Adventures With Friends
Battle. Trade. Belong
Our Trading Card Club brings young players together for regular after-school sessions where epic battles unfold, friendships form naturally, and strategic skills level up. This isn't about collecting alone at home—it's about playing face-to-face with other card game enthusiasts in East Gippsland who share your passion for Pokémon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more.
When you battle and trade in person, the connections you make are genuine. Our weekly sessions create the consistency where card game buddies become real friends, and individual players become a competitive crew.
When: Friday 4-6pm
Cost: $15/week on subscription (first session free)
Gaming With Purpose
How It Works
Trading Card Club is about making local connections with the same players every week. Unlike online simulators where opponents are random usernames who disappear after one match, here you're battling face-to-face with people from your community who become your actual crew. We provide the space, the tables, and expert facilitation—you bring your deck, your strategy, and help shape what we play. This is your club, shaped by what you want to experience together.
community-driven gaming
You drive what we do. Whether it's Pokémon tournaments, Magic draft nights, Yu-Gi-Oh! leagues, or casual trading sessions, we follow the community's interests. One week might be competitive tournaments, the next could be deck-building workshops or relaxed trading time.
Consistent Crew
Same people, same time, every week. This consistency is what transforms card game buddies into actual mates. You're not playing against strangers who you'll never see again—you're battling with people who show up and become part of your gaming story.
facilitied play
We facilitate when needed - organising tournament brackets, teaching game mechanics, managing trading sessions, helping with deck building. But we're not running a rigid program. We're creating the conditions for genuine trading card community to thrive.
Gaming With Purpose
PRicing & Access
We've designed flexible options so everyone can access Trading Card Club, whether you're joining as a community member or accessing through NDIS funding. Your first session is always free—no commitment, just gaming.
Community Members
$15/week on subscription
Try Trading Card Club risk-free with your first session completely free. If you love it (and we think you will), subscribe for ongoing weekly sessions at just $15/week. Cancel anytime.
NDIS Participants
Access sessions through your Social and Community Participation funding, with 1:1 peer support in a group gaming setting. We work with you and your support coordinator to design trading card experiences that naturally develop your chosen skills and outcomes—whether that's strategic thinking, social interaction, reading comprehension, or mathematical skills. Contact us to discuss your plan and how Trading Card Club can support your NDIS goals.
Ready To Battle?
Your first session is completely free - no subscription required, no commitment needed. Just show up with your deck (or borrow one of ours), meet the crew, and see what we're playing. If Trading Card Club feels like your kind of place (and we're pretty confident it will), you can subscribe for ongoing weekly sessions. Book your free trial session below and start your next adventure with us.
Making Gaming Social
ESports Collective is a Gippsland organization dedicated to making gaming social, not isolating. We create inclusive environments - in person and online - where young people connect through gaming and build skills for life. Our commitment to celebrating neurodiversity and creating inclusive pathways remains at the heart of everything we do, creating a blueprint for community gaming & supports we want to replicate across Australia.
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