Sydney Megagamers is a not-for-profit association. Everything we do, and all money we raise, is focussed on delivering great megagame events for our community.

Ticketing to events is the primary source of our income. The budget for these events aims to cover all the costs with the tickets, plus some extra for the unexpected expenses that always pop up during preparation. In order to keep the ticket costs as low as they are, we budget every event to be as affordable for players as possible, not to make as much money as possible.

This doesn't often leave much extra money for longer-term investments that could improve all games, without making a single event may more expensive.

That's where the Premium Members come in.

Passive income that's not related to a specific event helps us give stability to our game ticket prices (offsetting a game that has particularly pricey components, for example) so we can keep tickets as reasonable and consistent as possible. It also equips us to handle ongoing, non-event related admin costs which come with being an association, like website hosting, registration with NSW Fair Trading, and insurance.

It also lets us buy equipment (like our PA system) that can be used by showrunners in venues that don't provide certain equipment. It also gives access to makerspaces, tools, and software, to our designers to keep improving the quality of the games we run. 

Finally, membership brings supportive and loyal members of our community into the spotlight and helps shine a light on how SM is machine run for and by you, the members, and the people who get to benefit from what we create.

Membership comes with a number of benefits and all types of member, regardless of monthly, quarterly or annual subscription, eventually get access to all of these benefits.

Immediately, on subscription, SM members gain:

Access to a premium, members-only Discord, where the SM organisation will share news before it goes public, and sometimes lean on the SM member community to help make decisions (like what games to run, or when)

When attending their next megagame members also receive:

An SM branded, custom printed lapel pin to help you flaunt your support of Sydney Megagamers, and an SM branded tote bag to help you carry all your megagame goodies.

Note - merchandise associated with memberships as listed on this page is not exclusive to members and can be purchased with megagame tickets or at Sydney Megagamers events.

SM reserves the right to release future benefits to membership not listed here, including additional and/or exclusive merchandise, as well as the right to alter the benefits for new and existing members.

Regardless of your membership type, the total cost of joining SM is $42 a year. Your choice is all about how and when you'd want to pay that price.

All forms of membership can be cancelled at any time. We value that those paying for membership to SM are doing so, most of all, to support our organisation. This is a voluntary and heartfelt action, and we don't take that support for granted. If at any time during your membership cycle you decide you can no longer support us, the choice to opt out is there.

From an organisational standpoint, annual subscriptions are the most beneficial to SM. This is only because of the small fees we are charged per transaction to our accounts. These fees charged 12 times a year, or 4 times in the case of quarterly membership, obviously accumulate and end up being more than one single fee collected with the annual subscription model.

That said, the difference for us is only a few dollars, so we stress that the regularity of membership payments is solely at your discretion.