop gaming at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center. Whether you're a veteran gamer or someone who's never rolled a die in their life, there will be a seat at the table for you.
The NAGA game room, located in the East West Building, runs the full convention weekend with board games, card games, social deduction games like Werewolf, tabletop roleplaying, and live action roleplaying. Teach tables run throughout the weekend — drop in at any time and we'll get you into a game. Our library covers a wide range of titles across every style of play, and our volunteers are there to walk you through any of them.
The Game Lodge is handling competitive TCG play, with Magic: The Gathering Bracket 3 Commander Tournaments and Pokémon 1v1 Standard Tournaments running Friday and Saturday evenings at 6pm. If you're entering the Commander tournament, submit your deck list at deckcheck.co before you register. We're also running Smash-Up tournaments and additional scheduled events throughout the weekend.
Beyond the game room, AkaiCon is a three-day multi-fandom convention with cosplay, live music, an EDM dance party, industry guests, and a 20,000+ square-foot dealer and artist hall with over 70 vendors. It's a welcoming event for all ages, and the game room is one of the best reasons a gamer has to attend.
Sites, Links, and Tools
First!
Choose a first player
Meetup
Events for NAGA
Vault
Character vault for Requiem
Unveiled
Live Action Roleplaying
From the Hall
Evan Edwards, 2025-11-08
Happy TN Game Days, which is going on as I type this; I have played some fantastic games, seen many friendly faces, and picked up a few games on my list.
Thanksgaming 2025 will be the 20th anniversary of this community event! An annual celebration for gamers and their families and friends, it will be on Wednesday the 26th (as is tradition, the day before Thanksgiving). If you have photos from the past year, please send them my way or bring prints for the wall.
Congratulations to local gamers Andrew and Laura, Alyssa and Austin, and Sam and Maggie, on their nuptials in the last couple months! May you all walk in grace and love and always find each other's arms.
(Also, Laura: I want a rematch with Euchre 500! This time, while I'm more awake.)
Site Changes
- Oct 26th, 2025 - 5.x Beta site in testing. Many features coming soon.
NAGA is an association of many local tabletop gaming groups in Middle Tennessee. If you are interested in being listed here or using the NAGA library of games for an event, contact Evan Edwards at evan@nagacentral.com or (814) 889-8845.
