Experience the Best Local Tabletop Game Design and Win Amazing Prizes!
Join us for our 3rd Christchurch Game Showcase, celebrating our local vibrant and talented tabletop game designer community.
Discover the latest and greatest locally designed games, meet the creative minds behind them, and stand a chance to win fantastic prizes!
When: 11am - 5pm, Sunday 11th May
Where: Crafted Coffee - 121 Blenheim Road, Christchurch, 8041
Entry: $5 per person
💥 EVENT DAY SPECIALS💥
👉 20% OFF everything online
👉 30% OFF all trading card games
Don't forget to enter the Showcase Competition! You'll get a stamp for every game played on the day, earning a ticket in the draw for every 2 stamps collected!
Prizes Include:
- 5 x $20 Meepleopolis online store vouchers
- 5 x $10 Crafted Coffee store vouchers
- 1 x copy of Mandragorium the game + sticker sheet & keychain
- 1 x copy of Coop the game
Entries close at 5pm on Sunday, 11th May. T&Cs apply, see in-store for details.
But wait there's more! Cheeky Parrot Games will also be running a seperate competition on the day to give you more chances to win! All you need to do is play-test their latest game, FARMily Feud. One lucky person will get a Meepleopolis online store voucher, the voucher will be for a minimum of $20 but we will increase that by $10 for every 10 people that play-test FARMily Feud on the day up to a maximum value of $100!
Check-out the amazing games to experience on the day below!
FARMily Feud
About the Game:When four opinionated siblings inherit the family farm, disagreements about which crop to grow escalate into an all-out FARMily feud! A game of simultaneous action selection, area control, hand management, and multi-use cards. 2-4 players, about 15 minutes.
About the Designer: DeMe Ernst is a Filipino game designer based in Auckland, New Zealand. After being an avid gamer for years, she decided to start designing games as a hobby in 2021. She continuously develops a variety of game ideas and manages several prototypes at once.
Don't forget to register on the day for the FARMily Feud competition!
OVERLOADED
About the Game: Overloaded is a two player expandable tabletop card game similar to MTG, Flesh and Blood etc. Set in a dystopian retro futuristic world, players are represented by their chosen “Bot”. Each card a player draws represents either a universal “Mod” card used to equip your Bot with powerful combat stats or a unique “Program” card that has a game changing one time effect themed around one of the 5 types; Attack, Defence, Cards, Nexus and Load. Manage your limited resources to play your cards and don’t get caught “Overloaded” for too long or you’ll find yourself with 0 Hit Points before your opponent!
About the Designer: Khuzwane Holder is passionate about creating fantasy stories and worlds and thinks table-top games are an amazing medium to experience these worlds and tell these stories. With help from other creative friends like Hayden Cook, Simon Boxall and James Bradley, his crazy ideas are coming to life and making their way out his head and onto the table
MANDRAGORIUM
About the Game: You are a Botanist in search of the prized Mandragora, leafy creatures who are both sly and mischievous. Collect Mandrakes using your Insight and with various merchandise from the shop. Be swift, and race against the fleeting harvest season.
About the Designer: Elijah Lopez is an artist and game designer. He enjoys video games, board games and most especially trading card games and even more so playing them with his family. He designs games for the fun of making systems and mechanics that are intuitive and rewarding. It's also a reason to design new characters and create new stories.
DUNGEONESS
About the Game: Deep within the heart of Myrvenria, lies ruin an ancient kingdom of Magic and Prosperity. With your team of Explorers, delve into the dungeons and uncover the secrets to their glory that lasted a millennia. You are not alone. Several other groups of explorers have arrived with their own agendas. Gather the relics together, there’s no point in quarrelling amongst one another, there is something sinister lurking in the darkness.
About the Designer: Elijah Lopez is an artist and game designer. He enjoys video games, board games and most especially trading card games and even more so playing them with his family. He designs games for the fun of making systems and mechanics that are intuitive and rewarding. It's also a reason to design new characters and create new stories.
SKY'S EDGE
About the Game: In this 3-6 player, sci-fi/horror, engine builder you are racing to colonise a planet and exploit alien relics... however the more colonists you dump out the airlock, the faster you will accelerate and the sooner you will arrive. Do you really need that colonist? Or do you space them and arrive just ahead of your competition...
About the Designer: Grant Bennett is a Canterbury local who fell into game design when doing space science outreach. He realised that while space can be really dangerous for the unprepared, this makes it a great setting for both board games and role playing games.
BON APPÉTIT
About the Game:Food should bring joy, not germs! Bon Appétit is all about celebrating great food and the people who prepare and enjoy it - but food safety is the secret ingredient to every delicious meal! In this interactive card game you’ll learn how to be safe preparing and eating food, all while having fun!
About the Designer: Ying Yi is a food safety expert with 15+ years of experience in food inspection, a Master’s degree in Consumer Food Science and also the brilliant mind behind Bon Appétit.
MASTER BUILDER
About the Game: Race against friends to become the Master Builder. Complete jobs by blindly reaching into your tool bag and pulling out the correct tools you need. Quickest builder grabs the Golden Hammer and gets a promotion. Complete your job and you’ll still advance. Just don’t be the last to complete their job or pull out the wrong tool.
GARDEN RUSH
About the Game: A 2-player, family-friendly game that takes about 5 minutes to learn and 40 minutes to play. Skillfully plant veggies in your garden and harvest them in specific patterns. Use tools to help your garden flourish or to create nuisances for your opponent. Be the fastest to harvest your veggies to win!
About the Designer: Ki Mansell grew up in Christchurch and works as a preschool teacher during the day and board game designer in his free time.
NO TIME'S TOO SHORT FOR SHORTS!
About the Game: No Time’s Too Short For Shorts! ™ is an abstract ‘trick-taking-like card game where all of the action happens at once! Your aim is to wear shorts the most, each and every round. Every round you succeed at this, you win and get a point! Will you be the ‘shortiest’ player at the table? Or, will you be forced by the others to be down-trod and up-trowed? In this game, the shorter the leg-wear, the better! Who will you make wear the Trousers?
About the Designer: Henry Beeby-Zeier is a Christchurch based game designer. After following through on an idea about what might happen if two games were combined he figured out that he enjoyed designing games! This has led to him coming up with a series of concepts for board and card games, one of which is No Time's Too Short For Shorts!! You can find out more about Henry and his games here - preciselyeccentricgames.com
We'll be adding to the list as we get closer to the event so remember to keep an eye out for some exciting updates through our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Meepleopolis
We look forward to seeing your support for local game designers on the day!
