Serious question, is a board game cafe supposed to be quiet or loud?

I was at The Game Shoppe in Hoboken last weekend and half the tables were whispering over heavy strategy games while the other half were shouting over Codenames, so which vibe is actually the right one for a community space?

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umac715d ago

Depends on the time of day really. My local spot gets super quiet around noon when the solo gamers and D&D groups are plotting their moves, then by 7pm it's basically a party with people yelling over Bang or exploding kittens. The trick is to scope out the vibe before you commit to a table - if you walk in and everyone's hunched over Gloomhaven or a heavy euro like Terraforming Mars, keep your voice down. If you see someone flipping the table over a round of Cash n Guns, you're probably good to get loud. Staff usually don't care as long as people aren't being jerks about it.

tyler_fox415d ago

Ha, gotta call you out on one thing there @umac71 - Cash n Guns is more of a chaotic party game than a table flipper, it's the yelling over Bang that usually gets people heated. Otherwise you nailed it, reading the room is half the battle at any board game spot.