The amazing people at Restoration Games are sponsoring an UNMATCHED TOURNAMENT at Village Meeple! Unmatched is an awesome battle royale where you take characters from every walk and pit them against one another!

In battle, there are no equals.

Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise, but just when you've mastered one set, new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.

We will have a random drawing of characters for play, so you won’t be guaranteed any certain character. In this tournament, we will play double elimination bracket-style. Each game will be 2 player head to head.

The winner takes home a $25 Village Meeple gift certificate as well as a brand-new copy of Unmatched Brains and Brawn!

Second Place will win a $15 Village Meeple gift certificate. Third place will win a $10 Village Meeple gift certificate. Fourth place will win 2 free Village Meeple admission passes.

To register for the Unmatched Tournament, shoot an email to info@villagemeeple.com. Good luck to you!

In the grand theme of Village Meeple, why would all the fun be just for the kids??? Introducing LEVELED-UP MEEPLE CAMP!! A camp specifically for adults 21 and older where you are taught a variety of themed board games, perform crafts, eat snacks, and maybe have some drinky drinks if you are so inclined.

Leveled Up Meeple Camp will be before hours, so we will have the entire cafe to ourselves!

Details

Saturday, September 7, from 9 a.m.-noon

Cost is $25/person — this includes your craft, snack, and game instruction. Please feel free to bring a water bottle.

We will provide the child with a snack and craft that you can take home! Our craft comes from our friends at Witches and Watchtowers! And, you get 25% off any of the board games we played during camp!

The Instructor

Miss Kailee is so excited to be involved in the first year of summer camps at Village Meeple! She loves coming here, and can’t wait to share some amazing games and lessons with you!

She has a degree in childhood education & children’s ministry. She has been working with kids since she was 15 years old.

She loves spending time with friends and family, playing games, and doing puzzles. Her favorite kids’ game is It’s a Small World. Her favorite adult game right now is Photosynthesis.

Her goal for our kids programming is to allow kids a safe space to make new friends, try out some new games, and maybe learn a little along the way without even realizing it.

Register

To register, please call (417) 324-4563 or sign up online here.

Meeting new people is hard! Let us help make that a little easier by providing a common focus — Board Games!! It’s like a nice third person for you to all focus your attention on.

So, whether you’ve just moved here, your gamer friends moved away, you want to play a game that needs a higher player count, or you’re just looking for some new people to hang out with, Game Friends Assemble (GFA) is for you!

Cost is just the usual admission. Come solo or with friends. All are welcome!

Back by extremely popular demand — IT’S DISNEY TRIVIA!!!

We are so excited to partner with Show Me Trivia, a locally owned and operated group of trivia wizards! Bring your team and come test your smarts and a variety of ways to win prizes!

Free with your normal $5 admission.

Trivia beings at 7:30p.m., so make sure you’re team is named and ready to go before that! This event fills up quickly, so snag your team early and play some board games while you wait!

Ready for Adventure?

Join our Dungeon Master Randy as he takes you through a weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This League is perfect for Beginners who want to learn the ropes of Dungeons & Dragons in a safe space.

We have everything you need to get started, all you need is yourself and a sense of adventure!

Free with your paid admission.

Wednesdays We Teach — RIVER VALLEY GLASSWORKS

Welcome to River Valley! The beautiful pieces of glass that can be found along the river here have attracted the most entrepreneurial of woodland creatures to set up shop.

In River Valley Glassworks, you play as one of these pioneers, drafting glass from the market of river tiles. To do so, you have to play a piece from your inventory into the river. Each river tile can take only a specific shape, and you must play into a space adjacent to where you want to draft from. After you pick up your glass, the river shifts forward, revealing new pieces and new opportunities.

Store the glass you pick up strategically in your shop. Depending on how the glass pieces are placed, your score will change drastically. Fill in rows and columns to gain bonus points, but don't draft too many of one type to avoid negative points!

Join Gamer Guide Jess as she teaches you how to play RIVER VALLEY GLASSWORKS.

We will be closed for Labor Day! Please enjoy the last days of summer! We will see you on Wednesday!

Our Mini Meeple Day Camp is a perfect way to introduce our littles (4-5 years old) to board gaming, while making a few friends along the way.

Each camp (coming up Saturday, August 31, from 1-3 p.m.) will be themed, including the board game and STEM activity.

A typical day’s schedule

• 12:50-1:05 — Drop off & table activity

• 1:00-1:20 — Board Game

• 1:20-1:30 — Bathroom break

• 1:30-2:00 — STEM activity

• 2:00-2:30 — Bathroom Break & Snack Time

• 2:30-2:50 — Mini Meeples Movement Time

• 2:50-3:00 — Table Activity & Pick up

Details

Saturday, August 31, from 1-3 p.m.

Cost is $25/child. This gives you 2 hours to wander Target* all by your sweet self! *insert preferred store name here.

Our day camp will be in the Crow’s Nest, to help keep the class all together easier.

We will provide the child with a snack and STEM activity that they can take home! And, you get 25% off the board game(s) we played during camp!

The Instructor

Miss Kailee is so excited to be involved in the first year of summer camps at Village Meeple! She loves coming here, and can’t wait to share some amazing games and lessons with you!

She has a degree in childhood education & children’s ministry. She has been working with kids since she was 15 years old.

She loves spending time with friends and family, playing games and doing puzzles. Her favorite kids’ game is It’s a Small World.

Her goal for our kids programming is to allow kids a safe space to make new friends, try out some new games, and maybe learn a little along the way without even realizing it.

Register

To register, please call (417) 324-4563 or email info@villagemeeple.com.

Meeting new people is hard! Let us help make that a little easier by providing a common focus — Board Games!! It’s like a nice third person for you to all focus your attention on.

So, whether you’ve just moved here, your gamer friends moved away, you want to play a game that needs a higher player count, or you’re just looking for some new people to hang out with, Game Friends Assemble (GFA) is for you!

Cost is just the usual admission. Come solo or with friends. All are welcome!

Ready for Adventure?

Join our Dungeon Master Randy as he takes you through a weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This League is perfect for Beginners who want to learn the ropes of Dungeons & Dragons in a safe space.

We have everything you need to get started, all you need is yourself and a sense of adventure!

Free with your paid admission.

Wednesdays We Teach — THE NIGHT CAGE

You awaken in the dark, your skin cold, your mind blank. You have nothing but your fear, a flickering candle, and a question: How long will your light last?

Trapped and crawling your way through a pitch-black labyrinth, equipped with nothing but dim candles, you must work together to explore the maze and escape. Unfortunately, your weak candlelight illuminates only your immediate surroundings. Worse still, horrifying Wax Eaters — monsters who despise the light — lurk in the suffocating darkness for their opportunity to strike.

The Night Cage is a fully co-operative, horror-themed tile-placement game that traps 1-5 lost souls within an unnatural labyrinth of eternal darkness. To win, players must each collect a key, find a gate, and escape as a group.

Escape won't be easy as each player's visibility is limited by the weak light of their candle. They illuminate only tiles directly connected to their own, and when players move, tiles that fall into darkness are removed from the game. Doubling back the way you came only opens new paths, the old ones being lost forever with critical keys and gates vanishing if your light move away from them...

Join Gamer Guide Jess as she teaches you how to play THE NIGHT CAGE.

Tired of battling your own family? Ready to meet some new people and test your skills & cards against others? Join us for our All-Ages Pokémon Trading Card Game Meet-Up.

All ages and ability levels are welcome! We will have the big room downstairs available for players to get in some games. This event is super casual, so all you need to bring is your cards.

While we don’t have any decks or packs for sale at Village Meeple, we would be happy to point you to some of our favorite local spots to get your TCG on!

Free with your paid $5 admission to the cafe.

Join Guest Gamer Guide Matt as he takes you through the thrilling social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower!

In the quiet village of Ravenswood Bluff, ‌a demon walks amongst you...

During a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight, there echoes a bone-chilling scream. The townsfolk rush to investigate and find the town storyteller murdered, their body impaled on the hands of the clocktower, blood dripping onto the cobblestones below. A Demon is on the loose, murdering by night and disguised in human form by day. Some have scraps of information. Others have abilities that fight the evil or protect the innocent. But the Demon and its evil minions are spreading lies to confuse and breed suspicion. Will the good townsfolk put the puzzle together in time to execute the true demon and save themselves? Or will evil overrun this once peaceful village?

Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townfolk.

During a 'day' phase players socialize openly and whisper privately to trade knowledge or spread lies, culminating in a player's execution if a majority suspects them of being Evil. Of a 'night' time, players close their eyes and are woken one at a time by the Storyteller to gather information, spread mischief, or kill.

The Storyteller uses the game's intricate playing pieces to guide each game, leaving others free to play without a table or board. Players stay in the thick of the action to the very end even if their characters are killed, haunting Ravenswood Bluff as ghosts trying to win from beyond the grave.

If you arrive late to a game, you can enter after it's started as a powerful Traveller character with unusual talents and questionable allegiances. Each character comes with their own special ability and no two players in a game are ever the same character.

Blood on the Clocktower is free with your paid admission. We will be playing in the Crow’s Nest from 7-10 p.m.

Big fan of Werewolf or are you just an interested Villager? Head to Village Meeple Saturday, July 13, to try your hand at Ultimate Werewolf!

Ultimate Werewolf is an interactive game of deduction for two teams: Villagers and Werewolves. The Villagers don't know who the Werewolves are, and the Werewolves are trying to remain undiscovered while they slowly eliminate the Villagers one at a time. A Moderator (who isn't on a team) runs the game.

Ultimate Werewolf takes place over a series of game days and nights. Each day, the players discuss who among them is a Werewolf, and vote out a player. Each night, the Werewolves choose a player to eliminate, while the Seer learns if one player is a Werewolf or not. The game is over when either all the Villagers or all the Werewolves are eliminated.

Ultimate Werewolf, a new edition of the award-winning, best-selling werewolf title from Bézier Games, has been reimagined to allow new players to quickly get up and running, with a larger box, totally rewritten and simplified rules, and a guide for the included roles. With all-new art and a great new card design, it's the perfect way to introduce groups of 7-30 people to Werewolf.*

Join Guest Gamer Guide Jenifer as she host a night of Ultimate Werewolf! This event is free with paid admission. First 15 guests will nab a spot and get started at 6:30 p.m. Guests should be 13 or older.

*Content from BoardGameGeek.com.

Join Guest Gamer Guide Saunsu as she teaches you Belratti.

You are buying artwork for your museum, always trying to meet the current trends and finding genuine art from your associates. But the famous Belratti is trying to cheat his own fake paintings into your collection.

In Belratti, players are split into two roles — buyers and painters — and are playing against the game. The game presents two cards as topics for which the buyers need to buy paintings. They ask for a certain number of cards, and the painters have to collectively meet this target number.

The painters select cards from their hands they think will fit the most to one of the topics. Then additional cards are added as Belratti's fakes. All cards are shuffled upside down, then flipped up. The buyers then have to select all the cards from the painters, not the fake cards by Belratti.

The roles change after each round. If too many fakes are bought, the players lose.

Meeting new people is hard! Let us help make that a little easier by providing a common focus — Board Games!! It’s like a nice third person for you to all focus your attention on.

So, whether you’ve just moved here, your gamer friends moved away, you want to play a game that needs a higher player count, or you’re just looking for some new people to hang out with, Game Friends Assemble (GFA) is for you!

Cost is just the usual admission. Come solo or with friends. All are welcome!

Ready for Adventure?

Join our Dungeon Master Randy as he takes you through a weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This League is perfect for Beginners who want to learn the ropes of Dungeons & Dragons in a safe space.

We have everything you need to get started, all you need is yourself and a sense of adventure!

Free with your paid admission.

Wednesdays We Teach — NEKOJIMA

In Nekojima, “The Island of Cats” in Japan, an electricity network is developing to supply the various lively districts of the island. The installation of electric poles becomes more complex due to the narrowness of the territory and its curious population of cats strolling on the cables.

Nekojima is a wooden game of skill and dexterity in which you have to keep an entire installation in balance. Players take turns placing or stacking denchuu — 電柱, or electrical poles — respecting the locations without any hanging cables touching. Be careful not to be the one to bring down the structure. This game requires reflection, concentration and skill.

In competition, the player who knocks down the structure loses.
In co-operation, the goal is to go as far as possible.

Join Gamer Guide Jess as she teaches you how to play NEKOJIMA.

Join Guest Gamer Guide Matt as he takes you through the thrilling social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower!

In the quiet village of Ravenswood Bluff, ‌a demon walks amongst you...

During a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight, there echoes a bone-chilling scream. The townsfolk rush to investigate and find the town storyteller murdered, their body impaled on the hands of the clocktower, blood dripping onto the cobblestones below. A Demon is on the loose, murdering by night and disguised in human form by day. Some have scraps of information. Others have abilities that fight the evil or protect the innocent. But the Demon and its evil minions are spreading lies to confuse and breed suspicion. Will the good townsfolk put the puzzle together in time to execute the true demon and save themselves? Or will evil overrun this once peaceful village?

Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townfolk.

During a 'day' phase players socialize openly and whisper privately to trade knowledge or spread lies, culminating in a player's execution if a majority suspects them of being Evil. Of a 'night' time, players close their eyes and are woken one at a time by the Storyteller to gather information, spread mischief, or kill.

The Storyteller uses the game's intricate playing pieces to guide each game, leaving others free to play without a table or board. Players stay in the thick of the action to the very end even if their characters are killed, haunting Ravenswood Bluff as ghosts trying to win from beyond the grave.

If you arrive late to a game, you can enter after it's started as a powerful Traveller character with unusual talents and questionable allegiances. Each character comes with their own special ability and no two players in a game are ever the same character.

Blood on the Clocktower is free with your paid admission. We will be playing in the Crow’s Nest from 7-10 p.m.

Join us as we battle to victory (points)! On Sunday, August 18, we will play GIZMOS!

These monthly board game tournaments will feature different games and pit player against player in a battle royale!

Don’t know how to play? No worries! Come early on Sunday and we will teach you!

The Details

Gizmos Tournament is free with admission. Registered players are guaranteed at least 2 games. Tables will be of 4 whenever possible.

Games beginning promptly at 2:00 p.m., so plan to show up by 1:50. We hope to be finished around 6:00 p.m. give or take.

Prizes

First place prize: $25 gift certificate to Village Meeple

Second place prize: $15 gift certificate to Village Meeple

Third place prize: $10 gift certificate to Village Meeple

Register Ahead

Call (417.324.4563), email (info@villagemeeple.com) or come in person to register your spot!

Join Guest Gamer Guide Saunsu as she teaches NUNATAK: TEMPLE OF ICE.

In the three-dimensional construction game Nunatak: Temple of Ice, you build a step pyramid together in a mountain of ice — but this game isn't co-operative, so watch your step! (A "nunatak", by the way, is a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice.)

For each pillar stone placed, you receive cards with different values that will affect your score in the end. For every four pillars built in a square, a new level of the monument opens up, with the temple of ice growing step by step. Who can place their stones most wisely and rise to the icy challenge?

Meeting new people is hard! Let us help make that a little easier by providing a common focus — Board Games!! It’s like a nice third person for you to all focus your attention on.

So, whether you’ve just moved here, your gamer friends moved away, you want to play a game that needs a higher player count, or you’re just looking for some new people to hang out with, Game Friends Assemble (GFA) is for you!

Cost is just the usual admission. Come solo or with friends. All are welcome!

In partnership with The Library Center, join us for our monthly book club! Each month we will select a board game and a book with similar theme to discuss and play.

For August, we will play WYRMSPAN. ou are an amateur dracologist in the world of Wyrmspan, a place where dragons of all shapes, sizes, and colors roam the skies. Excavate a hidden labyrinth you recently unearthed on your land and entice these beautiful creatures to roost in the sanctuary of your caves.

During a game of Wyrmspan, you will build a sanctuary for dragons of all shapes and sizes. Your sanctuary begins with 3 excavated spaces—the leftmost space in your Crimson Cavern, your Golden Grotto, and your Amethyst Abyss. Over the course of the game, you will excavate additional spaces in your sanctuary and entice dragons to live there, chaining together powerful abilities and earning the favor of the Dragon Guild.

We will be reading FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros. Fourth Wing is a high fantasy novel that follows a cadet named Violet Sorrengail as she braves Basgiath War College, where the only goal is to bond with a dragon or die trying. As the daughter of a commanding general, she has an immediate target on her back.

Admission for the book club is free!

Ready for Adventure?

Join our Dungeon Master Randy as he takes you through a weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This League is perfect for Beginners who want to learn the ropes of Dungeons & Dragons in a safe space.

We have everything you need to get started, all you need is yourself and a sense of adventure!

Free with your paid admission.

Join us for a dino-mite evening of crochet fun at the Village Meeple Board Game Cafe! On August 14th, from 7-9pm, we'll embark on a Jurassic journey to create your very own amigurumi dinosaur.

This class is perfect for crochet beginners. We do suggest you have a basic understanding of crochet (if you've taken one of our beginners classes, this is a GREAT next step!)

We'll provide all the materials you need, so all you have to bring is your crafty spirit and a love for prehistoric puns. Don't miss out on this roar-some opportunity to make a new dino friend and meet fellow crochet enthusiasts. See you there for a roaring good time!

Get your tickets here!

Wednesdays We Teach — GNOME HOLLOW

Since the beginning of time, gnomes have been the humble caretakers of nature. In secret they emerge from their underground homes to maintain meticulous rings of mushrooms known to the humanfolk as "fairy rings". But the work must be done quickly because as soon as a mushroom path is finished, the mushrooms are ready for picking. Who will be the cleverest gnome and harvest the most mushrooms by the end of the season?

Gnome Hollow is a spatial, tile-placement, worker-placement game in which you grow a tabletop garden of mushrooms and flowers. Every piece is a hand-painted watercolor that captures the whimsical feel of gnomes and nature. Turns are deceptively simple: Players place tiles into the garden, and move a gnome to take a single action on their turn.

But placing a tile and taking an action can create play combinations that are intensely satisfying. Players strategically place tiles and develop rings of valuable mushrooms. Once a ring is completed, they harvest each mushroom and eventually carry them to market to sell for the shiniest treasures available in the hollow.

Small mushroom rings offer small rewards. Larger mushroom rings offer richer rewards! Completing a new circle automatically increases your score. The player board automatically calculates your growing score every time you move a ring marker to unlock your latest reward. This means that every completed mushroom ring offers new strategic choices and important bonuses for individual players.

As you grow the garden, some rewards give players access to rare signposts. Once placed in completed rings, signposts become unique worker placement spots for any of the gnomes in the Hollow.

Wildflowers are literally wilds and can complete any ring, or solve complicated problems during play. Planting them grants players a wildflower token. Other players can move to a flower as an action to collect that same wildflower token. When these tokens are placed into the individual player boards, these become a valuable set-collection strategy, while simultaneously building toward the end of the game.

Gnomes visit the Pinwheel Market to fulfill mushroom orders to gain treasure in the form of bottle caps, buttons, feathers, crystals, and skeleton keys. Each card offers two options. You can choose to fulfill the top portion to grab a bit of treasure, or fulfill the bottom to gain the most. The white part of the card gives players a mushroom trade that can be used in future turns by visiting sign posts.

Clever players will plan their strategy carefully, balancing the building of mushroom rings with trips to the market, as well as expanding their personal collection of wildflowers that grow across the garden. As the game progresses, it is as much about playing a beautiful game as it is a wonderful journey to strategically outplay your opponents.

Come to Gnome Hollow and experience a peaceful garden, the thrill of competing to harvest buckets of mushrooms, and the reward of gathering in all your shiny treasures!

Join Gamer Guide Jess as she teaches you how to play GNOME HOLLOW.

Join Guest Gamer Guide Matt as he takes you through the thrilling social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower!

In the quiet village of Ravenswood Bluff, ‌a demon walks amongst you...

During a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight, there echoes a bone-chilling scream. The townsfolk rush to investigate and find the town storyteller murdered, their body impaled on the hands of the clocktower, blood dripping onto the cobblestones below. A Demon is on the loose, murdering by night and disguised in human form by day. Some have scraps of information. Others have abilities that fight the evil or protect the innocent. But the Demon and its evil minions are spreading lies to confuse and breed suspicion. Will the good townsfolk put the puzzle together in time to execute the true demon and save themselves? Or will evil overrun this once peaceful village?

Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townfolk.

During a 'day' phase players socialize openly and whisper privately to trade knowledge or spread lies, culminating in a player's execution if a majority suspects them of being Evil. Of a 'night' time, players close their eyes and are woken one at a time by the Storyteller to gather information, spread mischief, or kill.

The Storyteller uses the game's intricate playing pieces to guide each game, leaving others free to play without a table or board. Players stay in the thick of the action to the very end even if their characters are killed, haunting Ravenswood Bluff as ghosts trying to win from beyond the grave.

If you arrive late to a game, you can enter after it's started as a powerful Traveller character with unusual talents and questionable allegiances. Each character comes with their own special ability and no two players in a game are ever the same character.

Blood on the Clocktower is free with your paid admission. We will be playing in the Crow’s Nest from 7-10 p.m.

It’s Jigsaw Puzzle Showdown time!

It’s time for an epic JIGSAW PUZZLE SHOWDOWN! Teams of up to 4 work together to be the first to complete the 500-piece Butts on Things puzzle. The winning team will win a treasures.

Only $30 and you get to keep the puzzle when you’re done! There are only spots for 6 teams available, so sign up soon! Click here or swing by the cafe to reserve your team!

Meeting new people is hard! Let us help make that a little easier by providing a common focus — Board Games!! It’s like a nice third person for you to all focus your attention on.

So, whether you’ve just moved here, your gamer friends moved away, you want to play a game that needs a higher player count, or you’re just looking for some new people to hang out with, Game Friends Assemble (GFA) is for you!

Cost is just the usual admission. Come solo or with friends. All are welcome!

Ready for Adventure?

Join our Dungeon Master Randy as he takes you through a weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. This League is perfect for Beginners who want to learn the ropes of Dungeons & Dragons in a safe space.

We have everything you need to get started, all you need is yourself and a sense of adventure!

Free with your paid admission.