What we’re about
Welcome to Wellington On Board, the home of all types of board gaming events in the capital.
This is a friendly gaming group with the aim of enjoying meeting people and having fun. Anything to do with board gaming - playing, designing, creating, rating, collecting - we're into it. Board games, role playing, table top gaming, war-gaming, whatever your favourite flavour - here you can meet people who are into the same things.
Gaming is one of the growing social activities as people realise the joy of getting to know friends or total strangers a little better over a great board game. Regular game sessions happen alternate Wednesdays which are aimed at introducing people who haven't yet tried the modern games to something new. Each session has a host who will welcome you and introduce you to the people and the games. If you've only played well-known games like Monopoly, Risk and Scrabble, you will find a lot of the games we play at the club unfamiliar, but we are a welcoming bunch and will always be happy to teach games to new players. If you're more familiar with them then feel free to bring your own games along.
If you don't see a suitable session - set one up using 'suggest'! We're always up for a game.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Wellycon 2025Takina, Wellington
Wellycon fans, we have 2 exciting changes for Wellycon 2025. As many of you will be aware, Wellycon has traditionally been hosted over the royal birthday weekend. We like to think of King's Birthday as OUR weekend! However due to a clash, next year we're moving Wellycon to Matariki weekend, 3 weeks later. Unfortunately this decision was very much made for us, due to a scheduling conflict, but we're rolling with the punches! We'll be back to regular programming for 2026.
So, what's the second change, you ask...?### More Wellycon time!
### Mark your calendars: Wellycon 2025 will be a 2 and a half day event! (Two day events are soooo 2024).
- Fri 20 Jun - Full day
- Sat 21 Jun - Full day
- Sun 22 Jun - Half day
Running from Friday, 20 June to Sunday, 22 June at Tākina Convention Centre, right in the heart of Wellington CBD. That's right, we heard a lot of feedback from attendees wanting 'just a little more time'... so we're experimenting and giving the people what they want - an extra half-day of Wellycon. That means even more time, and hopefully a little less pressure to 'squeeze in' gaming with friends, discovering new favourites, talking with designers and soaking up the awesome Wellycon vibes.
For the highly organised out of towner's who may have planned ahead already: we are SO sorry for any inconvenience/rescheduling this date change might cause. We're sending this communication out as early as we could. Hopefully this gives most of you plenty of time to plan your visit for Matariki Weekend next year.
Keep an eye out for more details on our Fb page as they get decided – we’ve got exciting plans in store to make next year’s Wellycon better than ever! And with an extra half day, there'll just be... more Wellycon!
