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This intriguing 'board game café' is set to open in Dublin this year
WHEN YOU WERE flicking around with those Scrabble pieces as a teenager, you never thought you would see the day where board games were a seriously cool thing to do.
Well, now they are, and everything has changed.
With board game-only cafés popping up in major cities all over the world, it was only a matter of time before Dublin was picked out as a prime location – with The Board House Game Café planning to set up by the end of this year.
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Speaking to DailyEdge.ie, owner of the soon-to-be-opened café Carla Marina Soriano told us of the plans for the establishment:
The idea came about from the plethora of board game places opening up around the world:
With such rising popularity in other cities, Dublin seems to be embracing the old school cool of board games enough to justify a dedicated place of business for board game fanatics and the casual gamers alike.
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The co-owner of the venture was answering questions on Reddit during the week, and the subject of a cover charge was raised. Carla confirmed that there will be a cover charge of €5 – but that it will only apply if you are using the board games themselves. Otherwise, it will act as a normal café.
The fact that a charge will exist to use the games is justified by the fact that the café is planning on having hundreds of games as part of its catalogue:
A games guru, you say?
So, the games guru will be there at all times – kind of like an expert-in-residence. They will provide assistance for the more complex games – not the likes of Scrabble and Monopoly.
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Speaking of which – will they have the old classics?
There are plenty of pubs around the country that have board games stashed away on bookshelves for patrons to play with. This won’t be the approach taken at The Board House, though.
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The burning question for many though, is whether you can have a few drinks while communing around a table of Cluedo (or something people actually want to play – a game called Settlers of Catan is very popular, we’re told):
So, we wait to see how it does when it opens later this year in Dublin. Can Ireland embrace the board game café culture? It will be interesting to find out.
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