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Dinner & Board Games Fortnightly CBD (We Play Board Games Melbourne)
Wed, Sep 16, 8:00 AMHi everyone, Stella & Tarrant here 😃 It's board game and dinner time every 2nd Wednesdays! Everyone's welcome, new or experienced board gamer. Let's play board games together, meet new friends if you want, and also supporting local restaurant buying their food and drink, coz the event is free. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐳 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 Meetup will be in the separate room at the back of their venue! 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: 6pm - 10pm (but the pub is open till later if you want to stay around) 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧: Meetup for dinner & drink while playing board games. Here's a one page PDF document explaining how it works - https://loom.ly/hTHo2cM. Basically, find some friends or make some new ones. 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚: Bring your own games or play our growing board games library, teach others or join others games. We have flag system to help you find people to play with you. Here is the list of our growing games library, categories and with short description - https://loom.ly/fOKuaM4 𝗙𝗘𝗘: Zero. Nada. It's a casual get together, we're helping facilitating the meetup. All I asked is to please order food & drink from the venue, don't bring your own food and eat there, as the venue is a pub, they are providing the venue for free So please help local business 😃 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗘: Feel free to post in the comment if you have games you want to bring and teach others, try to organise people to play. Or if you want to join other people's game. We have a group via Aftergame (app/website) where you can organise a game as well here - https://aftergame.app/groups/we-play-board-games-melbourne-meetup-by-meeple-university-1386 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘: Melbourne Central, level 3. Melbourne Central station underneath. There are various public carpark Wilson 300 LaTrobe and Secure Parking in the city. Or the Wilson carpark under Melbourne Central, entry is a set price after 5pm (at the time of writing). And then plenty of public transport in the city 🙂 To connect more to fellow board gamers, you can join the Facebook group that started the event here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/WePlayBoardGames Thank you and hope to see you all then! Stella & Tarrant
Board Game Night at Marché
Tue, Sep 15, 8:00 AMWhether you're looking for a short, light game or a longer strategy-heavy game, come join the Melbourne Asian Board Gamers on Tuesday night at Marché Board Game Cafe for some fun! To **check in**, please head to the front counter and show your RSVP for the Meetup event to a Marché staff member. They will then point you towards the event host for the evening to take down your attendance. **⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ Cost ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆** Attendees who have registered for the event on Meetup can play at discounted rates, with the following payments to be made: * **$7 in total per session” to cover Meetup subscription and cafe costs. Payment of $7 should be made to Marche at the front counter upon notification to the staff member that you are here for the scheduled meetup. There is now no minimum spend on items at the cafe as there were before. The cafes menu can be found here https://mbgcafe.com.au/menu.pdf . Only attendees on the "going" list are entitled to the discount. attendees that are on the waitlist or didn't register on Meetup are still welcome to come, but will need to pay the regular Marche rate of $22 for three hours of board games (includes one free drink). **Attendance** As our events are highly popular, if you have RSVP as going but can no longer attend, please amend your RSVP to allow others a chance to attend. If we notice people are not showing up when they have RSVP, you will be moved to the waitlist the following week and give priority to those who actually turn up. We appreciate everyone's understanding and co-operation. We really appreciate your support and look forward to playing with you.
R U OK 2 Play - Macleod
Sun, Sep 13, 1:00 AMTalking to people can be hard, whether they are people we love or complete strangers. Sometimes it can also be difficult to find the crowd of people that we fit into or to find ways to connect to those already in our lives. For these reasons, board and card games, or more specifically, tabletop games, are an excellent tool for bringing people together. Not only are tabletop games fun, they are a great way to combat social isolation and improve mental health. Sitting around a table with a shared activity can create a great sense of togetherness and games provide an amazing buffer if you find socialising difficult. Even though interaction is encouraged by the nature of a game, standard pleasantries and the need for small talk is eliminated and connecting with others becomes easier. Immersing yourself in a game is also a great way to get your brain thinking about things other than the usual ups and downs of life. The second Thursday in September every year is R U OK? day. In the spirit of this important question and of reaching out and forming connections, R U OK 2 Play? events will be running across the country from the Friday before R U OK? Day, to the Sunday after. Run by experienced (and very friendly) tabletop gaming event organisers, these events are for everyone, no matter your background, no matter your demographic and no matter your level of gaming experience! What you can do before the event: Contact your host - If you are particularly shy or nervous, or are very uncertain about what to expect, feel free to contact the event host. Hosts know their games and their community, they can keep an eye out for you when you arrive and set you up with a game and players that they think might suit you. Don’t forget, your host was new to this once too! Just turn up - Tabletop gaming events tend to be very casual with people coming and going for the duration. Most gamers are just happy to have someone to play with, it’s not going to make much difference to them what your background is or what your reasons for being there are. What you can do when you arrive: Arrive early - Walking into a room full of people can be nerve racking, so arrive before it’s full. It will be much easier for hosts to engage you one on one and less overwhelming with relatively few people there. Hosts will also often run ‘warmer’ or ‘filler’ games while people are still arriving. These are games that are very light, have very few rules, play out in 10 or 15 minutes and make great ice breakers. Pre-engage - Those of us with social anxiety sometimes need a bit of time to prepare before engaging with a group of people. Feel free to take a game from the common pile/shelf, open it and go through the components and rules on your own (curious passers by do it all the time!) while you build your nerve. Have a wander around the room and check out what people are playing. Which games are generating the most laughter, which ones seem to require lots of concentration? What you can do after the event: Reach out - Let someone know that you enjoyed playing with them or reminisce about a particularly bold or lucky play that was made. Game more - Tabletop gaming is very popular and chances are there is a local gaming group in your area. Talk to your event host and ask if they know of, or run any other local gaming events. Talk to other players, often gaming enthusiasts belong to multiple gaming groups. Many gaming events and communities are also listed on social media sites like Facebook and Meetup. What we don’t recommend: “I’ll just watch” - Watching a game being played is not very inclusive. Also, watching other people having fun that you’re not involved with can be isolating. Even if when you arrive, there are no spots available in a game, pull up a chair and get yourself involved, ask about the rules or even the theme of the game, you won’t be disturbing, I promise! Chances are someone will arrive not long after you and one of the hosts will be able to organise a game for you. Leaving after one game - Often, between games is when the social barriers come down. It’s when players discuss the game they just played or start a conversation about ‘what should we play next?’ The next game you play will quite often be with different people from the first one, so the more games you play the more potential connections you can make. Researching Games Beforehand - If you’re new to tabletop gaming, trying to learn rules or even just looking at a game with lots of colours and pieces can be daunting. More often games are a lot easier than they look and learning to play a game with other people is half the fun! Making mistakes, confusion or miscommunication can even make playing a game much more entertaining. After all, it’s about how much fun you have, not whether you win or lose
Alor Street Dinner, then check out Pixel Bar Board Games Cafe in Huntingdale
Sat, Sep 12, 8:00 AMI wanted to see what Pixel Bar is like, but they don't do food, and I wouldn't mind getting some food first. This Malaysian place just up the road looks good. They have Board games at Pixel Bar - good ones. I have no idea how busy it gets or how much room they have, so I'm just going to play it by ear.
Games After Dark
Fri, Sep 25, 7:00 AMJoin us for an evening of games at Watsonia Library. Every fourth Friday we bring a selection of games from the club’s ever growing library as well as choice games from our own personal collections. Feel free to bring your own! **Venue change:** Due to works in the library activity room, we will be meeting at the Watsonia Neighbourhood House, 47 Lambourn Rd, Watsonia. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Where do we play? We play in the community room at Watsonia Library. What do we play? There will be a range of games available, from beginner to more experienced. We play modern board and card games that are fun and relatively easy to learn. We are more than happy for new people of all experience levels to come and we are always eager to teach. How about Food and Drinks? Enjoy some tea on the house. Or bring in your own meal or grab one from one of the fine local places in the neighbourhood.
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