New Boardgames added to the Library

We were lucky to have two Melbourne Meeples committee members attend Spiel Essen this year, and grab some hot new games to add to the Meeples Library, just in time for MeepleCon!

Our members were surveyed on what boardgames they thought should be added to the library, and we’ve been able to secure some of their most requested games!

  • Apiary is a worker placement game for 1-5 players set in a far-distant future where humans no longer inhabit Earth. Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. Players explore planets, gather resources, develop technologies, and create carvings to demonstrate your faction’s strengths over one year’s Flow. 7.7 BGG Rating
  • Among Cultists is a social deduction thriller where you become a member of M, the secret society. Try to prevent the arrival of an evil being at your university… but beware: vicious cultists are already among us! 8.1 BGG Rating
  • Earth is an open world engine builder for 1 to 5 players with simple rules but tons of strategic possibilities. With its encyclopedic nature and the enormous number of unique cards and combinations, every single game will allow you to discover new synergies and connections, just as our vast and fascinating world allows us to do! 7.8 BGG Rating
  • Evacuation life on our planet is being burned away thanks to increasingly intense sunlight, so everyone is trying to move all the people and factories in their territories from the “old” planet to a new one — and they have only four rounds in which to do so.  7.8 BGG Rating
  • Evenfall is a card-driven, engine-building game with both novel and familiar mechanisms for 1 to 4 players. Manage your resources, execute your actions in an efficient order, and discover card and action synergies that generate victory points. 8.1 BGG Rating
  • Kutná Hora: The City of Silver is a historical city-building Eurogame for 2-4 players that features a real-life supply and demand experience in which every action you take has an impact on the game’s dynamic economic systems. 7.9 BGG Rating
  • Nucleum is a heavy euro board game in which players take role of industrialists trying to succeed during the economic and technological boom of 19th-century Saxony, fueled by the invention and spread of the Nucleum (a nuclear reactor). 8.3 BGG Rating
  • Satori is is a Japanese Buddhism term for awakening and refers to a full and deep experience of enlightenment. In Satori, players compete to advance on the spiritual path. For this end, you’ll build new temples for the votaries to pray, get the wisest monks and contribute to build up the great pagoda to turn Koyasan in the heart of the zen Buddhism. 8.0 BGG Rating
  • Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. 8.2 BGG Rating

23/24 Annual General Meeting Minutes


The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held online on Monday 17th July at 8pm.

Committee Members

PositionAppointee
PresidentChris Ingold
Vice-PresidentMelissa Gilbert
SecretaryTamara Price
TreasurerMathew Utting
General Committee MembersJennie Florez
Francois Grobler
Sonika Balyan

Draft meeting minutes are below.

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2023/24 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday 17th July, at 8pm, online.

If you would like to nominate for one if the elected positions, discuss the future of the club or get involved, please attend and have your voice heard.

Positions are;

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • General Committee Member(s)

Nominations will occur on the day, so be sure to attend and either nominate yourself for a position or vote on whom you’d like to run the club.

If you are unable to attend, you may nominate for a position and specify a proxy by emailing meeplecon@gmail.com.

You will need to be a paid member to be involved in the nomination process or take part in voting.

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2023/24 AGM Date Change

It’s that time of year again, with the end of financial year approaching, so does a new membership year for Melbourne Meeples! All our members help keep the Melbourne Meeples alive, as well ad getting great discounts on events run by Melbourne Meeples, as well as fantastic discounts at a range of our retail partners. The date for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) has also been moved back 2 weeks, to allow for the various reports to be created and everything checked that’s required at an AGM. We hope to see as many of you there (online) as possible!

Membership Renewal

If you love attending our events and what we do, want discounted/free entry to an array of events and discounts at retailers, consider renewing your Melbourne Meeples Membership for the next financial year.

You can renew either online anytime.

Melbourne Meeple Members receive for the following benefits;

  • Free entry into NSEG game days
  • Free entry into Audacious Game days
  • Discount off your OzBunnycon ticket
  • Discount off your Meeplecon ticket
  • Discount entry to Board in the West events
  • Discount entry to The Devonshire Society events
  • Discounts at select board gaming retailers
  • Access to borrow from the Melbourne Meeples Inc. Library
  • Help decide what games are added to the games library
  • Voting rights at Melbourne Meeples general meetings

Memberships are anytime online, however, you will not be able to vote or receive the above benefits until you have paid your membership fees.

Date Change – 2023/24 AGM

The Melbourne Meeples Inc. 2023/2024 AGM will be held on Monday 17rd of July at 8pm, and will be held online.

If you would like to nominate for one if the elected positions, discuss the future of the club or get involved, please attend and have your voice heard.

Positions are;

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • General Committee Member

Nominations will occur on the day, so be sure to attend and either nominate yourself for a position or vote on whom you’d like to run the club.

If you are unable to attend, you may nominate for a position and specify a proxy by emailing meeplecon@gmail.com.

You will need to be a paid up member to be involved in the nomination process or take part in voting.

Want to Help Run Boardgame Events?

Maybe you’ve got an idea for a new boardgame event, and need some assistance, e.g. manpower, library, insurance etc.

Or perhaps you just like attending our awesome events and want to help contribute to ensure we can keep delivering boardgame events for the Melbourne community.

Melbourne Meeples Inc. is a not for profit, volunteer run organisation run by a small number of volunteers who put on a large number of events throughout the year with the aim of building and developing the Melbourne boardgame community.

We’re always in need of more people to volunteer their time, whether it’s at an event helping setup/packup, or assistance with the organisation, either for one specific event, or by joining the Melbourne Meeples Committe or one of the sub-committes for a specific event.

Anyone who is interested, please reach out to meeplecon@gmail.com to find out more!

2022 Annual General Meeting

The Melbourne Meeples Inc General Annual Meeting is being held on Sunday 10th of July at 12pm at Croxton Park Hotel, 607 High St, Thornbury

If you would like to nominate for one if the elected positions, discuss the future of the club or get involved, please attend and have your voice heard.

Positions are;

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Quartermaster

Nominations will occur on the day, so be sure to attend and either nominate yourself for a position or vote on whom you’d like to run the club.

If you are unable to attend, you may nominate for a position and specify a proxy by emailing meeplecon@gmail.com.

You will need to be a paid up member to be involved in the nomination process or take part in voting.

Membership Renewal

You can renew online anytime.

Continue your Melbourne Meeple Membership for the following benefits;

  • Free entry into NSEG game days
  • Discount off your OzBunnycon ticket
  • Discount off your Meeplecon ticket
  • Discount entry to The Devonshire Society events
  • Discount entry to Board in the West events
  • Voting rights at Melbourne Meeples general meetings
  • Access to borrow from the Melbourne Meeples Inc. Library
  • Help decide what games are added to the games library
  • Discounts at select board gaming retailers

You will not be able to vote or receive the above benefits until you have paid your membership fees.

Agenda and Attachments

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NSEG 2022 dates

Here are the 2022 dates for NSEG (subject to guidelines).

For more details on NSEG, check out the NSEG event page.

Jan9th (MU)23rd (FB | MU)
Feb6th (FB | MU)20th (FB | MU)
Mar6th (FB | MU) 20th (FB | MU)
Apr3rd (FB | MU)
May1st (FB | MU) 15th (FB | MU) 29th (FB | MU)
Jun12th (FB | MU) 26th (FB | MU)
Jul10th (FB | MU) 24th (FB | MU)
Aug7th (FB | MU) 21st (FB | MU)
Sep4th (FB | MU) 18th (FB | MU)
Oct2nd (FB | MU) 16th (FB | MU) 30th (FB | MU)
Nov13th (FB | MU) 27th (FB | MU)
Dec11th (FB | MU)

Melbourne Boardgaming Calendar May 2021

A little late this month, things seem to be not quite as busy as last month, but maybe there will be some new events popping up soon!

We seem to be slowly having events return, but a reminder to all that we must keep following CovidSafe guidelines while at physical events.

It has been a little difficult to track down all the events that may be physically back at the moment, so if you’re aware of one or more that we might have missed, let us know.

April 2021

Sat 1Dames with GamesTabletop Games, BurwoodMeetup
Sun 2EGFWadam House, Mt WaverleyMeetup
Sun 2NSEGCroxton Park Hotel, PrestonFB
Tue 4Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Wed 5We Play Board GamesMelbourne Central Lion HotelFB
Wed 5Moonee PondsMoonee Ponds LibraryMeetup
Thu 6Beer & BoardgamesInkerman Hotel, St Kilda
Thu 6Board Games in The HillsBelgrave LibraryMeetup
Sat 8Cafe Games (online)OnlineMeetup
Sat 8REALMREALM, RingwoodMeetup
Mon 10Monday Night BoardgamesMitre Tavern, MelbourneMeetup
Tue 11Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Sun 16EGFWadam House, Mt WaverleyMeetup
Sun 16NSEGCroxton Park Hotel, PrestonFaceboook
Tue 18Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Wed 19Moonee PondsMoonee Ponds LibraryMeetup
Mon 24Monday Night BoardgamesMitre Tavern, MelbourneMeetup
Tue 27Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Sun 30NSEGCroxton Park Hotel, PrestonFacebook

Melbourne Board Gaming Calendar April 2021

Back after a three year hiatus, due to someone asking about it, it’s the Melbourne Board Gaming Calendar.

We seem to be slowly having events return, but a reminder to all that we must keep following CovidSafe guidelines while at physical events.

It has been a little difficult to track down all the events that may be physically back at the moment, so if you’re aware of one or more that we might have missed, let us know.

Thu 1Beer & BoardgamesInkerman Hotel, St KildaMeetup
Fri 2OzBunnyConGlen Waverley Bowls ClubFacebook
Sat 3OzBunnyConGlen Waverley Bowls ClubFacebook
Sat 3Meteor GamesCollins Place, MelbourneMeetup
Sun 4OzBunnyConGlen Waverley Bowls ClubFacebook
Mon 5OzBunnyConGlen Waverley Bowls ClubFacebook
Tue 6Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Wed 7We Play BoardgamesMelbourne Central Lion HotelFacebook
Wed 7Moonee PondsMoonee Ponds LibraryMeetup
Thu 8Beer & Board GamesInkerman Hotel, St KildaMeetup
Sat 10Cafe Games OnlineOnlineMeetup
Mon 12Monday Night BoardgamesMitre Tavern, MelbourneMeetup
Tue 13Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Thu 15Beer & Board GamesInkerman Hotel, St KildaMeetup
Sat 17Realm Board GamingRealm, RingwoodMeetup
Sun 18EGFWadam House, Mt WaverleyMeetup
Sun 18NSEGCroxton Park Hotel, PrestonFaceboook
Tue 20Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Wed 21Moonee PondsMoonee Ponds LibraryMeetup
Thu 22Beer & BoardgamesInkerman Hotel, St KildaMeetup
Mon 26Monday Night BoardgamesMeetup
Tue 27Blood on the ClocktowerBaba Hawker, BrunswickMeetup
Thu 29Beer & BoardgamesInkerman Hotel, St KildaMeetup

Annual General Meeting 2020/21

The Melbourne Meeples Inc General Annual Meeting is being held on Sunday 26th of July at 11am.

Due to current COVID-19 restrictions it will be held online via Google Meet. All members who purchase or renew their membership prior to the meeting will be emailed the link, so ensure you sign up or renew before the day.

If you would like to nominate for one if the elected positions, discuss the future of the club or get involved, please join the call and have your voice heard.

Positions are;

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Quartermaster

Nominations will occur on the day, so be sure to attend and either nominate yourself for a position or vote on whom you’d like to run the club.

You will need to be a paid up member to be involved in the nomination process or take part in voting. To renew or join, purchase the below item.

OzBunnyCon 2020 Announcement

It is with heavy hearts and floppy ears, we have made the decision to cancel OzBunnycon 2020. This pandemic will get a lot worse before it gets better, and may last months, rather than weeks.

Given a board gaming convention is a ripe environment for the highly-transmissible COVID-19 virus, and the importance of social distancing in keeping pressure of our health system, this is the prudent move for us to make.

Those who have bought tickets will receive a direct email about refunds.

Thanks for your understanding – we are absolutely gutted, and hope to see you all on the other side of this thing.