Outside The Box Board Game Cafe

Outside The Box Board Game Cafe Outside The Box is a social board games café in Bramhall where you can come and play board games in our small and friendly neighbourhood space.
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Bring your family & friends, or come as a solo player, and enjoy our tasty food & drinks during gameplay.

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKHave you ever passed the café at night and wondered why you can see 15 people sitting in a big circ...
22/09/2026

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK

Have you ever passed the café at night and wondered why you can see 15 people sitting in a big circle surrounding a bearded man?

No, this isn’t a cult. 😂This is Blood on the Clocktower, a social deduction game – and if you love The Traitors, you’ll probably understand the appeal. Everyone is secretly given a character. Most of you are on the good team, trying to work out who amongst you is evil. A small number of players are secretly evil – and one of them is the Demon.

We run Blood on the Clocktower regularly at Outside The Box, from games for newer players through to increasingly complicated scripts for people who have been playing with us for ages.

Elsewhere this week…

☕ Wednesday 23rd, 12–3pm – Chatty Café
No booking required.

😈 Wednesday 23rd, 6.30pm– Blood on the Clocktower: Intro to Legion & Riot
Fully booked.

🎲 Thursday 24th, 3–5pm – Light & Lovely Games Club
No booking required.

🐟 Thursday 24th, 6.30pm – We Read The Rules So You Don't Have To: Nusfjord
Fully booked.

🔠 Friday 25th, 3.30pm – Scrabble Club
No booking required.

♟️ Friday 25th, 4.30pm – Under-18s Chess Club
Please book on our website.

🎭 Friday 25th 6.30pm – D&D One Shot + We Read The Rules So You Don't Have To: Ra
Fully booked.

🀄 Saturday 26th, 7pm– Rummikub Evening
There are still spaces available – please book on our website.

And of course, you can book a table and just come and play board games whenever we're open. ❤️🎲

https://www.outsidethebox.co.uk/events

🎲 What’s On This Week at Outside The Box?This week’s big one is Distilled! 🥃🍸We’ve been looking forward to this one. We ...
16/09/2026

🎲 What’s On This Week at Outside The Box?

This week’s big one is Distilled! 🥃🍸

We’ve been looking forward to this one. We even did a little research trip to a real distillery – purely in the interests of understanding the game better, obviously. 😇

On Thursday evening we’re teaching Distilled, with the option for those who already know the base game to try the Cocktails expansion. It’s part of our We Read The Rules So You Don’t Have To series – we teach and play the entire game with you.

There are still a handful of spaces, so come and join us! https://www.outsidetheboxltd.co.uk/event-details/distilled-featuring-the-cocktails-expansion

And here’s everything else happening this week:

🗨️ Wednesday 16th, 12–3pm – Chatty Café
Come in for a cuppa and some company. No booking required.

🎲 Thursday 17th, 3–5pm – Light & Lovely Games Club
Friendly, accessible games and a lovely way to meet people. No booking required.

🥃 Thursday 17th, 6.30pm – We Read The Rules: Distilled + Cocktails
Learn Distilled, or have a go at the new Cocktails expansion. Limited spaces – please book online.

🔠 Friday 18th, 3.30pm – Scrabble Club
No booking required – just turn up.

♟️ Friday 18th – Under-18s Chess Club
Please book via our website.

And you don't need to wait for an event! You can book a table whenever we're open, choose something from the library and play. 🎲

outsidetheboxltd.co.uk

We are Outside The Box today! We have a stall at the Worker Bee Bramhall Wellness day! Come and say hello 👋🙂
12/09/2026

We are Outside The Box today! We have a stall at the Worker Bee Bramhall Wellness day! Come and say hello 👋🙂

🥃 We’ve been practising our distilling and cocktail-making skills ready for our Distilled evening on Thursday 17th Septe...
12/09/2026

🥃 We’ve been practising our distilling and cocktail-making skills ready for our Distilled evening on Thursday 17th September at 6.30pm.

Distilled is a wonderful strategic board game about brewing spirits using ingredients on card. And we have the new Cocktails expansion 🍹

🍒 Book your space at outsidetheboxltd.co.uk

🎲 What’s On This Week at Outside The Box?This photo is from a Worker Bee Market we did a while ago – and we’re back with...
08/09/2026

🎲 What’s On This Week at Outside The Box?

This photo is from a Worker Bee Market we did a while ago – and we’re back with them this Saturday for Bramhall Wellness Day! 👋

We’ll be there from 10am–3pm with more of an information stall this time, talking about all the things we do at Outside The Box that you don’t need to bring someone with you to enjoy.

If you’d like to meet people, get out of the house, play some games or simply have somewhere friendly to go, come and have a chat with us. 😊

And there are plenty of opportunities to do exactly that this week:

🗨️ Wednesday 9th, 12–3pm – Chatty Café
Just turn up – no booking required.

🩸 Wednesday 9th, 6.30pm – Blood on the Clocktower Legacy
Fully booked

🎲 Thursday 10th, 3–5pm – Light & Lovely Games Club
Easy-to-learn games, a relaxed pace and a lovely way to meet people. No booking required – just turn up.

⚔️ Thursday 10th, 6.30pm – Learn to Play Slay The Spire
Fully booked

🔠 Friday 11th, 3.30pm – Scrabble Club
No booking required – just turn up.

♟️ Friday 11th – Under-18s Chess Club
Please book via our website.

🌿 Saturday 12th, 10am–3pm – Bramhall Wellness Day
Come and find Rachel & Helen at our Outside The Box stall and say hello!

♠️ Saturday 12th, 7pm – Texas Hold'em Poker
A friendly evening of poker for fun. Limited spaces remaining – please book online.

For bookable events and everything else coming up please visit outsidetheboxltd.co.uk/events

And, as always, you absolutely do not need to have someone to come with to be part of Outside The Box. ❤️

Introducing our new Light & Lovely Games Club! 🎲😊We wanted to create a regular afternoon for people who fancy playing ga...
07/09/2026

Introducing our new Light & Lovely Games Club! 🎲😊

We wanted to create a regular afternoon for people who fancy playing games, meeting people and having a bit of fun – without needing to be an experienced board gamer.

Light & Lovely Games Club is all about accessible games that are easy to learn, played at a relaxed pace. We’ll choose the games, explain how to play, and help everyone get started.

It’s also very much a come-on-your-own kind of club. You don’t need to bring somebody to play with, and you certainly don’t need to know any of the games beforehand. Just turn up and we’ll get you involved.

Our first session had plenty of chatting and laughing, alongside a little Magical Athlete, Things in Rings and Hues & Cues – which is pretty much exactly what we hoped for. ❤️

📅 Every Thursday, 3–5pm
👋 Drop in – no booking required
💷 £2.50 per person per hour

If you’ve been thinking you’d like to get out a bit more, meet some new people or discover some new games, this could be a lovely place to start.

⚽ It’s match day!I had such a lovely evening last week playing Superclub: The Football Manager Board Game with my brothe...
05/09/2026

⚽ It’s match day!

I had such a lovely evening last week playing Superclub: The Football Manager Board Game with my brother and two of his friends.

My brother won, but only because he got all the lucky dice rolls, and I got all the unlucky ones! 😄

And with a full day of Premier League football ahead of us today, it seems a good time to mention that football doesn't have to stay on the telly!

⚽ We have Superclub: The Football Manager Board Game in our games library – it's surprisingly easy to learn the rules.

🏆 We also have Wembley, for something a little more old-school.

And, of course, our own Outside The 15-Yard Box Fantasy Premier League is now well underway – because we like to make a game out of everything! It's not too late to join, so email us at [email protected] if you'd like the code.

So if you're a football fan who also likes board games, come and have a match day of a slightly different kind with us. Love from Rachel x

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK AT OUTSIDE THE BOX?Our September newsletter has just landed in inboxes! 📬 It’s full of what we’ve ...
02/09/2026

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK AT OUTSIDE THE BOX?

Our September newsletter has just landed in inboxes! 📬 It’s full of what we’ve got planned this month, plus a few new ideas we’ve got bubbling away.

Not on our mailing list? Email [email protected] and ask us to add you – then you won’t have to rely on Facebook deciding whether or not to show you what we’re up to! 😄

Here’s what’s happening this week:

💬 Wednesday 2nd, 12–3pm – Chatty Café
Our free weekly get-together for games, chats and good company. Come on your own – we’ll make sure you’re included.

📖 Thursday 3rd, 6.30pm – From Eldervale to Everdell
ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT! 🚨
Part of our We Read The Rules So You Don’t Have To series. Think fantasy settings, worker placement and building your own little realm. Everdell (with Bellfaire expansion) is the cosier and more approachable of the two. Dwellings is a bigger, more confrontational experience.

🔤 Friday 4th, 3.30pm – Scrabble Club
Our new weekly Scrabble Club! No need to book – just turn up and join us for a game.

🀄 Friday 4th, 7pm – Mahjong for Beginners
FULLY BOOKED! 🎉
If you’d like to learn Mahjong, keep an eye out for future beginners’ sessions.

🀄 Saturday 5th, 7pm – Mahjong Club
Our regular club for people who already know how to play. Spaces still available if you fancy joining us.

We’re popping up in Bramhall Village Square for Bramhall Wellness Day on Saturday 12th September! 🎲🌿Did you know that yo...
30/08/2026

We’re popping up in Bramhall Village Square for Bramhall Wellness Day on Saturday 12th September! 🎲🌿

Did you know that your mental wellbeing can be boosted by putting your phone down, sitting around a table and playing a game with another human being? 😊

So from 10am–3pm, we will be at the Worker Bee Market offering our FREE 5-Minute Digital Detox.

📵 Put your phone away
🎲 Try a quick board game
🧠 Give your brain a different sort of workout
🙂 Have a chat with us about the café, our games and everything we’ve got going on

There’ll be lots happening around Bramhall throughout the day, including free exercise sessions, wellness treatments, tastings, activities and the Worker Bee Market itself.

And if your preferred form of wellness involves bluffing your friends and pretending you have a much better hand than you actually do... we’re finishing the day back at the café with our Texas Hold’em Poker Night from 7pm–10pm. Just for fun — absolutely no gambling! ♠️♥️♣️♦️

Come and find us in the Village Square and say hello. 👋

Saturday 12th September | 10am–3pm | Bramhall Village Square

Bee Markets

Yesterday we escaped the café for the morning and headed to the Hachette Manchester Games Day! 🎲 Hachette Boardgames UK ...
29/08/2026

Yesterday we escaped the café for the morning and headed to the Hachette Manchester Games Day! 🎲 Hachette Boardgames UK

Obviously, when we spotted this GIANT MicroMacro map, we had to get a photo in front of it. 🔎🗺️

If you've never played MicroMacro, you spend your time poring over an enormous illustrated city map, following characters, spotting clues and trying to work out exactly what happened. It's basically Where's Wally... but with crimes to solve! 🕵️

We've got both MicroMacro: Crime City and MicroMacro: Kids in our games library – and, as it happens, our ridiculously huge tables are absolutely perfect for spreading those enormous maps out. 😄

So if you've been wondering why on earth a board games café needs such big tables...

This is why! 😂

Address

34 Woodford Road
Bramhall
SK71PA

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12am - 7pm
Friday 3pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

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