Hello, my name is Seabrook and every Sunday, I hold a free community board game group at my local library Knox Library in Wantirna South including tomorrow Sunday 28th December 2025 12PM-4:30PM.
**Q: I’m interested, how do I attend?**
We have a poll in the announcements channel in the discord here: [https://discord.gg/j9h22MxYf2](https://discord.gg/j9h22MxYf2)
However, this is optional and to give us a general idea of attendance. To attend, there is no mandatory registration, just turn up to the Knox Library on any Sunday (we run every Sunday no exceptions) 12pm-4:30pm we are in Community Room 1&2 and will gladly welcome you in to play some board games together!
**Q: What is this, what do you do at a board game club?**
So we play lots of different board games, mainly modern board games such as Catan, Cosmic Encounter, Slay the Spire the Board Game, Brass Birmingham, Deception, Carcassone, Blood on the Clocktower. As part of the event, we play board games together as a fun and interactive way to make friends and socialise!
We always try our very best to create a welcoming atmosphere and to personally welcome in everyone who walks in the door and to make sure they have a board game to play. Because I think it’s boring to spectate and it’s most fun to be part of a game.
No board game experience is needed, we always teach the rules to every game we play so please don’t worry it is a very friendly environment for anyone to join!
I made this club to make friends with others and found that other people also wanted to do the same so I hope to continue running this club to make people’s weekends just a little bit better!
**Q: Do people give their consent to have their photos taken?**
>> Yes I always ask for consent before taking any photo, which is why you’ll see some people do not appear in photos as they choose to leave the photo while it is being taken.
**Q: Are you going to post the same thing every week?**
>> I apologise for the frustration if you have seen this post before, but I have contacted the mods directly to ask whether this is okay and they have confirmed it is okay to post once a week.
**Q: How do I build my own community social group from scratch?**
>> Great question, every community can always use more places for people to connect and socialise! I started this board game club by advertising on Facebook and Meetup (expensive $45/month now don’t recommend) that there was a board game event at the library to make friends. Once the group grew in size I contacted the library staff to see if it was possible to run a public free community group and to use the library facilities. And we are very fortunate for the amazing support we have received from the library to be able to use the facilities without any costs weekly.l thanks to the kindness of the Knox Library.
Thus, my advice is if you are looking to hold a community group please try to contact your local library/RSL as these are public spaces. Also, advertising, I’ve had the most success with creating a discord server and advertising primarily on local Facebook community groups and Reddit here on r/melbourne , Eventbrite. Try to advertise wherever you can. We’ve also handed out flyers to local board game stores such as Games World inside shopping centers.
I hope this information helps and please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
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Hello, my name is Seabrook and every Sunday, I hold a free community board game group at my local library Knox Library in Wantirna South including tomorrow Sunday 28th December 2025 12PM-4:30PM.
**Q: I’m interested, how do I attend?**
We have a poll in the announcements channel in the discord here: [https://discord.gg/j9h22MxYf2](https://discord.gg/j9h22MxYf2)
However, this is optional and to give us a general idea of attendance. To attend, there is no mandatory registration, just turn up to the Knox Library on any Sunday (we run every Sunday no exceptions) 12pm-4:30pm we are in Community Room 1&2 and will gladly welcome you in to play some board games together!
**Q: What is this, what do you do at a board game club?**
So we play lots of different board games, mainly modern board games such as Catan, Cosmic Encounter, Slay the Spire the Board Game, Brass Birmingham, Deception, Carcassone, Blood on the Clocktower. As part of the event, we play board games together as a fun and interactive way to make friends and socialise!
We always try our very best to create a welcoming atmosphere and to personally welcome in everyone who walks in the door and to make sure they have a board game to play. Because I think it’s boring to spectate and it’s most fun to be part of a game.
No board game experience is needed, we always teach the rules to every game we play so please don’t worry it is a very friendly environment for anyone to join!
I made this club to make friends with others and found that other people also wanted to do the same so I hope to continue running this club to make people’s weekends just a little bit better!
Your Library website: [https://www.yourlibrary.vic.gov.au/](https://www.yourlibrary.vic.gov.au/)
Some commonly asked questions:
**Q: Do people give their consent to have their photos taken?**
>> Yes I always ask for consent before taking any photo, which is why you’ll see some people do not appear in photos as they choose to leave the photo while it is being taken.
**Q: Are you going to post the same thing every week?**
>> I apologise for the frustration if you have seen this post before, but I have contacted the mods directly to ask whether this is okay and they have confirmed it is okay to post once a week.
**Q: How do I build my own community social group from scratch?**
>> Great question, every community can always use more places for people to connect and socialise! I started this board game club by advertising on Facebook and Meetup (expensive $45/month now don’t recommend) that there was a board game event at the library to make friends. Once the group grew in size I contacted the library staff to see if it was possible to run a public free community group and to use the library facilities. And we are very fortunate for the amazing support we have received from the library to be able to use the facilities without any costs weekly.l thanks to the kindness of the Knox Library.
Thus, my advice is if you are looking to hold a community group please try to contact your local library/RSL as these are public spaces. Also, advertising, I’ve had the most success with creating a discord server and advertising primarily on local Facebook community groups and Reddit here on r/melbourne , Eventbrite. Try to advertise wherever you can. We’ve also handed out flyers to local board game stores such as Games World inside shopping centers.
I hope this information helps and please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Brings me joy every time I see these posts. Keep it up ! 👍