Board game café

Customers usually pay an entry fee or rent a table in order to access a large library of games and instruction from the staff on how to play them.

[13] Board game cafés often cater to a wide audience of all ages, particularly to people unfamiliar with the hobby.

[1] Customers in board game cafés can include dating couples, groups of students, as well as veteran regulars.

[15] According to Polygon, privately owned businesses such as board game cafés have become "safe havens" for Iranian youth against the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (often referred to as the "morality police"), and board game cafés in particular were said to "provide excellent escapism".

Dressage Café in Tehran is one such establishment which involves playthroughs of Dungeons & Dragons and Mafia as well as a library of mostly Iranian board games.

[1] The Dice Latte in Seoul, which opened in 2015, sells western comic books alongside access to tabletop gaming.

[24][25][26] Thirsty Meeples opened in Oxford in July 2013 as the UK's first board game café, directly inspired by Snakes and Lattes.

[2][44] Parents pay for their children to be taught how to play board games at the venue, developing their socialization and problem-solving skills.

[46] It was supported by a Kickstarter funding campaign, and claims to be the largest board game library on the East Coast.

[47] Co-founder of the business Greg May also co-owns Hex & Co, another café in Manhattan with two large uptown locations.

[48][49] In September, the company sold the location to Snakes and Lattes, citing a lack of "expertise" and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.