Melbourne Meeples Inc
Melbourne Meeples Inc. is an Australian not for profit incorporated association dedicated to providing opportunities to its members and to the general community to play and experience a range of board games.
About Us
Melbourne Meeples Inc. is an Australian not for profit incorporated association dedicated to providing opportunities to its members and to the general community to play and experience a range of board games.
During the year, Melbourne Meeples Inc. present:
- Regular board game events such as NSEG, Board in the East, Board in West, and more.
- Semi-regular female focused social game days as The Devonshire Society
- Annual conventions such as Meeplecon and OzBunnyCon
- Special events such as Melbourne Board Game Market
Become a Member
Melbourne Meeples Incorporated was incorporated in 2014 and is still going strong.
Why not consider becoming a member!

Free Entry to Regular Game Days
Access to Games Library
Voting rights at Melbourne Meeples AGM

Discounts at Partner Retailers
Discount at Cons and more Events
Choose Games for Library
MELBOURNE MEEPLES EVENT CALENDAR

Spiel des Jahres awards
We're a little late to the party, but the announcements for the Spiel des Jahres came out a while ago and there's some great Australian news wrapped up in it.
For those that don't know, the Spiel des Jahres (which translates to Game of the Year, but we'll call SdJ from here on in) is an award given to the best game of the last year that was released in Germany as decided by the German gaming press. Boardgame reviews appear in lots of print mediums in Germany somewhat like movie reviews appear here in the press.
There's actually three awards, the SdJ (which tends to focus on family games), the Kennerspiel des Jahres (the game for those in the know... or the more complicated game) and the Kinderspiel des Jahres (the game of the year for kids). The winner for the Kinderspiel has been announced already, but the Kennerspiel and SdJ get announced on July 6.
Because of the 'released in Germany' in the last year, you get odd nominations and recommendations for games that have been out elsewhere in the world, such as this year, Machi Koro which was originally published in 2012 in Japan, but has taken a while to get translated to German.
So the two games which we're excited about in our jingoistic way are
Click on the link below to take a look at the other nominees and recommendations!
Melbourne Gaming Calendar - July 2015

Podcast watch: May 2015
In case you missed it, here's a sample of some of the Australian podcast episodes from May (or episodes about Australians)...