Where to find trading card games in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire: card shops and TCG nights for Pokémon TCG, One Piece, MTG, Lorcana and more.
We list 18 venues where you can play or buy trading card games across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, in 13 towns and neighbourhoods. Between them they run 6 regular sessions, most often on Fridays and Tuesdays. Twelve have tables to play on site.
Venues with regular nights or tables to play on site, busiest first.
Board game cafe on Regent Street with a large games library, charged per person per hour. It also sells board games and trading cards and runs weekly Magic Commander, Pokémon TCG and social board game nights.
Game shop and cafe in Orton Gate Shopping Centre with a board game library, running trading card game tournaments and RPG sessions, including weekly Flesh and Blood Armory nights.
Family-run board game and trading card game shop in March with a gaming table and regular evening events, including Lorcana, Star Wars Unlimited, Pokémon TCG, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, roleplaying and board game nights. It also runs prereleases and Pokémon League Cups.
Large alcohol-free gaming lounge with hundreds of board games, dedicated Warhammer and wargaming tables (bookable online), weekly TCG tournaments and a weekly RPG night, alongside escape rooms, axe throwing and bouldering. A £5 wristband covers the whole day.
Free weekly Monday evening tabletop games group at The High Flyer pub in Ely, covering general gaming and Magic: The Gathering.
Gaming cafe with a games shop in the centre of St Neots, with tables for wargames, card games, roleplaying and board games, plus food and drink. It runs leagues and tournaments for Warhammer 40,000, Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar and more, and ticketed Friday game nights.
Gaming lounge in Hampton, Peterborough with free tables to book, selling Warhammer, Star Wars Legion, Marvel Crisis Protocol and trading card games including Magic, Pokémon TCG, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh and Riftbound. Runs a Play! Pokémon league.
Independent games and collectables shop on Haverhill High Street selling trading cards (Pokémon TCG, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh and more), Pop vinyls and figures. Tables can be rented for board games, Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons.
Wargaming shop and gaming venue on Sandy Business Park with bookable themed tables, hobby space and gaming nights every Wednesday and Friday. Stocks Warhammer, Star Wars Legion, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Konflikt 47, Fallout Factions and Magic.
Award-winning board game cafe, bar and shop in Bury St Edmunds with a library of over 500 games. It also runs card game events including Magic, Lorcana and Pokémon TCG prereleases and Pokémon League Challenges.
Family run games shop and tournament venue in Chatteris stocking card games, RPGs, wargames and board games, open late on Friday evenings for gaming. It runs Pokémon League events and Magic prereleases.
The Sidney Street Waterstones hosts ticketed games nights with a games library and demos, plus a monthly collectible card game night in the cafe for Commander, Lorcana and Star Wars players.
We haven't confirmed play space or regular nights at these yet, so ask in store.
Peterborough trading card shop specialising in Pokémon TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, Lorcana and One Piece, plus graded cards, sports cards and board games.
Small trading card shop in St Ives dealing in Pokémon TCG, One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards plus graded collectibles, with trade ins. The full graded range is available on Fridays and Saturdays.
Cambridge based Magic: The Gathering and board game store listed on the Wizards store locator, with events including a Budget Commander tournament and a Discord community.
Large independent toy shop (Toymaster member) in Newmarket with a gelateria, stocking Warhammer and Warhammer paints, trading cards (Pokémon TCG, Magic, Lorcana, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh, Star Wars) and board games.
Award-winning independent bookshop in a 16th century building in Huntingdon, with comics, graphic novels, manga, tabletop games, Pokémon TCG, Games Workshop, action figures and dice. It hosts book and author events.
Independent board game shop on Ely High Street also stocking Magic and Pokémon TCG cards, accessories and jigsaws. It runs ticketed gaming events in Ely and keeps a list of local gaming groups.
The venues with the most regular nights are The Box Room Board Game Café in Cambridge (4 nights), CommuniTea Gaming in Peterborough (1 night) and Rollplay in March (1 night). We list 18 venues in all across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire.
Fridays and Tuesdays have the most regular sessions. Three sessions run every week. The Cambridge calendar shows what's on from today.
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