Who is LXG?
LXG is a gaming club based in Brisbane, Australia. At LXG we believe in creating a family-friendly gaming space for board, card and war gamers of all ages. Our activities revolve around the face to face interaction offered by board games old and new. We manage Brisbane’s (if not Australia’s) largest board game library to ensure that we have something for all tastes.
The club library has too many games to count. For a full list go to the Games section. In addition to this long list, club members bring their own games in for people to play, meaning that newer releases are also available.
We have over 30 of 8′ x 4′ tables & terrain for fantasy and science fiction miniature wargames, as well as tables suitable for smaller games.
Meetings have a relaxed & social atmosphere. They are an ideal time to learn the rules of a new game, or practice for a tournament.
We have something on offer for gamers of all levels, from newcomers to tournament veterans.
Meetings
LXG meetings take place on the third Sunday of each month. Meetings last from 9am to 5pm.
2013 Meeting Schedule
April 21 (membership renewals are due this month)
May 19
June 16
July 21
August 17 & 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15
Our meeting location is the School Hall at Cavendish Road State High School, on the corner of Holland Park and Cavendish Roads, in Brisbane. The map below shows the layout. The venue comes with parking.
Memberships
LXG offers different levels of membership
Family memberships are for up to two adults and up to four children, to a maximum of five individuals
Individual memberships are for single adults
Concession memberships are for children (ie under 18s)
For those who don’t want to take out a membership, there is a casual visitor’s fee of $7 per person per meeting. Note the visitor’s fee does not apply on your first visit!
Duration
All memberships last until March of a given year, and should be renewed each April. If you join or renew after April, you will pay a reduced rate as shown in the rate table below.
Rates
| Type | April | May | June | July | August | September | October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | $72 | $66 | $60 | $54 | $48 | $42 | $36 |
| Individual | $60 | $55 | $50 | $45 | $40 | $35 | $30 |
| Concession | $36 | $33 | $30 | $27 | $24 | $21 | $18 |
| Type | November | December | January | February | March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | $30 | $24 | $18 | $12 | $6 |
| Individual | $25 | $20 | $15 | $10 | $5 |
| Concession | $15 | $12 | $9 | $6 | $3 |
All three levels of membership give you access to use our games on club days, and record your progress and successes through A Game of Games. Individual and family membership holders may also borrow games from the club library between meetings.
Memberships last until March of each year, and must be renewed in April. If you join after April, your membership rate is reduced on a pro rata basis.
We also offer gaming memberships to existing members who cannot attend all meetings over a year due to work or other commitments. Gaming members pay $10 for each meeting attended. Details here.
Special Events
Summer Legends. Held each February we have a two day meeting, with gaming events running over the two days.
Winter legends. Held each August we have a two-day meeting, with gaming events running over the two days.
Winter Retreat. The club’s marquee event with places for 50 gamers to go somewhere cold during winter and play as many games as possible in one week-end! Winter Retreat 2012 details.
Activites Outside Club Meetings
LXG is an outreach club, and we are always happy to show up at outside events andpush the wonders of board games. LXG has frequently run board game events, or a casual gaming lounge at larger gaming events such as GenCon and AusCon. If you’d like an LXG presence at your event please get in touch with us through our Facebook page.
LXG also runs MSQ and Young Care gaming nights, and we’d love your involvement too!
Finally
LXG would like to acknowledge and thank the Queensland Government & the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.
Greetings,
I met some of your gamers at GENCON and I am interested in joining (probably in Nov as my son is participating in a triathalon in Oct). What time do you start gaming.
I also have numerous boardgames, 25mm Napoleonic, ECW (building), heavily into roleplaying and I have a lot of molded terrain. What is your club primarily into playing right now?
Cheers
Chris
Hi Chris, doors are open for 9.00am and we finish up at 5.00pm.
For your first meeting, I would say maybe bring along your favourite boardgame, but otherwise circulate and do the meet and greet. We are a mixed club, with roleplayers, board gamers and miniature wargamers all represented.
You will find it easy to join in the board games, and probably find some takers for Napoleonic or ECW if you bring a demonstration force along. Wargames seen at the club recently are GW’s trilogy of 40k, Fantasy and War of the Ring, but people are always happy to try something new.
Hello
I don’t have a car and the location seems a bit remote from a train station, so it might be tricky for me to make it.
Do you ever meet anywhere else?
Peter
Hi Peter, this is our permament vanue, and we never meet anywhere else. There are bus stops in the area, but I’m not familiar with the timetables there, sorry. If you’re a wargamer there are other clubs in Brisbane that meet closer to train stations than us, such as Brisbane Independent Gamers.
Hi,
What time are your gathering held?
Hi Hamish, our meeting times are 9.00am to 5.00pm
cheers
Hi,
I’m a teacher who is currently planning a technology unit where the students will research, plan and make their own board games for an audience of their choice.
I was wondering if you would have any information in regards to what considerations designers make when creating a board game. Maybe one of your members would be willing to visit the school (South Brisbane) and talk to the students about ‘what makes a good board game.’??
email reply sent
is there a cost?
Hi,
your first visit is complementary, currently casual fees are $6 per
person per meeting, or else you can take up a membership
which would take you through to March 2012
Hi there. I will be on holidays in Brisbane weekend of Aug 20-21. Would love to come and play some board games. Can I come? My fav game is Agricola and would be happy to teach anyone to play
Definitely! We have a copy of Agricola (and about 300 other board
games) in our library, so come along. Sunday is usually busier than
Saturday, but you should have no problem finding players on
either day.
Can you give me an address I can put in a GPS. I dont know Brisbane very well. Looking forward to getting some games played
Does gps accept corner addresses? As the address is simply Cnr Cavendish and Holland Roads, Holland Park Q 4121
sigh, had to post pone a week so I will miss out. hopefully another time
Hi,
Just wondering what hours the Winter Legends will be running… so we can plan an event to run there…
Cheers,
Dan
Hi Dan, Winter Legends will run 9am-5pm on both days
cheers
Thankyou!
Hey guys Anthony from brisbane zombie walk here. Who can I contact to chat to about a possible venture with LXG. Can you please email me anthony@brisbanezombiewalk.com
Hi Anthony, email sent, regards
Hi guys,
I am a boardgame lover in UQ from China and I am interested in your activity. I have played over 60 boardgames including Domian, Small World, the Catan island, Battlestar Galactica, A Game of Throne(Both card and board), Starcraft the Board Game, and so on. I love almost all kind of boardgames, especially war board games.
I found that there are no boardgame club in UQ. I want to make more friends by boardgames here!
Please contact me with e-mail: playeye@qq.com
Looking forward to your reply!
You are welcome to come along to our next meeting on 21 October and find out what games we have to play!
I want to take part in the activity. How much do I need to pay? I see casual visitors $7 per person per meeting.
This is correct, however your first visit is free of charge!
Great. I will try to bring my friends.
Your place is quite hard to find.
Is this place right? -27.51596,153.07216
You can find the place in google map.
That is in Cavendish Road High School instead of Holland Park State High School, right? Do you meet in the school hall?
you have the correct place
Eventually I will go to the meeting tomorrow alone… can I have your phone number in case of losing my way?
Is there any microwave oven there? I want to bring my lunch
yes, there is a microwave
Dear League of Extraordinary Gamers,
We’re a newly launched Murder Mystery game company, and for the time being our games are free (though in a few days’ time they will switch to costing £10 each).
http://www.daggerville.com
Since people who like board games often also like Murder Mysteries, we thought we would alert you to our existence, and would be grateful if you could pass the alert on to your members.
Our games are terribly easy to organise – the website emails instructions directly to players, who can print them out or read them on
smartphone/kindle/ipad.
They are also more heavily scripted than in most Murder Mysteries – that’s deliberate, we are proud of our high quality scripts!
If people enjoy our games, we would love it if they liked us on Facebook.
Merry Christmas!
Martin
(for Daggerville Games)
info@daggerville.com
Hi lxg, I have been introducing my children to various basic games( cards, heroica, chess, rat-a-tat cat etc.) and they really enjoy them. Would I be able to bring them to your group, or are they too young? ( They are 7 yrs old)
Hope to see you on Jan 20.
Murray
Hi Murray, we have a number of games that are suitable for the 6-8 age range, so bring them along and there should be something suitable.
Hi,
My partner and I are interested in coming along. Do we need to do anything aside from just turn up? We’ve only really played conventional board games but I used to be into a bit of pen and paper RPGs back in the day.
Cheers.
Not at all! Just turning up is great! We have multiple games on the go at any one time, and it should be simple enough to join in (many of the games we play can be learned in a few minutes and there’s always someone to show you the ropes)
Hi there
I am 21 and I am moving to Brisbane in a few months. My friends and I in adelaide get together for games nights often, but it’s just social fun.
When I come to brisbane ill be hoping to meet some new people who enjoy nights in gaming.
How serious is the level of gaming? Is it too competitive for a social gamer?
Thanks
Hi Chloe, the focus in LXG is definitely on social gaming! We have competition days twice per year, but other than that its all social.
Excellent! Thank you
What is the usual age range of your members? I’m sure people of all ages, but in general
Thanks
I’d say 80% of our members fall in the 25-45 age group, with the rest falling either side of that