Usdan Game Room
As a service of the Student Service Bureau (SSB), all games are free to play!
Just drop-off your Brandeis ID with the SSB staff at the front desk and let them know what you'd like to play. The staff will provide you with video games, controllers, ping pong paddles and balls, Foosball ball, and pool cues, racks, balls and chalk. Remember to pick-up your ID after you clean and return the equipment.
Green Campus Passports and masks are required at the Game Room.
What's Inside
- Five Flat Screen TVs
- Four Pool Tables
- Two Ping Pong Tables
- Foosball
- Video Games: X-Box One, Playstation 4, Wii
- Giant Connect Four Game
- Retro Movie Corner: DVD Player and DVDs
- Classic Board Games and Playing Cards
Games must be used in the Game Room; they cannot be reserved or removed from the room.
Schedule of Events
Check out who is hosting events in the Game Room and when!
Reserving the Game Room for Events
Undergraduate Student Union accredited clubs, graduate student organizations, and Brandeis University departments and programs may reserve the Game Room for 60-minutes of game time or for longer small-scaled events. It's a great place to hang out, relax, play games, and watch TV!
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September Special!
Throughought the month of September, University departments, clubs, and organizations can sign-up to host 90-minutes of free game time. To reserve your free 90-Minutes of Game Time, please use this Google Appointment calendar. Just find a date and time that works for your club, click on the appointment time, and change the What to your organization's name. Then, add a description, and click Save! After that, you must also register your event in Presence. Presence will prompt you to sign-up for an Event Support Meeting (ESM). However, instead of attending an ESM, please email leighhi@brandeis.edu to discuss and confirm your Club Game Night.
Do NOT use the appointment calendar for club events. If your club or organization would like to host an event at the Game Room, please see the section for Reserving the Game Room for Events.
University departments, clubs, and organizations may reserve the Usdan Game Room for small-scaled events by submitting a Usdan Game Room Space Request Form at least three week's in advance.
SSB charges rental fees in two hour increments for the services and equipment provided by SSB, including set-up, assistance with equipment, event monitoring, and clean-up. Clubs and organizations must pay the rental fee in advance. SSB will email an invoice to clubs to be submitted for payment through Presence. University departments and programs should arrange payment by emailing Leigh Hilderbrandt. Payment is due one week prior to the event.
Event organizers may not charge admission for events; however, donations may be collected.
Fill Out the Game Room Space Request Form
Reserving Big Games and Outdoor Games for Events
Equipment rentals are not available during the summer. Rentals will resume in the fall 2021.*
Clubs and departments may reserve Big Games and Outdoor Games through the Student Service Bureau (SSB) at the Usdan Game Room. Please note that regular sized board games cannot be reserved or leave the Game Room, however, clubs and departments may reserve the Game Room to host events there.
Equipment reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations are free of cost, however, there is a $50 fee if equipment is returned broken or missing parts.
*Please note that these are the games that used to be reserved through the Department of Student Activities. SSB will be handling all big games instead of the department.
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- BINGO Supplies
- Giant Board Games
- Bananagrams
- Jenga
- Pick-up Sticks
- Outdoor Games
- Bocce
- Disc Slam
- Lawn Darts
- Horseshoes
- Washer Toss
*Please note that these are the games that used to be reserved through the Department of Student Activities.
If you have any questions, please email the Student Service Bureau at ssb@brandeis.edu.
Game ReServations Form
