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21/08/2026

ANOTHER BIG WEEK AT DARK FIRE CAFÉ!

It’s been another fantastic week at Dark Fire Café, St Albans, with plenty of games hitting the tables! 🎲🃏

This Week we hosted our first Gundam Newtype Challenge, our new Weekly Star Wars Legion Club, and that’s just the highlights! We’ve also had our regular weekly gaming sessions running throughout the week:

⚔️ 40K Night
⚡ Pokémon Leagues
🌌 Riftbound Nexus Nights
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Card Game Weeklies
🤖 Gundam Card Game Weeklies
🃏 Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Tournaments
🔥 Friday Night Magic
✨ Magic Standard Showdowns
🌠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play
🐉 Junior D&D Campaigns
🎲 D&D Adventurers League
🦸 Marvel Crisis Protocol Nights

Whether you're a competitive player, casual gamer, or completely new to the hobby, there’s always something happening at Dark Fire Café!

Come along, grab a game, meet some new people and join our growing gaming community!

20/08/2026

We have some new games on to try in our board game library!

Games to Get, a local company have dropped off six of their Sussed games for your enjoyment!

These games make great ice breakers and party games with each set being tailored to its own audience and theme.

What’s more the creators are looking for keen players to join them on their podcast to record some games! If you’re interested the info is within the images attached!

14/08/2026

🔥 ANOTHER BIG WEEK AT DARK FIRE CAFÉ! 🔥

It’s been another fantastic week at Dark Fire Café, St Albans, with plenty of games hitting the tables! 🎲🃏

🌟 This Week’s Featured Events:
🍃 MTG: The Hobbit Prerelease
⚡ Pokémon Mid Year Celebration

And that’s just the highlights! We’ve also had our regular weekly gaming sessions running throughout the week:

⚔️ 40K Night
⚡ Pokémon Leagues
🌌 Riftbound Nexus Nights
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Card Game Weeklies
🤖 Gundam Card Game Weeklies
🃏 Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Tournaments
🔥 Friday Night Magic
✨ Magic Standard Showdowns
🌠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play
🐉 Junior D&D Campaigns
🎲 D&D Adventurers League
🦸 Marvel Crisis Protocol Nights

Whether you're a competitive player, casual gamer, or completely new to the hobby, there’s always something happening at Dark Fire Café!*🙌

📍 Dark Fire Café – St Albans

Come along, grab a game, meet some new people and join our growing gaming community! 🎮🎲

07/08/2026

🎉 Another Fantastic Week at Dark Fire Cafe, St Albans! 🎉

What a week it's been! A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the café such an amazing place to play, learn, and meet fellow gamers.

🔥 This week's featured events:
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Pirate Party – Limited
⚓ One Piece Beginners Deck Party 2026 (ST-31 to ST-36)
⚔️ 40K Slam

Our weekly communities were also in full swing with:

⚔️ Warhammer 40,000 Night
⚡ Pokémon Leagues
🌌 Riftbound Nexus Nights
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Card Game Weeklies
🤖 Gundam Card Game Weeklies
🃏 Yu-Gi-Oh! OTS Tournaments
✨ Friday Night Magic
🧙 Magic: The Gathering Standard Showdowns
⭐ Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play
🐉 Junior D&D Campaigns
🎲 D&D Adventurers League
🦸 Marvel Crisis Protocol Nights

Whether you're taking your first steps into a new game or battling it out with seasoned players, there's always something happening at Dark Fire Cafe.

Come and join one of our growing communities—we'd love to see you at the tables next week! ❤️

31/07/2026

🎲 Another fantastic week at Dark Fire Cafe, St Albans! 🎉

The tables have been packed with amazing games, great competition, and an incredible community once again!

This week's featured events included:
⚔️ Riftbound: Pre-Rift Vendetta
🛡️ Age of Sigmar 2K Conquest
⚡ Pokémon Mid-Year Celebration
🚀 Star Wars: Legion

Our weekly organised play continues to thrive with:
🟡 Lorcana Organised Play
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Organised Play
🤖 Gundam Organised Play
🎴 Yu-Gi-Oh! Organised Play
🌌 Star Wars: Unlimited Weekly Play
⚡ Pokémon Weeklies
🧙 Tuesday Night MTG Standard
👑 Tuesday & Friday Night MTG Commander

Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just getting started, there's always a game waiting for you at Dark Fire Cafe. Come along, meet fellow players, and become part of our growing community!

📍 Dark Fire Cafe, St Albans

24/07/2026

🔥 Another fantastic week at Dark Fire Café, St Albans!🔥

Our community has been busy with an amazing lineup of events this week!

🎉 This week's highlights:
✨ Lorcana: Attack of the Vine Pre-Release
⚡ Pokémon Challenge
🏆 St Albans Slam Sunday
⚔️ The Old World 2K Battle March

The action doesn't stop there! Join us every week for our regular organised play:

🪄 Lorcana Weekly Play
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Organised Play
🤖 Gundam Organised Play
🎲 Tuesday Night Magic: The Gathering
🎲 Friday Night Magic: The Gathering
⚡ Pokémon Weekly League

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, rolled dice, tapped lands, and made this another brilliant week. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or looking to join the community for the first time, we'd love to see you at a future event!

21/07/2026

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!

We've got some great activities going on over the summer hols!

🎲 Our family discount on weekday daytime boardgaming (no booking neccessary)

⚔ Drop in Dungeons & Dragons adventures (booking neccessary)

💥 Warhammer 40k (11th edition) Play sessions (booking neccessary)

Head over to our website for more details and to book (where neccessary)

17/07/2026

🎉 Another action-packed week at Dark Fire Café, St Albans!🎉

A massive thank you to everyone who came along this week! It’s been fantastic to see our community continue to grow, with players enjoying everything from epic battles to exciting TCG events.

🔥 This week's featured events:
⚔️ Warhammer 40,000 Doubles
🃏 Riftbound Skirmish
🌌 Star Wars: Unlimited Prerelease

🎲 Our weekly organised play also continues to thrive with:
🟣 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Play
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Organised Play
🤖 Gundam Weekly Play
✨ Tuesday Night MTG Standard
🃏 Riftbound Locals
👑 Disney Lorcana Locals

Whether you're a seasoned competitor or looking to try something new, there's always a welcoming community and great games waiting for you at Dark Fire Café.

We can't wait to see you all again next week! ❤️

10/07/2026

🎉 Another fantastic week at Dark Fire Café, St Albans! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us over the past week. It's been another packed schedule filled with great games and an amazing community!

🔥 This week's events:
⚫ Pokémon: Pitch Black Prerelease
✨ Lorcana Set Championships
💥 St Albans Slam Saturday

And the action doesn't stop there! Every week we're also hosting:
🎮 Pokémon Weekly League
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Organised Play
🃏 Magic: The Gathering Commander
⚔️ Magic: The Gathering Standard

Whether you're a seasoned competitor or just getting started, there's always a place for you at Dark Fire Café. Come along, meet fellow players, and join one of our growing communities!

03/07/2026

🔥 Another incredible week of gaming at Dark Fire Café!*🔥

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us this week and helped make the café such an amazing place to play, compete, and meet fellow gamers! ❤️

🎉 This week's events:
⚔️ Age of Sigmar Doubles Tournament
🦸 Marvel Crisis Protocol
🃏 Magic: The Gathering – Marvel Super Heroes Release

🎮 Our weekly events:
🤖 Gundam Weekly Play
🏴‍☠️ One Piece Weekly Play – Mondays & Wednesdays
🧙 Magic: The Gathering Commander
✨ Magic: The Gathering Standard tournament
💀 Warhammer 40,000 Club

Whether you're looking to compete, learn a new game, paint miniatures, or simply meet fellow hobbyists, there's always something happening at Dark Fire Café.

💬 What was your favourite moment from this week?*Share your photos in the comments and tag your friends—we'd love to see them!

📍 Dark Fire Café – St Albans

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Address

Unit 8 Gavel Centre, Porters Wood
Saint Albans
AL36PQ

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 10:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 10:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 10:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 10:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 10:30pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+441727323357

Website

http://darkfirecafe.com/

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