Games Cafe
For young people aged 16-30
Classic & Modern Board Games • Strategy & Card Games • Tabletop Roleplaying • Creative Craft Table
1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 7-9pm
The Hornbeam Cafe,
458 Hoe Street, Walthamstow E17 9AH
Free or suggested donation: £5
PLUS: Summer Games Cafe
For age 13+
Friday 1, 8, 15, 22 August, 2–6pm
Summer sessions hosted by young people from our Tuesday nights.
See below for more details
Image courtesy of iella
Welcome!
Join us at the Games Cafe – a relaxed, friendly meet-up where we play everything from Connect 4 to Catan, Magic: The Gathering to Dungeons & Dragons.
There’s also a craft table, so feel free to bring your own creative projects – painting minis, crochet, sewing, whatever you’re into.
Bring your own games, drinks and snacks – we’ll have some light refreshments on hand too.
Started and led by young people from Some Kind of Hack Space, the Games Cafe is neurodivergent-friendly and open to all young people who want to hang out, connect, and play.
Please register with us once before you come along to our events for young people so we have all your details, and then book for each of the individual sessions you would like to attend below.
Read on for more information about the venue.
Book for Each Session Below
When is it?
Currently held twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 7pm-9pm.
See booking above for details.
Where is it?
Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe St, London E17 9AH
Other Stuff
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It's free but if you feel able to make a donation we can buy games and book the venue for future sessions.
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Parents, carers, siblings and friends are welcome to come along, join games, have a cuppa. Whatever suits you.
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Please bring your own games, drinks and snacks. The cafe is not to the public or serving food when we are using it.
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We might keep the front door locked so only our games night group can come in, so please knock or wave to catch our attention when you arrive.
A few details about the venue in case helpful
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It is on a busy main road and you can hear the traffic when inside.
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We will have exclusive use of the ground floor cafe, but occasionally people who work in the building may pop in.
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There is space for up to 20 people.
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There is a single toilet with a hand towel and no electric hand dryer. The extractor fan comes on when you turn the light on and makes a buzzing sound. (The light pull can be found just outside the toilet and has a block of wood painted yellow with a drawing of a lightbulb on it.
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Lighting is low because a few of the lights are broken!
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There may be some food smells as it's a cafe but everything is usually cleared away for our sessions.
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The kitchen appliances make fairly typical humming sounds.
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The cafe is based in a community run space with strong environmental values. They are working towards a connected, inclusive and sustainable community. You can find our more here.
The Venue
