Sandbox Gaming

Another 20-30cm means postponed game carnival!

This Sunday we are partnering with the town of Paradise for the Winter Gaming Carnival!

Expect tournaments, Gamer grub, prizes, miniature painting, game demos, casual play areas and more! Going to be one of our biggest ones yet!!

Admission is $5

With meme skills like these who, needs AI? 😎

Meme: picture of the grocery store Dominion down by Quidi Vidi lake, and in front is a giant copy of the boardgame Dominion, with the Sandbox Gaming logo. Caption is "when gamers hear about Dominion down by Quidi Vidi". There's an alt art version I made with 4 of our volunteers making reaction faces from past events, and I made them transparent and floated them in the sky, but one of the other volunteers suggested I avoid the sky ghosts so I went with the regular version lmao. This was made using bad photo editing and not AI, which has been the trend for most businesses, but I'm excellent at making terrible memes. I don't want an approximation of a meme made by AI, I want a true terrible meme made by a real Gamer, and I hope you've enjoyed this little extra behind the scenes look into memes. Thank you for reading the alt text Gamers!

When Gamers hear about Dominion down by Quidi Vidi

#quidividi #Quidivididominion #dominion

Charity Fund Application Form 2026 Application Deadline: February 12, 2026 Selected charities will be informed by: March 5, 2026 ----- Sandbox Gaming is a registered non-profit organization located in St. John’s of Newfoundland & ...

📣CHARITY APPLICATIONS OPEN!📣

Are you a representative of a charity that supports play & skill development for children/youth in NL? Apply to be a Charity Fund recipient!

APPLICATION DUE: February 12, 2026

To apply:
forms.gle/mstDNkXwRJbU...

For more info Email:
General@sandboxgaming.org

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Meme with character from NES game Earthbound named Mr. Saturn. He is just a head with feet, 4 cat-like whiskers, has a large nose, and a single hair with a small red bow on it. There is a question. How does Mr Saturn wear a Santa hat? There are two options. Option A(👍) he wears a tiny hat only on top of the single hair. Option B (❤️) he hears a large hat that covers his eyes and rests on his large nose.

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White board that says Happy Holidays Gamers!

Games and food with our volunteers

Two volunteers put together a puzzle

Cleaning up the volunteer potluck

Gamers, our volunteers had a lovely social night Sunday. Potluck, games, puzzles, and friendship! It was a good night. We host game events, but don't always take the time to play ourselves. We hope to change this in the new year!

⭐ What boardgames would you bring to play with your fellow gamers?

Image of a poster featuring Mario and Peach standing in what appears to be a castle, with a text box above saying "thank you, but our princess is in another castle! ...Just kidding! Ha ha ha! Bye bye. " The 2025 stream total is written on the image, as well as the sandbox gaming social media information

We had a few donations come in after but as of 8pm Sunday our 2025 Stream total for NL charities (Easter Seals NL, CNIB Family Camp, and the Real Program) was $11,082.17!

Remember, We play so they can play, Gamers!

#yyt #newfoundland

Collage of gamers from the opener game Metroid Prime 4 Beyond yesterday

Gamers raising money by gaming

Twitch.tv/sandboxgamingnl

Maddie, Bill, and Garreth take a photo on front of the Coast 101.1 FM wall at the station.

Carolyn talks with Garreth and Maddie in the studio

Maddie and Garreth did an awesome job today on the morning show with Bill and Carolyn! Huge shoutout to @coast1011.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to talk gaming, accessibility, and the 75 hour long gaming fundraiser starting TONIGHT at 5pm NST!

Screen shot of ocarina of time with Link playing song of storms but the notes are replaced with snowflakes and water droplets

#nlwx on Wednesday:

Logo for coast 101.1 FM classic hits. Garreth and Maddie pose behind the logo and a little Navi-like fairy says "Hey Listen!".

Coast 101.1 Reached out to invite us to talk about our fundraiser on The Morning Show with Bill and Carolyn! What an amazing opportunity!!

Tune in Wednesday December 3rd at 8:40am NST to hear Garreth and Maddie chat about the 75hr Winter Gaming Marathon for NL charities coming up next weekend!

@kitsunegames.bsky.social we are going to stream Kitsune Tails 11am-3pm NST (9:30am-1:30pm EST) on Friday December 5th as part of our 75 Hour Charity Marathon on Twitch.tv/Sandboxgamingnl! Very excited to play it! We hope some of your team can come by our chat and tell us about the game!

💙 SUNDAY DEC. 7
3am - 6am - Lego Voyagers
6am - 9am - Donkey Kong Country 2
9am - 12pm - Final Fantasy 8
12pm - 3:30pm - Silksong
3:30pm - 5pm - PEAK
5pm - 8pm - Trivia

💙 SATURDAY DEC. 6th
12:30am - 5am - I Am Your Beast
5am - 8am - Pokemon Legends Z-A
8am - 11am - Strange Antiquities
11am - 1:30pm - ONE PIECE: TCG:
1:30pm - 4pm - Sims 4
4pm - 8pm - Indie Block:
8pm - 11pm - Bloodborne
11pm - 1am - Dispatch
1am - 3am - Blind Drive 2

💙 FRIDAY DEC. 5th
4am - 6am - A Short Hike
6am - 8:30am - Tricky Doors
8:30am - 11am - Neva
11am - 3pm - Kitsune Tails
3pm - 5:30pm - Strange Jigsaws
5:30pm - 8pm - PowerWash Sim 2
8pm - 11pm - Phasmophobia
11pm - 12:30am - RuneScape

💙 THURSDAY DEC. 4
5pm - Stream Goes LIVE!
5pm - 8pm - Metroid Prime 4
8pm - 11pm - Silent Hill F
11pm - 12:30am - Final Fantasy Tactics
12:30 - 4am - Killer 7

Folks, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… our Winter marathon schedule! Refer to the list below for the FULL marathon breakdown!

The Sandbox Gaming 75 hour Winter Charity Marathon is December 4-7th.

Watch:
TWITCH.TV/Sandboxgamingnl

#Sandboxgamingnl #supportcanadian #yyt #newfoundland

JOIN US GAMERS.

December 4-7 for our 30th 75 hour Winter Charity Marathon!

✨Prizes! Incentives! Charity!✨

In support of Easter Seals NL, CNIB Family Camp, and The Real Program!

Chat with our volunteers live to keep us going the full 75 hours!

Follow us on Twitch now:
Twitch.tv/sandboxgamingnl

Some pictures from the game carnival!

Still going until 9pm

This Saturday's

★ Game Demos:

1pm Learn to play: Wazabi (Boardgame)

1pm-4pm Miniature Painting demo (Warhammer 40k mini)

3pm Learn to Play: Pokemon Master Trainer (boardgame)

★ High Score Challenge:
(All Day)

SILKSONG
15 minute time limit, score most be related to our volunteer to be recorded

Tournaments for this weekend:

1pm Smash Bros Ultimate (Casual - No Ranked players)

1:30pm Smash Bros Melee

3:00pm Mario Kart World

4:00pm Smash Bros Ultimate (Competitive - Ranked players)

A bunch of miniatures from Warhammer 40k

The Warhammer 40k set up including minis Nd terrain pieces

A Warhammer 40k mini floating mid air in the middle of the battlefield

One of the hosts Mick doing the Warhammer 40k demo with other players and the table

The Miniature workshop at our summer gaming Carnival!

Mick and Brandon are back next weekend with a new mini to paint!

Mini painting 1-4pm
Warhammer 40k demo 5-7pm

Our Fall Carnival is Saturday Sept 27th, Easter Seals building at 206 Mount Scio Road! Doors open at noon. Admission only $5!

GAMER GRUB MENU!

SUPER SMASH BURGERS ✅
WHISTLE DOGS ✅
POUTINE ✅

Poster for Trivia Night at the sandbox gaming Game Carnival. Teams of 1-4 players, 7pm-9pm. Carnival opens at 12pm .

Back by popular demand is Trivia Night!

206 Mount Scio Road
Sept 27th
7pm-9pm

Teams of 1-4. Trivia night is include in the price of admission to the carnival! (Only $5!)

Image is of the cover art for the game Harvester. A shadowy cloaked figure holds a sythe in front of DNAs Diner

Photo is a screener capture of Harvester. A man in plaid stands in front of another man in a cloak that's blocking the door in what appears to be a dungeon. Cloaked guys dialogue says "only initiates may enter the Hall of the border of..." And the original name is replaced with "Sandbox Gaming"

Coming up next month tune in every Saturday from 6pm-9pm for our spooky Stream of 1996 classic horror game HARVESTER!

#harvester #1990s #retrogame #horror #october