Outside The Box Board Game Cafe

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Outside The Box Board Game Cafe Outside The Box is a social board games café in Bramhall where you can come and play board games in our small and friendly neighbourhood space.
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Bring your family & friends, or come as a solo player, and enjoy our tasty food & drinks during gameplay.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!We are seeking volunteers to help at our Chatty Cafe. We host weekly Chatter and Natter tables on Wedn...
18/10/2026

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We are seeking volunteers to help at our Chatty Cafe. We host weekly Chatter and Natter tables on Wednesdays between 12pm - 3pm.

Chatty Cafe is a Nationwide Scheme whose purpose is to encourage human interaction and conversation, improving the lives of people affected by loneliness.

Our Chatter and Natter tables are open-to-all where anyone, of any age, can sit, chat and feel part of their community.

If you would like to support us as a volunteer table host and help others to feel part of a community then please get in touch.

Contact Helen and Rachel via email at [email protected] or pop in to the cafe to meet us 😀

Are you a huge fan of the 80's like us? Join us for a trip down memory lane at our 80's Trivia Quiz this Saturday. You c...
15/10/2026

Are you a huge fan of the 80's like us? Join us for a trip down memory lane at our 80's Trivia Quiz this Saturday. You can come along as a team or if your'e coming on your own, we will put you in a team with other players.

Helen and Aunty Boo are dazzling us with their fancy dress in this photo. Can you guess which films they are from? Post your answers in the comments 👩‍✈️👩‍🎤

80's Trivia Quiz Outside The Box Board Games Cafe on Saturday 17th October. Grab your tickets!! 🎫

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK – BACK TO THE 80s! 🎶This week's photos are of Helen and me at Rewind Festival a few years ago, emb...
14/10/2026

🎲 WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK – BACK TO THE 80s! 🎶

This week's photos are of Helen and me at Rewind Festival a few years ago, embracing the 80s in all their glory. Can anyone tell us the name of the very fashionable items that I'm wearing on my arms (answer in the comments please!)

We'd love to see more of you this Saturday at our 80s Trivia Quiz! It's a good old-fashioned pub quiz, but you don't need to come with a team! If you're coming on your own, we'll put you in a team with other players. Now get booking on our website!

Elsewhere this week…

☕ Wednesday 14th, 12–3pm – Chatty Café
No booking required.

🩸 Wednesday 14th, 6.30pm – Blood on the Clocktower Legacy
Fully booked.

🎲 Thursday 15th, 3pm – Light & Lovely Games Club
No booking required.

🗺️ Thursday 15th, 6.30pm – We Read The Rules So You Don't Have To: Lost Ruins of Arnak
Fully booked.

🔠 Friday 16th, 3pm – Scrabble Club
No booking required.

♟️ Friday 16th – Under-18s Chess Club
Please book on our website.

🀄 Friday 16th, 7pm – Mahjong for Beginners
Just one space left!

🎶 Saturday 17th, 7pm – 80s Trivia Quiz
Spaces available – please book on our website. Solo quizzers very welcome!

And remember, you don't have to wait for an event. You can always book a table, choose a game from our library and come and play!

🎶 THE DAILY 80s TRIVIA CHALLENGE! 🎶We're counting down to our 80s Trivia Night this Saturday, so we thought we'd test yo...
13/10/2026

🎶 THE DAILY 80s TRIVIA CHALLENGE! 🎶

We're counting down to our 80s Trivia Night this Saturday, so we thought we'd test your knowledge with a question every day until then!

📸 Today's question:

Here's Rachel at her 40th birthday party a few years ago, doing her best impression of an 80s music icon!

Can you name the artist AND the album cover she's attempting to recreate?

Pop your answers in the comments 😁

If this is your kind of trivia, come and join us for our 80s Trivia Night on Saturday 17th October at 7pm.

We'll be testing your knowledge of 80s music, films, TV and technology, with a few classic 80s tunes thrown in.

🎟️ Spaces are limited, so book your place on our website now!

👻 Spooky Escape Room Games – £5 per week to hire!Looking for something different to do at home this Halloween?We've got ...
11/10/2026

👻 Spooky Escape Room Games – £5 per week to hire!

Looking for something different to do at home this Halloween?

We've got two spooky Unlock! escape room games available to hire:

🏚️ The House on the Hill – Explore an abandoned mansion, solve the puzzles and try to break an ancient curse.

🎬 The Seventh Screening – A creepy old cinema, a B-movie horror film and a mystery to unravel.

Both are cooperative games where you work together to solve puzzles and crack codes against the clock.

Just £5 per game for a week's hire - Pop into Outside The Box in Bramhall to pick one up! (check our website for opening times)

It will soon be Halloween and we have lots of Spooktacular events to look forward to at Outside The Box Board Games Cafe...
09/10/2026

It will soon be Halloween and we have lots of Spooktacular events to look forward to at Outside The Box Board Games Cafe. If you are looking for some family friendly fun, how about joining in our Halloween Batty Bingo! 1 hour of spooky bingo, mini-challenges and lots of prizes! And all profits go to the 'Chatty Café Scheme'.

Half term events Outside The Box Board Games Cafe

👻 HALLOWEEN BATTY BINGO - Friday 30th October, 2.15pm - 3.15pm

Grab your tickets! We can't wait to see you there! 🎃👻🧛‍♂️

📼 WE LOVE THE 80s!!! 📺We love all those new AI-generated pictures of people in the 1980s… but here’s one of Helen and me...
04/10/2026

📼 WE LOVE THE 80s!!! 📺

We love all those new AI-generated pictures of people in the 1980s… but here’s one of Helen and me pre-AI!

This was us at a Stranger Things Secret Cinema event many years ago - we spent ages doing our eye shadow!

We’re going back to the 80s for our next Trivia Night!
We’ll be testing your knowledge of the movies, TV shows, music, news and tech that made the decade – pub quiz style, with plenty of 80s tunes playing along the way. 🎶

And as always, you absolutely don’t need to come with a team. Come on your own and we’ll put you with some lovely people.
📼 80s Trivia Night
📅 Saturday 17th October
⏰ 7pm

Spaces are limited, so pleasebook online https://www.outsidetheboxltd.co.uk/event-details/80s-trivia-evening

Just a reminder that we are on holiday this week and the cafe is closed. We have already covered many miles of walking a...
03/10/2026

Just a reminder that we are on holiday this week and the cafe is closed. We have already covered many miles of walking along the glorious coast of Cornwall 😊 and have been lucky with lots of Autumnal sunshine 😎

When we are resting our weary legs we are still working hard on ensuring our October cafe events are full, fun and available on our website for booking! Take a look, we always have something for everyone 👍

Outside The Box will be back open as normal from next week, Wednesday 7th October. We look forward to seeing you then! 😁

🎃🍂 OCTOBER. AUTUMN. HALF TERM. HALLOWEEN. IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT ONCE! 🍂🎃It’s , so here’s a little look at just how much...
02/10/2026

🎃🍂 OCTOBER. AUTUMN. HALF TERM. HALLOWEEN. IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT ONCE! 🍂🎃

It’s , so here’s a little look at just how much we’ve got going on at Outside The Box in Bramhall this October.

We’ve got autumn crafts, half-term activities, Halloween events and a bit of 80s nostalgia thrown in too – with things for kids, families and grown-ups.

📼 Sat 17 Oct, 7pm – 80s Trivia Evening
Movies, TV, music, tech, news and all things 80s.

🎃 Thurs 22 Oct, 7pm – Decoupage Pumpkin Workshop
A relaxed evening getting creative with Helen and making your own decorated pumpkin.

🃏 Sat 24 Oct, 7pm – Canasta
Come and learn this classic card game – no experience needed.

🎨 Thurs 29 Oct, 12pm – Halloween Masks & Skeleton Hands Workshop
A half-term art workshop for kids aged 6+

🧪 Thurs 29 Oct, 3pm – Board Game Academy: The Quacks of Quedlinburg
We couldn't resist picking a game where everyone has their own cauldron for Halloween week!

👻 Fri 30 Oct, 2.15pm – Halloween Batty Bingo
Family bingo with some suitably horrible prizes!

🎲 Sat 31 Oct, 6.30pm – Halloween Games After Dark
We’re spending Halloween night playing a selection of spooky games.

We’re only a tiny café, so spaces at these events really are limited. If there’s something you fancy, please book now rather than waiting until half term.
Full details and booking are on the Events page of our website. https://www.outsidetheboxltd.co.uk/events

🎲 WE FINISHED THE KING’S DILEMMA!Back in April, five of us came together as solo players to start a campaign of The King...
27/09/2026

🎲 WE FINISHED THE KING’S DILEMMA!

Back in April, five of us came together as solo players to start a campaign of The King’s Dilemma. We’ve met roughly twice a month ever since and this week we finally reached the end!

If you’ve never played it, you each represent a powerful family advising the King. You debate, negotiate and vote on what the kingdom should do – while secretly pursuing your own family’s interests. The decisions you make permanently change the story as you play.

Here’s Nicky quite literally stabbing me in the back after betraying me in the grand finale. 🔪😂

If you’re a solo player who’d like to join a gaming group at the café, drop us a message at [email protected] and we’ll add you to our WhatsApp games arranging community. 🎲

Address

34 Woodford Road
Bramhall
SK71PA

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12am - 7pm
Friday 3pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

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