About
Who we are
The Sydney Megagamers is a non-profit association passionate about designing and running large-scale social simulations that examine diplomacy, politics, strategic thinking, problem solving, roleplaying and board-gaming.
Our goal is to deliver a diverse range of high-quality Megagames. Our events usually run for 6 to 8 hours with dozens of participants. They look at ways to make gaming fun, immersive, educational and intellectually stimulating.
Our team members are all involved through their passion alone. Each project is designed by a small, dedicated team, and each event is run by a handful of volunteers. All sales from our events are used to fund production and design of our games, and the facilitation of our events.
We are based in Sydney with a community spread across Australia.
Our history
Sydney Megagamers, originally conceived as Western Sydney Megagames, started in 2014 after the fated Shut Up & Sit Down launched megagames across the globe. Since November that year we have grown, incorporated and run 11 unique games across 17 events:
The Third Kind (2014)
Unrest in Idrinor (2015)
Brave New World (2016)
Chaos on the Iron Sea (2016)
As the Fire Dies (2019)
For the Crown (2019)
So Say We All (2019, Wollongong)
God Emperor (2023)
The Ark (2023)
The Generalissimo Is Dead (2024, Sydney and Canberra)
Infinite Horizons (2024)
So Say We All (2024)
Over those years we’ve learned a lot as a community about megagames – how to design, plan, run and enjoy them – and we’ve seen hundreds of people come through our doors.
For the latest update on our yearly ongoings, check out the year in review blog post:
January 5, 2025
What a year we’ve had! With three different games across seven events, this is the biggest year for megagames in Sydney we’ve ever seen. We’ve done two runs of...
Our friends
We work with other megagame groups across Australia
