More than just fun and games for Neighbourhood Centre Week
11 May 2026
It’s a Monday afternoon and a local community centre is alive with friendly chatter, people gathering around colourful game boards and the sound of dice tumbling across tables.
This is the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild doing what it does best at The Buzz Community Centre – providing a free, regular activity where people play games, socialise and feel part of something bigger.
It’s one of many positive social activities happening throughout the City of Logan, and the perfect example to highlight the value of these community spaces during Neighbourhood Centre Week from 11-17 May.
The person wandering between rooms at The Buzz with a smile for everyone young and old is Yarrabilba Gaming Guild coordinator Kheva Brok, a disability support worker who has transformed his idea into reality – to bring people together into a safe and welcoming community space for some fun and games.
Kheva says the Guild began after a trip overseas where he reflected on meeting people from many countries and realised how lucky Australians are to have access to community spaces and opportunities to connect.
He also saw the group as solution for people who spent a lot of their time alone online.
‘You spend 10 hours playing a video game and what do you get?’ Kheva says.
ABOVE: Yarrabilba Gaming Guild Coordinator Kheva Brok at The Buzz, where everything from board games to role-playing games is on offer each week.
‘Or I could spend 10 hours painting models and then bringing the models in here and playing a game with someone, and you get face‑to‑face interaction, which is so much better,’ he explains.
So Kheva set about building the guild from the ground up with help from his friend and co-coordinator Tim Bern.
The group started at Flagstone but soon grew larger and moved to settle in at The Buzz, where 25 or so people attend the main Monday sessions. Smaller card and board game meetups are held throughout the week.
Kheva also volunteers at the community centre, allowing the Gaming Guild free use of the space.
‘That’s a big part of what I wanted to do – make it absolutely free for everyone,’ he says.
The Gaming Guild welcomes people from all walks of life, with Kheva wanting the get-togethers to be inclusive and accessible. Players range from students to retirees, which Keva believes is what makes the group special – people connecting through shared interests in games like board games, card games and the very popular Dungeons & Dragons role playing game.
One person who has truly benefited from the guild is Yarrabilba local Josh McVeigh, who joined as a player before stepping up to run his own Dungeons & Dragons campaign with a regular player group of up to 9 people.
ABOVE: Josh McVeigh about to throw the multi-sided dice as he leads the latest Dungeons & Dragons campaign with members of the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild.
Josh says the experience has been incredibly positive for him personally, beginning with getting him out of the house and giving him something to look forward to.
He says it has also helped him connect with people who share his interests and has boosted his motivation by feeling like he is part of something. ‘I find I have a lot more fun when I get myself out there,’ Josh explains.
Josh also believes the guild can help people who feel isolated, just like he used to when he once lived ‘in a bubble of my own creation’.
Joining the group helped him break out of that cycle of isolation.
‘Do something uncomfortable every now and then,’ he says. ‘It may feel like a risk, but it can really bring lots of benefits.’
Thanks to Kheva’s leadership and commitment, the Gaming Guild is now more than just fun and games.
ABOVE: The tabletop miniature wargame with a medieval fantasy theme, Warhammer, is one of the popular games to explore with the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild.
Walking around the games rooms and feeling the positive energy in the air, seeing smiling faces and hearing hearty conversations, the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild is now a collective where friendships, creativity and local connections are the real winners.
Kheva says the players are always happy to welcome more people into the Guild. For information on how to visit or join the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild, go to the Yarrabilba Gaming Guild Facebook group.
For more information on Logan community centres visit Logan City Council Community Centres, which features the Logan Community Diary listing events and activities coming up, and online links to:
- The Buzz at Yarrabilba Community Centre
- Caddies Community Centre (Jimboomba)
- Jimboomba Community Centre
- Logan Central Community Centre
- KENG – Tudor Park Community Recreation Centre
- Greenbank Community Centre
- Logan Village and Districts Community Centre
- Springwood Community Centre
- Loganlea Community Centre
- Chambers Flat Community Centre
- Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre
- Kingston East Neighbourhood Centre
- Bethania Community Centre
- Gould Adams Community Centre (Kingston)
- Eagleby Community Centre and Community Hall
- Crestmead Community Centre.