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    • Event Details
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  • Gallery
    • 2020 Event Photos
    • 2019 Event Photos
    • 2018 Event Photos
    • Previous Years
  • Community
    • Local Groups
  • Tools
    • Get Tickets - Dunedin
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OUR SPONSORS

Board Games By The Bay relies on the generosity of our fantastic sponsors, who donate games to our games library, and allow us to offer you awesome prizes at each event.  We have a mix of different Sponsors: distributors, publishers, online and brick-and-mortar game stores, and escape rooms!  Are you interested in becoming one of our Sponsors?  Drop us a line!
The events just wouldn't be the same without their sponsorship - so please keep them in mind when spending your hard earned money!
You can help by letting them know you appreciate what they do for us.  Drop them a line and say "thanks for sponsoring BGBTB!"

CURRENT SPONSORS

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Cheap Sheep Games
Cheap Sheep Games is avid about making thematic strategy board games.
www.cheapsheep.games
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Cheeky Parrot Games
Cheeky Parrot Games designs, produces and distributes their own and other titles, including Hoard and Cat Capers.
www.cheekyparrotgames.com
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Comics Compulsion
Situated in Christchurch, Comics Compulsion have been trading since 1994.  As well as games and comics, they also hold regular events in-store.
www.comicscompulsion.com
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Dice & Fork
Auckland's only board game bar and eatery!
www.diceandfork.co.nz
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Escape Masters
Escape Masters were New Zealand's very first Escape Room, with four locations including two in Auckland.
www.escapemasters.co.nz
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Escapist
Situated in Hamilton, Escapist provides an immersive escape room experience with state of the art set designs, stories and puzzles; AND it's equipped with cafe, board game hire and retail on site!
www.escapist.co.nz | facebook | instagram
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Game Centre
Game Centre is a store in the heart of Hamilton City, with a great range of games.  They run regular events in the store!
www.gamecentre.info
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Game Kings
Game Kings is an online store based in Hamilton with a growing range of board and card games.  They have also published a number of their own games including Kiwis Versus Morality and Tākaro!
www.gamekings.co.nz
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Garphill Games
Garphill Games is run by Shem Phillips who has designed many games, including the popular North Sea trilogy.
www.garphill.com
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Hobby Games
Hobby Games is based in Hobsonville, Auckland, and ships nationwide!
www.hobbygames.co.nz
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Mighty Ape
Mighty Ape have been in the online shopping business for more than 20 years, delivering thousands of orders every day to Kiwis up and down the country.
NOTE:  If you use our referral link below when buying ANYTHING from Mighty Ape - a small percentage of the total gets donated to BGBTB to improve our Games Library!
www.mightyape.co.nz
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Perplexity
Awesome escape rooms in Hamilton!
www.perplexity.co.nz
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Pixelpark
Pixelpark is a distributor specialised in the hobby game market, distributing popular titles from both Europe and America for over 20 years.
www.pixelpark.co.nz
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Pop Stop
Based in Christchurch, Pop Stop is a haven for fans of pop culture collectables, graphic novels, manga, board games and epic cool geek items.
popstop.co.nz
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SchilMil Games
SchilMil Games is a game design & production company based in Auckland.  Their games include Komodo, Kenakalan and Manifest.
www.schilmilgames.com
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Seriously Board
Seriously Board is an online board game store, and the original founder of Board Games By The Bay.
www.seriouslyboard.co.nz
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Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games is the publisher of the very popular Munchkin family of games, along with other favourites like Zombie Dice.
www.sjgames.com
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Toyco
Toyco sells toys and games from their online store, as well as a physical store in Auckland.
www.toyco.co.nz
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Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop make cool stuff in the name of creativity. Alongside their artist-designed collectibles and prop replicas from the world of film, TV and gaming, they also make high quality board games – like GKR: Heavy Hitters, New Zealand’s most successful Kickstarter!
www.wetanz.com
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VR Distribution
VR is the publishing powerhouse behind some of the best board and party games on the market - games like What Do You Meme, Exploding Kittens, Throw Throw Burrito, A Game of Cat and Mouth, Nightmare Horror Adventures, Peaky Blinders, Muffin Time, and many more!
vrdistribution.com.au

PAST SPONSORS

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King Of Cards
King Of Cards has been selling games in Auckland for over 20 years!
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Third Space
Third Space Distribution is a hobby game wholesaler to retail stores throughout New Zealand.

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