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Dublin Board Game Club

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  • 10-03-2011 6:17pm
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    djenzio
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    does anyone here know of a Dublin Board Game club or would people be interested in getting one going?

    a rough idea would be upstairs in a pub/cafe which have nice tables/seats and maybe storage area for board games.

    i would be thinking along the lines of Settlers Of Catan, Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, Battlestar Galactica. Anything would be welcome and if enough people were into it between us we could provide loadsa board games.

    What do people think?


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    diddlybit
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    My OH continually drags me to bars with collections of board games :) Great one in Toronto with the boards painted on the tables.

    But that's all beside the point, I think it's a great idea.


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    tfak85
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    i know of two really lovely pubs that have boards games in them.

    they are on camden street and in stoneybatter, they both have a huge selection of beers and ales and do tasty tasty food...

    the names of both have absolutely escaped me at this moment in time but i know the one on camden street is where da2/carnival used to be..


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    1968
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    tfak85 wrote: »
    i know of two really lovely pubs that have boards games in them.

    they are on camden street and in stoneybatter, they both have a huge selection of beers and ales and do tasty tasty food...

    the names of both have absolutely escaped me at this moment in time but i know the one on camden street is where da2/carnival used to be..

    Camden Street one is called Against The Grain.

    Seomra Spraoi do a games night every Monday as far as I'm aware. http://seomraspraoi.org/games-night-6/?searchterm=games


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    djenzio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭djenzio


    thanks for the tips guys

    i might check out that one in Seomra Sprai. its a lovely room for it alright.

    i found another one in the Dark Horse but seems a little more Warhammer. not my thing so much.


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    Twee.
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    The Workman's has Kerplunk, Connect 4, Operation and Guess Who? on Sundays!


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    JuliusCaesar
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    I think Cafe Moda in Rathmines has this one night a week. Another night they have knitters and I don't know what else.


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    drerk
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    Was there a successful outcome on this? I'm new to Dublin and looking for a semi-regular board game group to join. Some favorites are Battlestar Galactica and Small World both of which i brought over with me.


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    djenzio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭djenzio


    hey derek

    not much outcome but me and my girfriend are both up for getting one going if you are interested.

    ill pm you about it


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    Mother Duck
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    ^^

    Keep the rest of us up to date too...sounds like a good idea!

    MD


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    drerk
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    Will do MD.


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    HivemindXX
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    Gamers Realm on Jervis street has tables that you can rent for the night to play games on. They also have a selection of games you can borrow.

    This is a game shop and not a pub/cafe though. You can buy food there but it's chocolate bars and coke territory.


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    Shanannigan
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    anyone play backgammon?


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    TwoShedsJackson
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    I'd be interested too, can play Arkham Horror, Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth, Merchants & Marauders mainly.


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    djenzio
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    great to see a lot of interest from people.

    it would be great to get everyone together and get a weekly night going.

    can anyone who is interested send me an email and let me know roughly what day/time would suit you to play and what games you have. We can keep this thread going/up to date as well so new people can get involved.

    simonfrancisdowling@gmail.com

    thanks guys and hopefully we can make this happen


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    Regular Latte
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭Regular Latte


    djenzio wrote: »
    does anyone here know of a Dublin Board Game club or would people be interested in getting one going?

    a rough idea would be upstairs in a pub/cafe which have nice tables/seats and maybe storage area for board games.

    i would be thinking along the lines of Settlers Of Catan, Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, Battlestar Galactica. Anything would be welcome and if enough people were into it between us we could provide loadsa board games.

    What do people think?

    I know the OP was a year ago, but did anything come of this??

    Thanks!


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    Logical_Bear
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    Regular Latte wrote: »
    I know the OP was a year ago, but did anything come of this??

    Thanks!
    not sure but check this forum,lots of gameboard geeks(:pac:).its the toys and boardgames forum
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358


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    kylith
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    Shanannigan wrote: »
    anyone play backgammon?
    I've played some on my iPad. I could be convinced to try it in real life.

    I've recently taken delivery of Munchkin, if anyone fancies giving theat a go. I'd be willing to try other, more serious, card games, but am a complete beginner at them, I usually play scrabble.

    I also have Thud, if anyone's up for that.


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    Morag
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    Geeks fo Gaming runs once a month usually a Saturday/Sunday afternoon.
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/113880755605874125714/posts
    Far as I know the venus is usually the Black Sheep pub.


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