Where to find Board games in Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife: pub meetups, café nights, clubs and shops for board gamers.
We list 12 venues where you can play or buy board games across Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife, in 7 towns and neighbourhoods. Between them they run 2 regular sessions, most often on Mondays and Thursdays. Nine have tables to play on site. Six of the 12 are in Edinburgh itself, and we list them first below.
Venues with regular nights or tables to play on site, busiest first.
Tabletop gaming cafe on Lauriston Place, open since 2012, with a large board game library, cafe snacks and space to play. It runs weekly trading card game nights including Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic: The Gathering Commander and a Pokémon League.
Board game pub on Broughton Street with a games library, food and regular nights for Commander, D&D and painting. Opened in 2026.
Independent board game shop and board game cafe at the foot of Leith Walk with a large games library, tables to book for board games, wargames and RPGs, and weekly and monthly evening events.
Independent game shop at Lochrin Buildings focused on trading card games including Magic: The Gathering, Flesh and Blood, Pokémon TCG and Star Wars Unlimited. It has free gaming space with bookable tables, a board games library and wargames terrain, and runs events most nights.
Trading card game store and play space in Edinburgh's West End with drop-in weekly events for Magic, Pokémon TCG, Lorcana, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh, Flesh and Blood, Star Wars Unlimited and many more. Weekly event fees are mostly £7 to £8.50.
Independent hobby and wargaming store in Dunfermline selling Warhammer, Mantic, Warlord Games and trading card games, with tables to book and free build and paint sessions on Fridays.
Tabletop gaming store and events space in Livingston with bookable tables. It runs game nights most days, including Friday Night Magic, Riftbound, Pokémon TCG, Star Wars: Unlimited, board games, painting and D&D.
Tabletop gaming venue and shop in Brightons with a large gaming hall for wargames, card games and board games, plus a themed RPG room and a retro gaming room. It runs weekly community nights, Friday Night Magic, leagues and tournaments.
Community gaming venue and shop in Falkirk for tabletop wargames, RPGs and trading card games.
We haven't confirmed play space or regular nights at these yet, so ask in store.
Tabletop games shop on Great Junction Street in Leith.
Family run independent toy shop on Linlithgow High Street selling toys, games, puzzles, Pokémon TCG and Lorcana cards and Warhammer.
Comic and games shop on Northgate in Peebles selling comics, graphic novels, manga, board games, trading card games, role playing games and Warhammer.
The weekly line-up. Times and formats can change, so check with the venue before you travel.
The venues with the most regular nights are Games Hub Edinburgh in Edinburgh (1 night) and Potions & Rations in Edinburgh (1 night). We list 12 venues in all across Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife.
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