Where to find Board games in Bristol and Bath: pub meetups, café nights, clubs and shops for board gamers.
We list 16 venues where you can play or buy board games across Bristol and Bath, in 5 towns and neighbourhoods. Between them they run 3 regular sessions, most often on Mondays and Tuesdays. Three of those are marked as beginner friendly. 13 have tables to play on site. Nine of the 16 are in Bristol itself, and we list them first below.
Venues with regular nights or tables to play on site, busiest first.
Bristol Independent Gaming (BIG) is a large wargaming shop and gaming venue on Cater Road in south Bristol with bookable tables, private rooms, a food menu and a board game library. It hosts weekly club nights and meetups for Warhammer 40,000, Kill Team and Warcry, regular tournaments, RPG sessions and Blood on the Clocktower on Fridays.
Board game cafe on Christmas Steps with a large games library, food and drinks, charged per hour of play. Runs a weekly Monday social gaming night.
Board game cafe on Gloucester Road with a library of over 650 games, food and drinks. Runs a weekly Tuesday social gaming night and occasional D&D one-shots.
Gaming shop on Hanham High Street selling discounted Warhammer, trading card games, board games and RPGs, with table hire and weekly evening events. Weekly Pauper, Pokémon TCG, Flesh and Blood and Friday Night Magic Commander nights cost £3 and need no booking.
Excelsior! is an independent comic and games shop on Merchant Street in central Bristol, running a busy programme of card game events including Magic, Pokémon TCG, Lorcana, Flesh and Blood, Star Wars: Unlimited and Yu-Gi-Oh!, with Friday Night Magic Commander.
Hoard Dungeons is a roleplaying and tabletop games venue in Knowle with a cafe menu, running D&D and other RPG sessions, board game nights, Magic Monday Commander evenings and Tactical Tuesday wargaming nights. Wargaming tables can be booked and walk ins are welcome when there is room.
Board game cafe and event space on Cheltenham Road with over 400 games and private D&D tables for hire. Also hosts quizzes and social deduction game nights.
Meetup group of over 1,000 members that meets weekly at The Westgate pub in Bath for bring your own board games evenings.
Bath TCG is a trading card game shop on Lower Bristol Road selling Pokémon TCG, Magic, One Piece, Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh! and more, plus board games and Warhammer. It has a game space for casual and competitive events, including Pokémon League Cups and Magic events.
Hobby shop and tabletop gaming space in Frome stocking Warhammer, with bookable 6ft by 4ft gaming tables, hobby stations and an RPG room. It runs ticketed Kill Team, Spearhead, painting, D&D and Blood on the Clocktower events.
Trading card game shop on Midsomer Norton High Street selling Pokémon TCG, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana and more, plus Games Workshop products. It hosts casual and tournament events and an under 13s Pokémon TCG kids club on Friday afternoons.
The Games Bunker is a wargaming and tabletop games shop and gaming venue in Weston-super-Mare with bookable tables for afternoon and evening sessions and a membership scheme. It runs regular one day Warhammer 40,000 events and stocks a wide range of wargames, card games and RPGs.
Board game cafe in Bath run by Thirsty Meeples, with a games library and its own events programme.
We haven't confirmed play space or regular nights at these yet, so ask in store.
Long running independent comic and games shop on Gloucester Road, open since 1997 and a Games Workshop stockist. It also buys and sells second hand games, comics, roleplaying books, Warhammer miniatures and trading cards.
Independent arts, crafts and hobby shop in Yate Shopping Centre stocking Warhammer, Citadel paints, Vallejo and Tamiya, plus board games, card games and D&D. It also sells work by local makers and runs craft workshops.
MT Games is a family run games and collectables shop on Meadow Street selling video games, retro consoles, Lego, model railways and board games, with new and pre-owned Warhammer and a full range of Citadel paints.
The weekly line-up. Times and formats can change, so check with the venue before you travel.
Chance & Counters (Christmas Steps), Bristol. Open play
Chance & Counters (Gloucester Road), Bristol. Open play
Bristol Independent Gaming, Bristol. Social deduction game night
The venues with the most regular nights are Bath Games and Geeks in Bath (1 night), Bristol Independent Gaming in Bristol (1 night) and Chance & Counters (Christmas Steps) in Bristol (1 night). We list 16 venues in all across Bristol and Bath.
Mondays and Tuesdays have the most regular sessions. Three sessions run every week. The Bristol calendar shows what's on from today.
Yes. Three regular nights are marked as welcoming new players, including sessions at Chance & Counters (Christmas Steps), Chance & Counters (Gloucester Road) and Bath Games and Geeks. Staff at most venues are happy to teach, so mention it when you arrive.
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