Extra Life Fundraiser: Game Day (and Night) Full of Fun to Benefit Children's Miracle Network

Name: Extra Life Fundraiser: Game Day (and Night) Full of Fun to Benefit Children's Miracle Network
Start: 2025-11-08T12:00:00-06:00
Location: 1570 E Battlefield Suite F, Springfield, MO, United States, Missouri 65804

Schedule

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1570 E Battlefield Suite F, Springfield, MO, United States, Missouri 65804 | Springfield, MO

Join the Extra Life community in fundraising for local member children’s hospitals across North America. As a fundraising program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Extra Life supports gamers, creators, artists, and passionate individuals to support local communities.
Village Meeple is thrilled to join our fellow game stores, Meta Games and Haven Games, in support of this amazing fundraiser. Our efforts will help our local community to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care.
We will have an ever-evolving day of fun and fundraising. Check back here as details update and change!
* Silent Auction (online)
* Ye Olde Lasersmith Build-a-Mimic Workshop — Village Meeple
Build your very own wooden mimic treasure chest with Brendan from Ye Olde Lasersmith! Just $25/person, all materials and instructions are included. This class will begin at 2 p.m. Reserve your spot ahead of time to ensure Brendan has enough kits.
* Craft Faire — Village Meeple
Local artisans show off their latest and greatest wares, just in time for Christmas! Check out their work from 2-5 p.m.
---Mudbug Creations
---Crochet 4 Days!
---Ye Olde Lasersmith
---Witches & Watchtowers
* Crokinole Tournament — Meta Games
$10 Entry Fee (all entry fees/ ticket sales will go to the Extra Life charity)
Practice / Learn to Play - 10am
Tourney Registration - Noon
Player meeting at 12:45pm
Tournament Starts at 1pm
Prizes:
Trophies for the winners in each pool of players
There will be door prizes as well.
We will be raffling off a Brown Castle board as well. Tickets will be given out for this in the following way:
— 1 ticket for playing in the event
— 1 ticket for making the final cut in a pool (top 2 or 4 depending on number of participants)
— 1 ticket for the person that scored the most 20s (if tied each player will get a ticket)
— Players may also buy bonus tickets for $5 each
The tournament:
This will be our first foray into the Crokinole tournament scene and will be trying to use the NCA guidelines for our event. This will include round robin rounds and a 2 or 4 player single elimination for each pool of players after the round robin rounds.
We will provide a more detailed outline and explanation of the event at the player’s meeting before we start so everyone will know how the tournament system works. The event will be a fun event and all skill levels are welcome to participate.
* Pokemon Trivia — Haven Games
For $5, you and your team can flex your beautiful brains full of Pokemon knowledge for a good cause. Lifelines will be available for purchase. Saturday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. at Haven Games.
* Meeple Marathon — Village Meeple
For $15, you can hop into a FULL night of marathon gaming, LOCK-IN STYLE! We will be gaming from 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, to 7 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9.
You are welcome to play any games in the library or your own. We also have other events throughout the night that you are welcome to participate in!
---11 p.m. Mausritter: A Swords and Whiskers RPG. Take up arms as a mouse in a dangerous world to fight for your community and your own survival, battle rats, outwit cats, and perhaps worship bats, in this game of clever thinking and cooperative story telling.
Mausritter can host up to 8 players, all you need is a set of dice and sense of humor. Play time runs on average 2-4 hours (if you survive)
Do you dare take on the terrors of being tiny in a world of giants?
---11:30 p.m. 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 Matt, 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.
For more information about Extra Life, click here. For more information on Children’s Miracle Network, click here.