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On the 15th of January, grown out of a love for chess, we decided to formally begin our chess community. Rookies, combining the rook and the word rookie - to be new at something- we created a community that is focused on games for all levels of players. The First Rookies Meetup Creating open spaces that are supportive of learning, hosting regular events at Eve's Coffee On the 29th of January, we hosted our casual chess night at Eve's Coffee- a free game night where players of

On the December 20, we got together to talk animated cinema, an open forum where love for the genre is the only requirement. Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue was the topic of discussion on 24th January. We reckoned with the mind boggling beauty and narrative. Everything from sweet romance and experimental cinema. Sitting together, in groups of a dozen or more talking about the beauty of animated cinema.

Theres nothing like the beauty of a waterfall through a forest landscape, and there is no waterfall more beautiful in trivandrum than Vazhavanthol. On the 24th of January, we set out on our 2nd adventure, trekking through the wonderous Vithura landscape as we stroll through the wild and finally cooling off under the serenity of the waterfall.

No better way to start off the year than with games all weekends. Every sunday throughout the month of January, we filled the red room at Eve's Coffee to get together and play through wonderous adventures with a table full of people. Some of them our regulars, but quite of bit of new players joined us, sharing in the love of storytelling. We started off on January 4th with Reign of Iron by DM Ghosty, A Narrative that brought together the Dungeon Master's Love of bloodborne an

We all caught a chill coming starting out the new year, A small chill that led more than 15 of our players to come together at the Eves Coffee to play the collaborative strategy game pandemic. We conquered diseases, now with our more than a dozen players, now we shall conquer lands. On the 11th of January at Eves Coffee because it was time for Risk. Battling across continents to become the superpower. We settled into things halfway through January, on the 18th January 14 play

Diecast cars have always spread joy. Collectors tell stories of playing with toy cars as children and how much joy that gave them. It is this same joy that we spread through our groups. This Christmas, our Diecast community became Santas as we spread that joy through the gifting of Diecast cars to children in need. An idea sparked in community whatsapp groups grew into a massive community effort, as dozens of passionate diecast collectors came together to donate their preciou

On the 10th of January. The first adventure of the Scout Regiment Trivandrum began, At first merely a glimmer in the idea of our admins to trek together and so, calls were made, cars were fuels and shoe laces tied as we set off on adventure. The Lower Koonichi hills are one of the most popular trekking spots and deservingly so. Absolutely gorgeous and filled with the kind of nature that provides hope, escape from busy city life and a love for nature.

Trivandrum Board Game Community ended the year with Mysteries, Companies and politics. Coming together at the Green Room at Eve's Coffee we filled the tables with games and fun Our players, more than 18 players set out on December 7th for a game of cluedo. We Started off the end of the year with a mystery looming over us. A murder had taken place in the mansion and armed with clues and deductive intuition.Our first time running cluedo, it became quite clear that it would quic

On the 14th of December, TTRPG fans joined together in the Red Room of Eves Coffee to take part in "Operation Divine Peril" hosted by the veteran DM Saurav. Using his own spin on the classical D&D system, Saurav brought something incredible to the table. The passing of the year brought with it, "The Passing of the Blight" DM Mukund hosted the game at Eves Coffee on the 28th of December. and so we passed the year with a large array of memorable and wonderful one shots.

December 12th came with the release of the Game Awards, followed by a few rounds of Mortal Kombat 11. We screen the whole event at Yellow Zone at Eves Coffee. The game awards was full of unsurprising wins and surprising trailers. MK11 was filled with brutal violence, to the surprise of no one. Following the spirit of battle, we held a tekken night on the 15th of December. We fought tooth and nail for glory. We took the Christmas spirit with us to the field in FC24 on the 26th

We saw new players coming into the oneshots, increasing our reach. starting of with "Mornfall" on November 2nd by DM Arshith, as is usual for Arshith, the narrative was deep in lore, horror and adventure as the players fought hate and age of shadows On the 8th we hosted another Artifice mini painting event, People came together, theirs heads bowed over small miniatures and small brushes. fingers covered in paint, we saw the artificers painting small miniatures until they beca

On the second of November, at Eve's Coffee The Board Game Community Continued the Horror vibes of Halloween, we held another Blood on the Clock Tower game. Cold nights, haunted by demons and monsters as the sun rose, new dead appeared and hope slowly vanished The Green Room at Eves Coffee was converted into a tournament battleground on the 9th as we were one of the many international hosts for the Colonist CATAN International Championship 2025 Qualifiers, with stakes higher

'How do you wannna do this?' "My Greatsword held high, i look the creature in the eye and then bring it down" These words, yelled out at a cafe in Trivandrum was the culmination of months of effort. years worth of backstory, and the collective passion of dozens of people. During October 24, 25, 26, Eve's became a conclave for those who were passionate or curious about the art of narrative storytelling. TTRPGs ie Table Top RolePlaying Games are games in which people get togeth

A collection of participants for our Tournament Imagine 200 people, in 22 locations all around Trivandrum joining in together in the spirit of friendship, community and just plain having a fun game of UNO. That's what happened on 11th of October when we hosted the qualifiers of our Trivandrum UNO No Mercy Tournament. Qualifiers at Manaveeyam It all started with a dream. The Trust’s first event had to be big. It had to involve a lot of people and they had to have fun. We wante

As part of our Onam Event at PlayFest, The Anime Community hosted a "Mavelik oru dub" an event that celebrated the artform of dubbing, with creative malayalam dubbing over famous anime scenes. On the 14th of September, The Onigiri order celebrated the release of one of the most popular releases in all of animation, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle" a jam packed theatre for a incredible experience. We followed that up on the 27th with another wonderfu

We brought our favorite manga panels to life and colour on the 18th of October, With the community members and newer duties came together to join in the love for manga and art Paper was cut, folded and put together, we studied the blade on the 15th of November, Led by our regular anime community members, the green room was filled with people who were learning how to make a katana out of paper. Showing off the arts and crafts skills that our animanga club could flex We ended t

On September 7th, with our Onam celebration, we hosted our first gaming community event at the Yellow Zone of Eves Coffee. Bringing out all our consoles in a gaming bash of FIFA, mortal Kombact and so much more. We followed up that momentum on the 11th with another casual gaming night at Eve's Coffee. Another night filled with consoles, controllers and chaos. On the 18th, we brought Brawlhalla to the screens of Eve's with a game night that saw the night filled with fights and

The Trivandrum Board Game Community Board Game Nights filled the Green Room of Eve's Coffee all Sunday Evenings as we had yet another Month filled with games Social Deduction led to Epidemics that gave way to trade and demons. Might sound a bit out of whack, but that was the flow of October for the board game community here at PlayFest. October 5th was a day where the liberals and the fascists battled it out in deception, ideology and votes. Where the fascists tried to deceiv

October 22 brought with it an incredible experience - a screening of an independent short film , Indie Thendi by Sunmagnet and Dejavudj - A deeply experimental short film that deals with themes of creativity and existential dread. A wonderful experience followed by a discussion about the movie with the writer/director that was a enlightening experience

We started off the month of October on the 5th with "into the Howling Caverns" by DM Hissy. An Adventure where brave warriors must fight through the infamous Howling Caverns to save their nation in a desperate diplomatic mission The Rest of the month, the community was deep in the weeds of preparing and planning the TTRPG weekend, read more about it here How TTRPGs took over Trivandrum.