TtT: Scout – 15th July 2025

This Week’s Feature Game is: Scout

Oink Games make great games in small boxes. Scout is one of their best and I’m confident that it will be popular with our regular crowd as they already play it on a regular basis. Players juggle cards of dual values in a hand-management game game where you need to collect sets of cards to play and get rid of the cards from your hand as quickly as possible.

A small game with a Big Top that should make for a top little prize. Join us this Tuesday and you could win a copy just by trying the game out on the night.

Last Week’s Feature Game was: Ofrenda

We have an awesome lineup of games for 2025 but this week’s feature game is extra special. Not only does it look like a great game but it won’t be available to buy in the UK until two days after our event – so you could be one of the first people to own a copy of Ofrenda, just by coming along and trying out the game this Tuesday.

Ofrenda is a card drafting and pattern building game for 1–4 players that is themed around the Mexican Dead of the Dead. Prepare your Ofrenda (the altar to honour those who have passed away) arranging the offerings to do the best you can to fulfil their wishes. An interesting and challenging puzzle with a vibrant artsytle that should make for a great prize!

The Previous Week’s Feature Game was: Tinderblox: Storm Edition

Tis the season for camping – but it does get cold at night – so best to build a fire to keep yourself toasty. The only obstacle is that given the tendency of English weather to turn suddenly, the chances of a storm on the horizon is high! Tinderblox is series is stacking dexterity games that task you with building a fire out of blocks while being armed with tweezers. The Storm Edition adds an extra challenge with providing rain cards and storm cubes which add an extra level of difficulty.

Dodge the rainclouds in your life, join us this Tuesday and you could win a copy of Tinderblox: Storm Edition just by trying out the game at the event.

(N.B: No training video here this week as there isn’t one on BGG, but Tinderblox games are generally quick to play and easy to learn, so this shouldn’t be an issue.)

Regular Features:

Note that every Tuesday we will now be featuring casual play for Star Wars Unlimited. Training also available for any Padawans looking to learn the game.

(If you want to play other CCG games such as MTG, you are also welcome to do so. More organised play is available on other evenings, but welcome to play at TtT.)

• Introducing our brand new regular SWU feature Galaxy of GOSH: SWU Charity Challenge – fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital. (More Details will be coming soon and a link will be provided here – TLDR pay £5, successfully complete the SWU challenge, win awesome Gamegenic and Star Wars boardgame prizes. 100% of the money raised will be going to GOSH.)

Also, note that every 1st Tuesday of the month is our Social Night Special: featuring:
• Blood on the Clocktower (And other Social Deduction Games including Secret H*tler, Two Rooms & a Boom and more): Free to play and beginners welcome.
• Star Wars Unlimited Sealed Draft Event: £15 Entry (but you get more than £15 worth of cards.) Places are (somewhat) limited so please let us know in advance if you would like to join. Beginners welcome but please try and be prompt for a 7.30 pm start.

What: A celebration of the best board, card and tabletop games with themed nights and prizes – all washed down with awesome gaming cocktails! We usually feature a new game every week. Each week you can play this new game for free and usually have the chance to win a copy just by playing the game throughout the evening.

When: From 8pm until 12pm! But feel free to turn up early and play more games! (Feel welcome to turn up earlier, there are usually people playing from 7pm.)

Where: 129 Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0PH

Please note that the bar has moved location (from Dalston) and is now nearer Stoke Newington station.

Cost: Free entry and games are free to play, just make sure you buy your drinks!

Feature Game: Most weeks we feature a different game. There is usually the opportunity to win a copy of this game just by playing it on the night. Everyone that plays the feature game is entered into a free prize draw near the end of the evening.

Join us every Tuesday and (most weeks) you could win a copy of the feature game just by trying it on the night!

New for 2025: Traitors Aboard!, Station to Station, Flip 7, Happy Home, FateFlip: Washed Ashore, Wyrmspan, Dobble Super Mario + Demo of Halo Flashpoint, Kluster Duo, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game: Clone Wars Edition, Piles, Stardew Valley: The Board Game, Tic Tac Trek, Dungeons, Dice & Danger Level 8: Super Mario, The Castles of Burgundy, Neon Reign, Horrified: World of Monsters

New for 2024: Herd Mentality, Flesh & Blood, Block Party, Klask, Klask 4, Honeycombs, Jaws, Mycelia , Ancient Knowledge, The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game, Downforce , Minecraft: Builders & Biomes, Kluster, KUGO, ArcheOlogic, The Princess Bride: The Adventure Book Game, Cards Vs Gravity, Jurassic Park: Danger!, Magnate: The First City, Ransom Notes, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Planted, Dobble: Star Wars: Mandalorian, Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes It All, Puns of Anarchy, Anarchy Pancakes, Marvel Villainous: Infinite Power, Hook & Ring Battle, Alien: Fate of the Nostromo, Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps, The Chameleon, Woof Days & Sounds Fishy: Travel Edition

New for 2023: Living Forest, Next Station London, Keyforge: Worlds Collide, Meeple Land, Love Letter, Unmatched: Hell’s Kitchen, OK Play, Museum Suspects, Chicken Vs Hotdog, Oceans, Coatl, Forbidden Island, Kingdomino Origins, Sushi Go Party!, Betta, Match 5, A game about Cute Comical Creatures and trying to identify them after someone makes noises, A game about auctioning cubes after winning an auction to become the auctioneer, Happy City, Connecting London, Herd Mentality: Moosic & Moovies, Cóatl The Card Game, True Crime Stories, Obey the Clay, Allegra, Magic The Gathering: Starter Kit, P for Pizza, Phantom Ink, Kittin, Catstronauts, Tinderblox, Hitster, Flesh & Blood, You Can’t Say Umm, 20 Second Showdown

To Play: We have an extensive, ever growing library of over 100 titles! (N.B: A large portion of the games previously listed are now available to play at the Peckham location.)

You may have seen Tabletop Tuesday and Loading Bar featured on Episode 6 of 2014’s BBC’s The Apprentice. You can read more about that here!

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