Back Again Board Game Cafe

Back Again Board Game Cafe We're a family-friendly tea & coffee shop in Middletown CT, offering snacks, sandwiches, and over 1,000 games to play for all levels with a game pass.

New games to the library for June- Legend of the Five Rings RPG (samurai)- Robinson Crusoe: Voyage of the Beagle (advent...
06/02/2026

New games to the library for June

- Legend of the Five Rings RPG (samurai)
- Robinson Crusoe: Voyage of the Beagle (adventures with Darwin)
- Sea Salt & Paper: Extra Salt (more cards)
- Endeavor Deep Sea (ocean conservation)
- Feed the Kraken (sea cults & sailors)
- Pirates of the High Teas (a pirate's life for tea)
- Sanibel (beach combing)
- River of Gold (have boat, will trade)
- Lost Cities Rivals (wager on expeditions)
- Skyrise (cityscape in the sky...)
- Mille Fiori (gorgeous glass craft)
- Comic Hunters (collecting comics)
- Ichor (Greek god abstract strategy)
- Botswana (collect animals, change values)
- QE (bid high, but not the most)

6/1-6/7 EventsTuesday5 - Try a Game6:30 - Root RPGWednesday4:30 - Mouse Guard RPG6 - Board Game ClubThursday6 - Enclave ...
05/31/2026

6/1-6/7 Events

Tuesday
5 - Try a Game
6:30 - Root RPG

Wednesday
4:30 - Mouse Guard RPG
6 - Board Game Club

Thursday
6 - Enclave RPG
6 - Mothership RPG
7 - Trivia

Friday
6 - Learn & Play River of Gold*
6 - Choose Your RPG Adventure

Saturday
12 - Pride Marcher gathering
(parade at 1pm)

Sunday
1:30 - Detective City of Angels
2 - Sunday Games
4 - Blood on the Clocktower

(* = please sign up)
featured game: River of Gold

05/27/2026

This is Cafe News 42, bringing you highlights from our RPG world. We take you now to our contacts with the Arkham Times, Revan Planet, and Mouse Guard Gazette for the latest(ish).

We love all the stories that grow in our community, but few things are as joyous as a new beginning in the making. Congr...
05/25/2026

We love all the stories that grow in our community, but few things are as joyous as a new beginning in the making. Congratulations to Colin & Murrae! May your journey be full of the best of both of you and all the good in this world.

5/25-5/31 EventsTuesday5 - Try a Game6 - Enclave RPG6:30 - Root RPGWednesday4:30 - Mouse Guard6 - Board Game Club6:30 - ...
05/25/2026

5/25-5/31 Events

Tuesday
5 - Try a Game
6 - Enclave RPG
6:30 - Root RPG

Wednesday
4:30 - Mouse Guard
6 - Board Game Club
6:30 - Game Design

Thursday
7 - Trivia
7:30 - Learn & Play Dragon & Flagon

Friday
6 - Learn & Play Dune Imperium expanded*
6 - Beginner D&D
6 - Pirate Borg RPG

Saturday
6 - Drop-in D&D
6 - Social Deduction Games

Sunday
12 - Hunt demo
4 - Blood on the Clocktower

(* = please sign up)
featured game: Dragon & Flagon

A month as told by board games and RPG's:1. Kobolds Ate My Baby (appearing at biweekly Fridays Choose Your RPG Adventure...
05/20/2026

A month as told by board games and RPG's:
1. Kobolds Ate My Baby (appearing at biweekly Fridays Choose Your RPG Adventure at 6pm)
2. Wavelength at CCSU's PrideFest
3. Tea & D (pinkies out for Tea & Dragons)
4. When Drop-in D&D goes Snowpiercer (biweekly Saturdays at 6pm)
5. Star Trek Mystery (the space orb shell game)
6. Maglev Metro (part of Friday game teaches at 6pm)
7. Feast for Odin with the Nutmeg Gamers Group (open to all 4th Saturdays at noon)
8. Feed the Kraken at Social Deduction Night (last Saturdays at 6pm)
9. Fury of Dracula (Nutmeg Gamers 4th Saturday)
10. Bomb Busters at Try a Game Tuesdays (5pm)
11. Star Trek Missions at Underplayed Game Teach (biweekly Thursdays at 7:30pm... Q!)
12. We're Doomed!
13. Frantic trivia scribblings (Trivia Thursdays at 7pm)
14. Luthier (part of Friday heavy game teaches at 6pm)
15. Outdated Trivia (where nothing was known after 1995)
16. Pan Am (an Underplayed Game teach biweekly Thursdays at 7:30pm and nothing was going on in 1943 Europe...)
17. Drop-in D&D and a partridge in a pear tree (biweekly Saturdays at 6pm)
18. Arcs (an all-day campaign of major fleet changes)
19. Blood on the Clocktower victory! (Sundays at 4pm)
20. Magic the Gathering (monthly Tuesdays at 6pm)

So many games! Hope to see you at the next ones (and if you need help with that, please ask us or check out the calendar at BackAgainCafe.com). Cheers!

5/18-5/24 EventsTuesday5 - Try a Game6 - Casual MtG6:30 - Root RPGWednesday4:30 - Mouse Guard6 - Board Game ClubThursday...
05/17/2026

5/18-5/24 Events

Tuesday
5 - Try a Game
6 - Casual MtG
6:30 - Root RPG

Wednesday
4:30 - Mouse Guard
6 - Board Game Club

Thursday
6 - Enclave RPG
6 - Mothership RPG
7 - Trivia

Friday
6 - Learn & Play Anachrony*
6 - Choose Your RPG Adventure

Saturday
10am-Noon - Geek Tag Sale
12 - Nutmeg Gamers unite

Sunday
12 - Arkham Horror card game demo
2 - Sunday 2pm Games*
4 - Blood on the Clocktower

(* = please sign up)
featured game: Anachrony

05/13/2026

The weather is something else out there this Spring. Come on in to sit with some honey tea and board games indoors at our cafe and escape The Pollening for a while.

This cafe also endorses taking time for whimsy.

5/11-5/17 EventsTuesday5 - Try a Game6:30 - Root RPG7 - Outdated TriviaWednesday4:30 - Mouse Guard6 - Board Game ClubThu...
05/10/2026

5/11-5/17 Events

Tuesday
5 - Try a Game
6:30 - Root RPG
7 - Outdated Trivia

Wednesday
4:30 - Mouse Guard
6 - Board Game Club

Thursday
6 - Enclave RPG
7 - Trivia
7:30 - Learn & Play Pan Am (planes!)

Friday
6 - Learn & Play Ancient Knowledge*
6 - Classic Cards: Spades

Saturday
2 - Star Trek Mystery*^
3 - Tea-based D&D*
6 - Drop-in D&D

Sunday
2 - Sunday 2pm Games*
4 - Blood on the Clocktower

(* = please sign up, ^ = has min to run)
featured game: Pan Am

Play 3 of these 5 games in May for an immediate reward: Anachrony (time travel loans), Ancient Knowledge (planned data l...
05/09/2026

Play 3 of these 5 games in May for an immediate reward: Anachrony (time travel loans), Ancient Knowledge (planned data loss), Baren Park (zoo tetris), Gizmos (marble engines), or It's a Wonderful World (engine dystopia).

But wait, there's more...

In May you can complete challenges for Jan, Feb, Mar, or Apr. Comment if you'd like the list for any particular month. The more months you complete, the greater your end of year reward possibility.

Address

484 Main Street #11
Middletown, CT
06457

Opening Hours

Tuesday 1pm - 10pm
Wednesday 1pm - 10pm
Thursday 1pm - 10pm
Friday 1pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 8pm

Telephone

+18608546524

Website

https://discord.gg/yQ9mEMeJNQ, https://m.facebook.com/backagaincafe/events/

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