Afternoon Play

Afternoon Play, March 2026 Please join us for another relaxed afternoon of board games, on Sunday 1st March, from 2pm until the evening. We’ll be back at Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. 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.

March's Afternoon Play will be wasting no time by taking place on the first day of that month. See you from two o'clock onwards at Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/807526331441152000/afternoon-play-march-2026

Afternoon Play, February 2026 Please join us for another relaxed afternoon of board games, on Sunday 1st February, from 2pm until the evening. We’ll be back at Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. 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 at Waterside Tap, Birmingham, on Sunday 1st February, for more boardgames.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/806175359655641088/afternoon-play-february-2026

Great Western Trail: Argentina

Codenames

Sounds Fishy

Faraway

January 2026

Afternoon Play, January 2026 Please join us for the first Afternoon Play of 2026. We’ll be back at our new venue, the recently-reopened Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham. Sunday 4th January, from 2pm until the evening. It being the new year, we expect to see lots of new faces, so if you have boardgames you could bring and are happy to teach, please do! 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.

This Sunday, a chance to play the new board games you received for Christmas. 2pm onwards at Waterside Tap, Birmingham.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/804378044169142272/afternoon-play-january-2026

Camel Cup the Card Game

Blood on the Clocktower

Clank! Catacombs

Red 7

Here are a few photos from our last board game afternoon of 2025.

Have a good Christmas, and we'll see you in the new year!

There will, of course, be plenty of other styles of game on offer if unwieldy social deduction's not your thing.

Jack's going to be running Blood on the Clocktower for us on Sunday (Thanks, Jack!). He's going to cap the game at 12 players, so we can get a few reasonably-lengthed games in. So, don't worry if you miss the first game; there'll be another later.

Afternoon Play, December 2025 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.

Our next event will be our "Christmas party" (which will be very much like our other events, except it'll be in December).

Sunday 7th, from 2pm until kicking out time, probably.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/800012202274848768/afternoon-play-december-2025

A few photos from our new venue, @watersidetapbrum on Gas Street Basin. See you back here next month!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ6pndhjNlF/

Today! New venue! 15th birthday (there may be cake)!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1203900628454260/

Reminder that we’ve got a new venue this Sunday. If you could help spread the word to your friends, especially those who might not be on social media, that would be a big help.

Also, it’s our 15th birthday, so it would be great to see a few faces that we’ve not seen for a while!

Afternoon Play, November 2025, at Waterside Tap 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've a new venue for Sunday November 9th: Waterside Tap on Gas Street Basin. It'll be our 15th birthday. Do come!

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/798291401565765632/afternoon-play-november-2025-at-waterside-tap

Afternoon Play, October 2025 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.

Join us this Sunday from 14:00 at @therollingmilljq for an afternoon of board games.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/794939679134842880/afternoon-play-october-2025

We'll be back at @therollingmilljq this Sunday from 2pm for another relaxed afternoon of board games. Do pop in if you can.

https://www.facebook.com/events/773578575236474/

"A visit to Afternoon Play" by Peter Oliver A Downpour game by Peter Oliver

Sad news about @tilt_brum closing. I guess now’s the time to post our stupid unfinished choose-your-own-adventure game that was set there.

https://downpour.games/~mavit/a-visit-to-afternoon-play

Photo by Afternoon Play on July 08, 2025. May be an image of 3 people, dartboard, scrabble and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on July 08, 2025. May be an image of 11 people, crowd and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on July 08, 2025. May be an image of 8 people, table, crowd and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on July 08, 2025. May be an image of 9 people and text.

A few photos from Sunday.

Next weekend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1285393606598213/

Afternoon Play, July 2025 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.

Board games! Sunday 6th July! See you at The Rolling Mill in the Jewellery Quarter, from 2pm until the evening.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/785422081143750656/afternoon-play-july-2025

It's @ukgamesexpo weekend, and we're excited to see what new games folks have picked up, so we'll be going ahead with our monthly Sunday games afternoon as usual on 1st June. Join us at @therollingmilljq, from 2pm onwards. We'll be there until the evening, so feel free to drop in later and treat […]

Board games, from 2pm this Sunday 11th May, at The Rolling Mill in Jewellery Quarter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/939171561760284/

Afternoon Play, May 2025 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.

Our next event will be on Sunday 11th May, back at our new venue, @therollingmilljq.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/780893409075494912/afternoon-play-may-2025

Photo by Afternoon Play on April 01, 2025. May be an image of 13 people, table, chess, crowd and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on April 01, 2025. May be an image of 5 people, table, drink, crowd and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on April 01, 2025. May be an image of owl, great grey owl, barred owl, nest and text.

Photo by Afternoon Play on April 01, 2025. May be an image of 3 people, table, drink, crowd and text.

Here are a few photos from our March event, our first at The Rolling Mill.

Afternoon Play, April 2025 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.

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.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/779189430483386368/afternoon-play-april-2025

Join us this Sunday afternoon, 2nd March, for boardgames at our new venue, @therollingmilljq. Do please help spread the word that we've moved!

https://www.facebook.com/events/967657611990538

https://www.facebook.com/events/967657611990538/

Highlights:

• Wheelchair accessible
• Food
• Free on-street parking nearby

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We have a new venue for March! We’ll be at @therollingmilljq in the Jewellery Quarter. Please help spread the word to your boardgaming friends that we’ve moved.

https://afternoonplay.co.uk/post/774842962727354369/afternoon-play-march-2025-at-the-rolling-mill

We’ll have Blood on the Clocktower again, hosted by Baveeta, if you’re into social deduction.

If you have any requests for games for tomorrow, or want to recruit players for something a bit more difficult to get to the table, please mention it over at https://www.facebook.com/events/478986988568099/?post_id=495728706893927

https://www.facebook.com/events/478986988568099/

I’ve tried setting up bridging from this account on Threads to Bluesky. This is a boring test message to see if that works…