Quick answer: In Liverpool you can play board games at JustPlay (games shop with tables to play at), Liverpool Pubs & Games (Meetup group), Merseyside LGBTQ+ Games Group (Meetup group) and Sugar and Dice (board game café). The next confirmed date is Fri 13 Nov, 6:30 pm (Liverpool Pubs & Games). Nearby towns Southport, St Helens and Wirral add five more places, further down the page.
Sugar and Dice on Cornhill has been Liverpool's board game café since 2016, with a huge library, proper food and dogs welcome. Liverpool Pubs & Games plays there on Fridays, there's a monthly LGBTQ+ games night at Lime Street Central, and JustPlay on Tithebarn Street lets you play board games at its tables for free.
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Liverpool's longest-established tabletop shop, ten years on Tithebarn Street and a short walk from Moorfields station. It's mostly Warhammer, Magic and Pokémon, but casual board game play at its tables is free and first come, first served, and it's open late most nights.
Where
61 Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, L2 2SB
When
Monday to Thursday 12 noon to 10:30pm, Friday 12 noon to 11pm, Saturday 10am to 8pm, Sunday 10:30am to 8pm.
Cost
Free for casual board game play (first come, first served)
A friendly Liverpool Meetup group of about 1,400 members that mixes nights out with social board games. The regular games night is on Fridays at Sugar and Dice, where the group plays from the café's library and you can order food and drinks.
Where
Sugar and Dice, 33a Cornhill, Liverpool, L1 8DP
When
Board games nights on Fridays from 6:30pm at Sugar and Dice.
Cost
Free to join. Sugar and Dice's own £2.50 an hour games fee applies.
A board and card games group for LGBTQ+ adults (18 and over) across Merseyside, sister group to a bigger LGBTQ+ social group. It meets every four weeks on a Monday evening at Lime Street Central, with chat as much a part of the night as the games.
Where
Lime Street Central, 51 Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JQ
When
Every fourth Monday, 6:30pm to 10:30pm, at Lime Street Central.
Liverpool's long-running board game café, open since 2016 near the Baltic Triangle. You get the run of a huge library of board and card games, the staff will teach you something if you're stuck, and there's home-cooked food, cakes and local beer. Dogs are welcome. Monday nights are open gaming and there's a Go club on Thursdays.
Where
33a Cornhill, Liverpool, L1 8DP
When
Monday 2pm to 10pm, closed Tuesday, Wednesday to Friday 2pm to 10pm, Saturday 12 noon to 10pm, Sunday 12 noon to 8pm. Open gaming on Mondays from 6pm.
Cost
£2.50 per person per hour, £1.25 for 5 to 7-year-olds, under-5s free
Smaller places near Liverpool that don't have their own page yet.
Board game caféSouthport
HARP coffee and games
A coffee shop and games café on King Street. Hire a table and pick from the games library: £5 a table for two hours, then £3 for each extra hour. Late opening until 8pm on Thursdays and Fridays.
Where
Unit 1, 28 King Street, Southport, PR8 1JX
When
Monday and Tuesday 9:30am to 3:30pm, Wednesday closed, Thursday and Friday 10am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 4pm
Cost
£5 per table for 2 hours, then £3 for each extra hour
Merseyside Tabletop Role Playing and Board Games Group
A long-established board game group that meets every Wednesday evening at the Lester Drive Centre, just off the East Lancs Road. Free parking, free tea and coffee, and your first week costs nothing.
Where
Lester Drive Centre, Lester Drive, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5ES
A free weekly Scrabble club at Birkenhead Central Library. It's a drop-in session, so you can just turn up. Wallasey Central Library also has a Scrabble session on the last Thursday of the month.
Where
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB
A board game café and hobby shop in Bebington Village, with games to play in store, barista coffee and snacks, plus board games, RPGs and trading cards for sale and regular events.
Where
2a Church Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7PH
When
Monday to Friday 12pm to 10pm, Saturday 10am to 10pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm
A board gaming venue upstairs at Bromborough Bowl with more than 400 games. You hire a table by the hour, and there's a monthly Tabletop Together meetup for anyone who wants to find people to play with.
