What a typical engagement looks like
Hosted nights
Runs now
$6,500 a quarter for a weekly hosted night. Library and cabinet supplied by proposal.
Tabletop Tavern
The library fills quiet hours. The live nights fill the room.
Choose a venue-owned timber library holding 50 to 70 curated games, then add one of eight Fortress-run live-night formats. Your venue keeps the library, and the program can run now.
Hosted nights
Runs now
Own the library. Bring Fortress in for the nights.
| Choose the shapeHire versus Own | For events and seasonsHire | For a permanent fixtureOwn |
|---|---|---|
| Owns the kit | Fortress | Your venue, outright |
| You pay | A monthly fee across the season | A one-off investment, by proposal |
| It stays | For the season, then bumps out | Permanently, built into your fit-out |
| Runs it | Fortress | Fortress, under managed service |
| Best for | A drawcard for a defined period | A permanent part of the venue |
Venue-owned library, Fortress-run nights. Your venue keeps the library. The published figure is for the hosted program, not the kit.
Typical engagements for the smallest standard metro configuration. Your figure depends on configuration, duration, staffing, branding, delivery logistics and optional layers. Firm pricing comes with the proposal. Venue-owned installations are scoped and priced by proposal.
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Fit
Quiet corners and tavern halls that need a reason to linger.
Choose what you need
Choose a venue-owned library and one of eight Fortress-run hosted formats.
How it works
Guests use the library whenever the venue is open. Add hosted nights when you want a programmed occasion.
Runs on
One standard 10 A outlet. Venue Wi-Fi is used by default; Fortress-managed networking and a 5G or Starlink uplink are optional paid add-ons when needed.
Inside one night at Mana on Tap.
Mana on Tap is our beginner-friendly trading-card game night, built so first-timers can play. Here is what one does to a room.
01
The fill
By early evening the room is already busy on open play: strangers finding a corner table, drinks in hand, warming up before the fixture even starts.
02
The call
The host calls it at eight: pairings go up on the screen, players find their tables, and the fixture begins in earnest for the night.
03
The finish
The kitchen stays busy through the dinner break, and by the final round the leaderboard is up on screen: names in lights at stumps.
The library arrives ready to use.
A custom timber dresser-hutch library cabinet, lockable and branded. It self-secures overnight, reads as warm tavern furniture and fits a standard doorway.
A curated library of fifty to seventy board games, gateway hits to party favourites, chosen for your venue and refreshed in the field.
A 10 to 12 inch check-in tablet, running on the venue's Wi-Fi.
Numbered kit-bags for every title and a spare-meeple consumables kit, so games come back complete.
Two 1-metre branded light boxes and two pull-up banners.
Delivered, installed, serviced and replenished by Fortress, with a periodic audit that keeps the shelf complete.
Your team brings
The floor, food and drink, promotion and a duty manager who owns the room.
In writing
The proposal, proof of insurance and the support plan.
The nights we bring.
Choose from eight hosted formats for a regular fixture, monthly special or one-off event. Fortress supplies the host, run sheet, promotional artwork and post-event report.
Mana on Tap
Beginner-friendly Magic: The Gathering, run on Wizards' official event tools.
~120 players a night · our CBD venues
Dungeons & Flagons
Drop-in pub D&D: three hours of danger, drinks and dice, run by our Games Masters.
~100 players each week · our CBD venues
Six more hosted formats
Board Game Social
A hosted night on the game library: easy to join, built for groups.
Team Up Nights
Crews team up and take on the room together.
Tavern Trivia
Hosted and specially themed pub trivia night, run end to end.
Card Knights
A hosted night of card games at tavern tables.
Murder Mystery
A hosted whodunnit for one night, characters and clues supplied.
Critical Hit Bingo
Bingo with sing-alongs, prizes and a nerdy twist.
Hosted nights run as a recurring program. Library and cabinet are supplied by proposal.
Enquire about hosted nightsSized to your site, priced in the proposal.
Seven practical choices shape the quote. Your proposal confirms the exact figure after the site walk.
From a corner cabinet to a full tavern hall; the cabinet fits a standard doorway.
Example layout for a 40-person hosted night.
Roll-in, roll-out; holds 50 to 70 games.
The library cabinet · fits a standard doorway · indicative; confirmed at the site walk.
The venue-owned library is self-serve. Fortress Games Masters host the nights you book.
Metro is the start. Regional and remote sites add freight, crew and delivery logistics, priced per site.
Your venue owns and keeps the library. Fortress runs the hosted-night program.
Mana on Tap, Dungeons & Flagons, trivia and card nights, run by us.
Choose only what the venue needs; every extra is itemised in the proposal.
Look and feel
Tavern fit-out kit: timber tables, banker lamps, tapestries, entrance arch
Branded feature wall
Custom branding
Take it further
Premium library with designer titles valued above $100
Delivery logistics beyond metro Melbourne and Sydney
We run this every week, in our own venues.
Tabletop is the quiet-hours engine of our own venues: Mana on Tap draws about 120 players a night at our CBD venues, and Dungeons & Flagons about 100 each week.
The experiences in this catalogue are the formats our venues run every week, configured and commissioned for other venues.
Fortress Melbourne · Emporium
Fortress Sydney · Central Park Mall
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flagship venues
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The connected layer
One floor is a start. Connected Series links it to the network.
Your venue's ladder can join fixtures against other rooms: season nights, cross-venue finals, and players who come back weekly because their team is on the board. Available as an optional add-on when you are ready.
Before you enquire.
How much space does it need?
Cabinet access needs approximately 5 m². A 40-player hosted night uses a compact configuration of approximately 82 m². A short planning call and site walk confirm exact placement before we quote.
What does it need from our building?
One standard 10 A outlet runs the cabinet. Hosted nights use venue-supplied tables and chairs, or the optional Tavern fit-out.
Who runs it on the night?
The venue-owned library is self-serve. Fortress Games Masters host the weekly live-night program.
What about our internet?
The cabinet uses the venue's Wi-Fi by default. Fortress-managed networking and a 5G or Starlink uplink are optional paid add-ons when the venue connection is unsuitable or unavailable.
What if a game comes back with pieces missing?
Every title travels in its own numbered kit-bag with a spare-meeple consumables kit. Fortress runs a periodic audit that keeps the shelf complete.
What happens on quiet nights?
The library carries a quiet night on its own. Fortress runs the selected weekly live-night program.
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Private occasions
Booking this for a birthday, a bar mitzvah or a family day? One quote covers install, hosting, pack-down and a crew who look after every guest.
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