Manchester Gaming Clubs locations and Stores

Manchester Gaming groups

Game any night of the week in Manchester area..these are some haunts I've visited or herd of

Monday :

Table Top Manchester
Location: The Warf
group size 50+
upstairs of a nice pub!

Whats Played:
Carcassonne, X-wing, Netrunner, Splendor, battle star Galatica, the Resistance etc etc..
pretty much everything for any taste.. Not miniature games though (warhammer etc.).

Tuesday:

Boardgame Pals
Location: Fab Cafe

Altringham Game club
Location:  St. Georges church hall Altrincham
Plays Wargames, RPGs, and smattering of boardgames  
Infinity Kings of war, D&D, Vanguard, Deadzone Board games 

Wednesday:

D&D fanboy3
Location: Fanboy3
D&D role playing @ fanboy 3 game shop, drop in games called D&D encounters
currently at time of posting several tables i believe they have taken over the shop on this night
friendly good mix of Dms and players

Port street Beer house
Location: Northern Quarter Manchester
Had a board-game and card game night for a time..does it still?

SMGH Salford Manchester  Gamer Haven 
Location: Salford Pendleton Gateway
Strong euro board games and war games  new and warhammery

The Forge
Location: Trafford Park close-ish to trafford center
Forge home of guild ball creators they do other nights of the week too

Maws and Maws boardgamers group Manchester area wargamers?
Location: Mary Magdeline Centre, Catherine Street, Winton
a small group of historical wargamers 40ker and boardgamers 

Thursday:

GNOME Gamers north of Manchester England
Location: Bolton Doffcocker Pub
like the Warf  all sorts played mostly boardgames, less 2 players type games
also now playing infinity and guildball, know a few with warmahords too

Another Bolton group 
This one seems a little gameworkshopy:

Friday:

Wigan Games Group: 
Location Wigan
Visted once or twice good mix

Saturday:

Rochdale Group

Oldham  Diced tea 

Sunday:

Bury this group supports the local fire station, think they have closed ..

There are other groups out there too

I've not been to them but I've head of ones specific to werewolf game nights and many more
no excuses not to game at least once a week!


Not to mentions other games stores out of town

Element games Stockport / Harlequins Preston

and a new game cafe in Bolton slice and dice

How to find games groups just search!

Facebook / Boardgamegeek.com / meetup.com / ask in the game stores ( Fanboy 3 / Travelling man)


Good Luck!

I recently found this very nice google map of game clubs in the UK:

map of game club locations in the uk whole!