Board Games
Board Games
Demonstration's Available
We will have plenty of board games available. With a library provided by
Finchley Games Club
and
Leisure Games.
There will be someone available to answer your questions and even demonstrate some of the games.
Special Discount Available For Leisure Games
A special discount voucher for leisure games is available for all attendees.
You will be entitled to a 10% discount on any purchase up until 11th November 2024.
One voucher per attendee.
Board Game Sessions
More Games Coming Soon...
We are running morning and afternoon sessions.
- Morning sessions run from 10.00am to 1.30pm.
- Afternoon sessions run from 2.30pm to 6.00pm.
- Please note: to book onto and play a game you must have a paid ‘Entry Ticket’.
In these sessions, one of our experienced GM’s will take you through the setup of the game and run through one of the scenarios. No experience necessary, an ideal way to learn the rules and have fun at the same time.
What's On - Morning Session
The Witcher
Introductory Session - Learn How To Play
In The Witcher: Old World, you become a witcher — a professional monster slayer — and immerse yourself in the legendary universe of The Witcher franchise.Set years before the saga of Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher: Old World explores a time when monsters roamed the Continent in greater numbers, creating a constant peril that required the attention of expertly trained monster slayers, known as witchers.
Five competing schools trained their adepts through brutal regimes, and once fully prepared, these now-recognized witchers set off to explore the land, seeking trouble and adventures and helping others for coin.
In this competitive adventure board game, 2-5 players travel across a vast map, embarking on masterfully penned quests, encountering and making ambiguous moral choices, fighting monsters — and sometimes brawling with other witchers to defend their school's honor!
The game lets players construct their own unique decks of cards by choosing from a wide range of abilities: attacks, dodges, and witcher combat magic — known as "signs".
Through card synergy, players aim to achieve powerful combos as they utilize their witcher school's hallmark abilities to their full potential. Quests, battles, and even dice poker allow each player to earn money, obtain new items, and train their skills.
The first player to acquire 4-6 trophies, with the number being set at the start of play, wins the game instantly. You can obtain trophies by killing monsters, instigating and winning chaotic tavern brawls against another witcher, training attributes to their highest level, and resolving certain quests throughout their adventure.
- An adventure for up to 5 players
- GM: Stephen Walker
Descent - Journeys In The Dark
Introduction Session - Learn How To Play
In Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition), one player takes on the role of the treacherous overlord, and up to four other players take on the roles of courageous heroes.During each game, the heroes embark on quests and venture into dangerous caves, ancient ruins, dark dungeons, and cursed forests to battle monsters, earn riches, and attempt to stop the overlord from carrying out his vile plot.
With danger lurking in every shadow, combat is a necessity. For such times, Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) uses a unique dice-based system. Players build their dice pools according to their character's abilities and weapons, and each die in the pool contributes to an attack in different ways.
Surges, special symbols that appear on most dice, also let you trigger special effects to make the most of your attacks. And with the horrors awaiting you beneath the surface, you'll need every advantage you can take...
- An adventure for up to 4 players
- GM: Peter Creme
What's On Afternoon Session
The Witcher
Introductory Session - Learn How To Play
In The Witcher: Old World, you become a witcher — a professional monster slayer — and immerse yourself in the legendary universe of The Witcher franchise.Set years before the saga of Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher: Old World explores a time when monsters roamed the Continent in greater numbers, creating a constant peril that required the attention of expertly trained monster slayers, known as witchers.
Five competing schools trained their adepts through brutal regimes, and once fully prepared, these now-recognized witchers set off to explore the land, seeking trouble and adventures and helping others for coin.
In this competitive adventure board game, 2-5 players travel across a vast map, embarking on masterfully penned quests, encountering and making ambiguous moral choices, fighting monsters — and sometimes brawling with other witchers to defend their school's honor!
The game lets players construct their own unique decks of cards by choosing from a wide range of abilities: attacks, dodges, and witcher combat magic — known as "signs".
Through card synergy, players aim to achieve powerful combos as they utilize their witcher school's hallmark abilities to their full potential. Quests, battles, and even dice poker allow each player to earn money, obtain new items, and train their skills.
The first player to acquire 4-6 trophies, with the number being set at the start of play, wins the game instantly. You can obtain trophies by killing monsters, instigating and winning chaotic tavern brawls against another witcher, training attributes to their highest level, and resolving certain quests throughout their adventure.
- An adventure for up to 5 players
- GM: Stephen Walker
Descent - Journeys In The Dark
Introduction Session - Learn How To Play
In Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition), one player takes on the role of the treacherous overlord, and up to four other players take on the roles of courageous heroes.During each game, the heroes embark on quests and venture into dangerous caves, ancient ruins, dark dungeons, and cursed forests to battle monsters, earn riches, and attempt to stop the overlord from carrying out his vile plot.
With danger lurking in every shadow, combat is a necessity. For such times, Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) uses a unique dice-based system. Players build their dice pools according to their character's abilities and weapons, and each die in the pool contributes to an attack in different ways.
Surges, special symbols that appear on most dice, also let you trigger special effects to make the most of your attacks. And with the horrors awaiting you beneath the surface, you'll need every advantage you can take...
- An adventure for up to 4 players
- GM: Peter Creme
What's On - All Day
For these games, one of our experienced GM’s can show you the initial setup but some knowledge of the games is required. These are not the same as the play throughs in the morning and afternoon sessions above.
Brass Birmingham
Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass.
Brass: Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870.
As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.
Each round, players take turns according to the turn order track, receiving two actions to perform any of the following actions (found in the original game):
- 1) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile.
- 2) Network - Add a rail / canal link, expanding your network.
- 3) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry.
- 4) Sell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery.
- 5) Loan - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.
- 6) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.)
There will be four games with different time slots, please book onto the time slot that suits best:
- 10am - 11.30am
- 12pm - 1.30pm
- 2.30pm - 4pm
- 4.30pm - 6pm
Hegemony
Hegemony is an asymmetric politico-economic card-driven board game for 2-4 players that puts you in the role of one of the socio-economic groups in a fictional state: The Working Class, the Middle Class, the Capitalist Class and the State itself.
The Working class controls the workers. The Capitalist class controls the companies. The Middle class combines elements from both the Working class and the Capitalist. It has workers who can work in the Capitalist's companies but it can also build companies of its own, yet smaller.
Finally the State is trying to keep everyone happy, providing benefits and subsidies when needed but trying also to maintain a steady income through taxes to avoid going into debt.
While players have their own separate goals, they are all limited by a series of policies that affect most of their actions, like Taxation, Labor Market, Foreign Trade etc. Voting on those policies and using their influence to change them is also very important.
Through careful planning, strategic actions and political manoeuvring, you will do your best to increase the power of your class and carry out your agenda. Will you be the one to lead your class to victory?
There will be two games with different time slots, please book onto the time slot that suits best:
- 10am - 1.30pm
- 2.30pm - 6pm
Bring And Buy
You can bring along your old games to sell on our bring and buy stall. Please list what you want to sell and for what price by dropping us an email on the form opposite.
Games Library
A extensive selection of Board Games.
All games in the games library are free for open gaming and are also available for teaching/demonstration – Beginners to experts welcome.
Is there a game you would like to learn how to play? Let us know in advance and we will show you.
7 Wonders
Anomia
Arkham Horror
Azul
Call to Adventure
Camel Cup
Carassonne
Castle Panic
Cavern Tavern
Celestia
Cosmic Encounters
Dead of Winter
Dominion
Dragonwood
Drop It
Eldritch Horror
Escape the Castle
Exit Game
Galaxy Trucker
Giant Codename
Istanbul
King of Tokyo
Machi Koro
Nova Luna
Pandemic
Perudo
Quacks of Quedlinburg
Qwirkle
Resistance
Rhino Hero
Shadows over Camelot
Takenoko
Talisman – The Magical Quest
Teotihuacan – City of Gods
Ticket to Ride Europe
Tsuro
TZolk’in