Please join us for the Afternoon Play Christmas party! It’ll be exactly like all of our other board game afternoons, except it’ll be in December. We’ll be back at our new venue, the recently-reopened Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. Sunday 7th December, from 2pm until the evening. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

We have a new venue for November! We’ll be at the recently-reopened Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin for another relaxed afternoon of board games. It’s our 15th birthday, and it would be great to see you. Sunday 9th November, from 2pm until the evening. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

We’ll be back for another relaxed afternoon of board games on Sunday 5th October. See you at The Rolling Mill in the Jewellery Quarter, from 2pm until the evening. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

A Downpour game by Peter Oliver

Board games! Sunday 6th July! See you at The Rolling Mill in the Jewellery Quarter, from 2pm until the evening. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

Join us back at our new venue, The Rolling Mill in the Jewellery Quarter, for another afternoon of board games. We’ll be there on Sunday 11th May from 2pm onwards. The calendar fans amongst you will notice that that’s a week later than usual, to avoid the bank holiday weekend. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

Join us on Sunday 6th April for and afternoon of board games. We’ll be back at our new venue, The Rolling Mill in the Jewellery Quarter, from 2pm onwards. Afternoon Play is a friendly monthly board game meet up. Drop by and join in, and feel free to bring bring board games, card games, dice games, or anything else you think you could play in a pub. Newcomers are welcome, and rules will always be explained. Bring friends, or make new ones. There’s no entry fee, but remember to bring money for drinks and food. Let us know that you’re coming, if you can, on Facebook or on Meetup.com.

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