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Broadgate Edition • City of London

Oak Tables, 680+ Boxed Games, and Unhurried Evenings at 201 Bishopsgate.

Tucked inside The Broadgate Tower in the heart of London EC2M 3AB, The Bishopsgate Table pairs a curated physical board game library with small-batch espresso, sourdough toasties, and table hosts who teach the rules so nobody has to read a twenty-page rulebook cold.

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Solid oak gaming table set up inside The Bishopsgate Table at 201 Bishopsgate London
Our main walnut and oak parlour floor at The Broadgate Tower, 201 Bishopsgate, London.
Three Pillars of the Parlour

How an Evening Unfolds at The Bishopsgate Table

Floor-to-ceiling wooden shelves of tabletop games in London
680+ Physical Editions

1. Pick a Box or Ask a Rules Host

From fifteen-minute two-player abstract classics after work to sprawling cooperative adventures on Saturday afternoons, every shelf at 201 Bishopsgate is catalogued by player count, table footprint, and teaching time.

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2. Settle In With Clean-Finger Fare

Our kitchen prepares crisp sourdough melts, rosemary hummus platters, spiced chai, and London-roasted espresso served in heavy stoneware on side credenzas to keep cardboard tiles spotless.

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Pricing Upon Request

3. Stay for Open Mixers or Team Nights

Join our Tuesday strategy tables, Wednesday jigsaw socials, or book a private Broadgate room for office socials and birthday gatherings with tailored table quotes upon request.

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Curator's Six

Featured Boxes Ready on the Broadgate Trolley This Week

Reserve any of these physical editions alongside your table enquiry and our hosts will have the board set up before your group steps out of Liverpool Street or Moorgate station.

Mines Tactical Grid Edition wooden tabletop game box
2–4 Players • 25 Mins

Mines — Tactical Grid Edition

A physical wooden coordinate-deduction board with brass marker pegs and modular sector tiles. Crisp, tense, and ideal over a quick espresso.

Tic Tac Toe Wooden Strategy Set box
2 Players • 15 Mins

Tic Tac Toe — Wooden Strategy Set

Hand-turned walnut rings and nested gobbler pieces elevate the familiar three-in-a-row duel into a layered spatial memory contest.

Terraforming Mars board game box
1–5 Players • 120 Mins

Terraforming Mars

Draft project cards, place ocean and greenery hexes, and build corporate engines across the Red Planet using our recessed dual-layer player trays.

Cascadia habitat tile game box
1–4 Players • 40 Mins

Cascadia

Draft river, forest, and mountain hexes paired with wooden wildlife tokens in a calm, rewarding spatial puzzle taught in under four minutes.

Root asymmetric woodland game box
2–4 Players • 90 Mins

Root

Screen-printed woodland factions each follow completely distinct rulebooks in an asymmetric contest of alliances and forest clearings.

Codenames word association team game box
4–8+ Players • 20 Mins

Codenames

Two rival spymasters give single-word clues linking multiple word cards on the table — a perennial favourite for Broadgate after-work groups.

“A proper calm refuge above the rush of Bishopsgate — wide oak tables that actually fit heavy Eurogames, hosts who explain rules clearly in five minutes, and espresso that stays hot through the third round.”
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Find Our Reading Room

The Broadgate Tower, 201 Bishopsgate

We are located at The Broadgate Tower, 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AB, moments from Liverpool Street pedestrian concourse. Step-free lift access, coat hooks, and side drink tables come standard with every booking.

Tariffs & Group Quotes: Pricing upon request — tailored to session length, group size, and catering.