By car
Street parking out front is free after 5pm and all weekend. The two spots behind the shop are ours; take one if it is open.
Visit
The door is the whole trick.
Hours, parking and what your first hour looks like. If the lights are on and the sign says open, you are already welcome.
This week's hours
Game nights run late
If a holiday changes these hours we post it here and on the door first. If the sign says open, the kettle is on.
First visit
Your first hour, planned
Walk in at any open hour and the player-aid below is exactly what happens. The only wrong move is standing outside wondering.
Your first visit · player aid
- 1
Come in
No fee, no membership, no test. The door sticks a little in winter; push it.
- 2
Tell us what you like
Films, puzzles, building things, beating your brother. Any answer works; it is the whole brief we need.
- 3
We teach, you play
A staffer sets a game on a free table and stays until the rules feel like yours.
- 4
Take one home if you love it
Or do not. The tables are free either way, and the game will still be on the wall next week.
Ring & hold
Behind the counter, with your name on it.
See it on the wall, hear about it at a table, remember it at midnight: ring or write and it waits a week. We would rather hold a box than have you gamble on postage.
Honest answers
Asked at the counter weekly
- Yes. Browsing is a hobby here, not a warm-up to a pitch. The kettle is usually on.
- No. Open tables and league nights are built for people arriving solo; tell the counter it is your first night and we will seat you well.
- Sunday family tables are theirs by design, and any quiet afternoon works. Under-tens bring an adult; the adult usually gets hooked.
- Often, by appointment. Bring photos or the boxes and you will get a straight number or a straight no on the spot.
- Snacks and decent coffee at the counter, and the noodle bar two doors down delivers to the tables on game nights.