‘This is how I roll’ – local meeple
With approximately 150 unique board games and 12 different categories, anyone can join in the fun.
Every second of every day, people around the world are making the ‘dice’-ision of becoming meeples.
They live their lives, rolling the dice – taking chances in life; preferring a game being brought to life by interaction, small characters, blocks and cards rather than that of a handheld screen.
A meeple is a small wooden character or object representing the player in a modern board game. It also refers to the network of board gamers around the world.
Putting aside, but still played in events all Western-style games such as Monopoly, Erik Dreyer, founder of Meeting Meeples and the Board Game, aims to promote all European style board games such as Catan among many others which originated from Germany, France and Britain.
“The difference between these two styles is quite simple. Western-style games are highly competitive, which can make one fall out before the end of the game. The further you get ahead, the easier it is to stay ahead,” he said.
“European games use economic building themes and victory points, which players need to collect – less dice and more move choices. No player falls out before the end of the game and the further you get ahead, the harder it is to stay ahead.”
This is why Erik, an expert in the party and entertainment field, came up with the idea of hosting board-game events and parties. Even though teenagers and young adults are his main focus, these parties can be brought to anyone from age four and up.
With approximately 150 unique board games and 12 different categories, anyone can join in the fun. Some of these categories include cooperative, family, hobby, classics and ‘just for two’ games.
“I want people to break away from the digital world for a while by putting them in another world. I want to get family and friends to make time and interact with each other again. There’s nothing better than to use modern board games as a medium to establish just that,” he said.
When hosting a board-game party event, the schedule makes room for between four to eight players within a three- to four-hour period.
“People will learn various benefits from board games by joining local board game communities or joining our Meeting Meeples Meet-up group,” he said.
On Saturday, 12 August, Erik aims to host a Board Game Day from 10am where everyone is welcome to play some nifty old-fashioned games and meet other people.
This will be held at 61 Wishart Street, Krugersdorp North. For more information, feel free to contact Erik on 082 377 7936.
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