Quick answer: In Eastbourne you can play board games at Hail Mary Games (board game café), LoBsterCon (games event), Sussex Guildhall Board Game & Roleplay Club (club) and The Dice Box Eastbourne (board game café). The next confirmed date is Fri 30 Apr, 12 pm (LoBsterCon). One more group is listed below; check their own page before you go. Nearby town Crowborough adds one more place, further down the page.
Eastbourne has two board game cafés: The Dice Box on Grove Road, with over 1,000 games, and Hail Mary Games on Carlisle Road, where the board games downstairs are free to play. The Sussex Guildhall community hub in the Town Hall runs a free drop-in club on Saturday afternoons, and twice a year LoBsterCon fills the Cumberland Hotel on the seafront with a long weekend of gaming. Brighton's about 20 miles west if you want more.
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A games café on Carlisle Road with free-to-play board games on the ground floor and gaming tables upstairs for roleplaying, card and tabletop wargames. It's family-friendly. No outside food, and there's a £3 a head corkage charge if you bring your own drinks.
Where
3 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4DB
When
Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 9pm (table bookings run until 10:30pm).
A long-weekend board games convention at the Cumberland Hotel on the seafront, held each spring and autumn. Open gaming runs from Friday noon to Monday noon. You need a gaming pass, or a package with two nights in the hotel, and they go on sale about two months before each one.
A free drop-in afternoon of board games, card games and tabletop roleplay every Saturday at the Sussex Guildhall community hub inside Eastbourne Town Hall. New players are welcome and there's no need to book.
Where
Sussex Guildhall Community Hub, Eastbourne Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4UG
A board game café in the town centre with over 1,000 games, food and drinks, and a shop. Book a table or walk in if there's space, and the staff will help you pick a game. Its social board gaming nights and Blood on the Clocktower evenings are booked through its Eventbrite page.
Where
39 Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4TX
Cost
£2.50 an hour, £1.25 for 8s and under, under-3s free
Smaller places near Eastbourne that don't have their own page yet.
Shop with gaming tablesCrowborough
Ashdown Gaming
A hobby and games shop that sells board games, miniatures, trading cards and paints. You can book a table during opening hours and play from their selection of games or bring your own. They run a board game night every fortnight, with tickets on their website.
Where
Shop 3, Lexton Lodge, Crowborough, TN6 2EG
When
Monday 10am to 3pm, Tuesday 4pm to 8pm, Wednesday closed, Thursday 4pm to 8pm, Friday 10am to 3pm, Saturday 11am to 5pm
