Where to find Board games in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset: pub meetups, café nights, clubs and shops for board gamers.
We list 9 venues where you can play or buy board games across Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset, in 5 towns and neighbourhoods. Seven have tables to play on site. Four of the 9 are in Bournemouth itself, and we list them first below.
Venues with regular nights or tables to play on site, busiest first.
Large games shop on Charminster Road selling trading card games, Warhammer, other miniatures games and board games. It runs ticketed card game events through the week, with late opening until 22:00 on weekdays and 23:00 on Fridays.
Paint and play venue in Bournemouth town centre where you can paint 3D printed models, hire board game tables or PS5 consoles, and buy Warhammer at 20% off retail. Hosts D&D sessions run by Obsidian on Monday to Wednesday evenings.
Trading card, anime figure and board game shop with The Corner coffee and kitchen under one roof. It runs bookable weekly game nights for Pokémon TCG and Magic: The Gathering.
Large wargaming and hobby centre in Poole with 39 gaming tables, a café and a shop covering Warhammer, historical and other miniatures games, board games, roleplaying games and some card games.
Gaming cafe and shop in Parkstone with retro consoles, hundreds of board games to play, and a different card or miniatures game night most days, including Magic, Lorcana, Star Wars Unlimited and a Sunday Warhammer day. Sells Warhammer at a discount.
Card and tabletop game store in Weymouth with open play every evening. It runs a weekly schedule covering Yu-Gi-Oh!, Riftbound, Magic: The Gathering, tabletop games and a Sunday hobby day.
Star Wars collectables and gaming shop on the upper floors of Antelope Walk, Dorchester, with a dedicated Games Workshop section, Star Wars Unlimited, Legion, X-Wing and Shatterpoint, and an in-store gaming area. Gaming nights run on Wednesday and Thursday evenings until 21:00, and new players are welcome.
We haven't confirmed play space or regular nights at these yet, so ask in store.
Games shop in the Royal Arcade, Boscombe, selling board games and listed by Games Workshop as a Warhammer stockist.
Friendly local gaming shop in Blandford Forum stocking board games, card games, miniature games and role-playing games.
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