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Sometimes it can be difficult to find opponents and that's how a lot of games clubs begin. If, like lots of other people, you're not surrounded by friends who share your passion we hope there will soon be a group here that caters for you.

If you would like to submit a group to be listed here, or you have any other news or information about games clubs please get in touch.

We have also begun to add online playing sites to this page.

 
Games clubs in the UK


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Do you live near St Austell in Cornwall and would like to find some people to play games with? I received this lovely email,

Not too sure if you can help but here goes, My wife and I have just moved to Cornwall, near St Austell in fact and we are trying to hook up with any other Cornish board gamers in the area, could you place an advert to that affect on the web site? We play any Euro style games and hope to increase our range after a visit to Essen next week!

So email them at info@wassailgames.com and have a great time.

General board games clubs

http://www.pevans.co.uk/Swiggers
The Swiggers games club in London Bridge

http://www.gaminguk.info/mk
The Milton Keynes games club

www.halesowenboardgamers.org.uk
Board games in the Midlands

www.psychozine.co.uk
Games convention in Yorkshire

http://www.eaton.family.btinternet.co.uk/game_site.htm
The Totnes games club. And jolly nice people they sound too.

http://www.bg-anon.co.uk/about.htm
Board games anonymous in Northern Ireland.

http://www.brighton-boardgames.org.uk/index.htm
The Brighton board games club.

http://www.morat.btinternet.co.uk
Board games in Cornwall.

http://www.plansofmice.co.uk/ego/clubs.htm
A list of links to all sorts of games clubs in the Exeter area.

http://www.mnemosyne.demon.co.uk/ttngc/index.htm
The Chelmesford games club.

http://www.finchleygamesclub.org
The Finchley games club.

http://www.kurnik.org/
Play board games online with real people, if you can't play in the real world with real people it's the next best thing.

Bridge

There are lots of very active Bridge players in the UK. These sites have lots of links and information about local groups.
http://www.ebu.co.uk
The English Bridge Union

http://www.sbu.dircon.co.uk
The Scottish Bridge Union

http://www.wbu.org.uk
The Welsh Bridge Union


Backgammon
http://www.backgammon-biba.co.uk
The British Isles Backgammon Association with links to local clubs

http://www.gammon-on-net.com
Enjoy 24 hour backgammon tournaments with players around the world in a real-life 3D setting

Carrom
http://www.carromuk.org.uk
The UK carrom website with a list of players rather than clubs

Chess
http://www.bcf.org.uk/index.html
The Chess federation

www.chesscircle.net
An online chess organisation in the US

Draughts
http://home.clara.net/davey
The website of the English Draughts Association with links to local club listings

Go
http://www.britgo.org
The British Go association have a great site and a very good downloadable Go game called igowin. There is also a list of local clubs and societies.

Othello
http://www.britishothello.org.uk
The British Othello Federation with infornation about tournaments.

Petanque
http://www.boule.co.uk
The Welsh Petanque association with links to Petanque societies all over the British Isles.

Scrabble
http://www.absp.org.uk
The association of British scrabble players with a list of local scrabble groups.

Skittles
http://www.londonskittles.co.uk
Play skittles with a cheese at the Hampstead Lawn Billiards and Skittle Club. This page has links to skittles clubs across the country.

And finally...
www.msoworld.com
For one off competitions and lots of information about board games in Britain take a look at the website of the Mind Sports Olympiad

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Last updated: 15th January 2007