Quick answer: In Watford you can play board games at d20 Board Game Cafe Watford (board game café), Hertfordshire Meetup Group: Board Games Social (Meetup group) and SpringCon (games event, one Saturday every three months, 8am to 8pm). The next confirmed date is Sat 30 Jan, 8 am (SpringCon). Nearby town Amersham adds one more place, further down the page.
Watford has a proper board game café on Queens Road, D20, with a library of around 850 games and a Tuesday social night. The Hertfordshire Meetup Group also runs a small Board Games Social there on some Saturday afternoons. Every few months there's SpringCon too, a 12-hour games day at Wellspring Church Centre a short walk away.
A board game café with a library of around 850 games, plus food and a bar. Booking is a good idea, as it gets busy. It's all on the ground floor with a permanent ramp, and under-12s need an adult with them.
Where
87 Queens Road, Watford, WD17 2QN
When
Every day, 12 noon to 10:30pm. On Tuesdays there's a Gaming Social, where they'll introduce you to other players
Cost
£2 an hour per person (the 4th hour is free); £1 an hour for under-12s, students and pensioners
A small, sociable board games session run by the Hertfordshire Meetup Group at D20 on Queens Road. Up to eight people play games picked from the café's shelves, and you sign up on Meetup first.
Where
D20 Board Game Cafe, 87 Queens Road, Watford, WD17 2QN
When
Occasional Saturday afternoons at D20.
Cost
£2 per person per hour, paid to the café (£4 for the two hours)
A 12-hour board game day at Wellspring Church Centre. Newcomers and seasoned players mix, with anything from Codenames and Telestrations to Ark Nova and Barrage, and you can bring your own. Entry money goes to the centre's building project.
Where
The Living Room, Wellspring Church Centre, 1 Wellspring Way, Watford, WD17 2AH
Smaller places near Watford that don't have their own page yet.
Regular eventAmersham
The Players Portal at Mad Squirrel
A monthly board game night at the Mad Squirrel taproom on Sycamore Road, run with The Players Portal, who bring along more than 150 games to choose from.
