Blog & Events — Board & Brewed
Notes from the floor: upcoming events, new arrivals on the shelf, PSA grading updates, recommended games of the month, and the occasional dispatch from a 14-hour session of Twilight Imperium.
The 12 Games of Christmas: the 12 pubs, without the pubs
The 12 pubs of Christmas is a great idea for about four pubs. After that it is a queue in the rain, a round nobody wanted and a taxi home at nine. Here is the v…
Where to play the Gundam Card Game in Dublin
The Gundam Card Game is the newest game on our calendar and the one that surprised us most. It came out in 2025 from Bandai, the people behind the One Piece Car…
Where to play Disney Lorcana in Dublin
Lorcana is the card game people play with their kids and then keep playing after the kids have gone to bed. It is Disney's own trading card game, made by Ravens…
Where to play the One Piece Card Game in Dublin
One Piece is the card game that filled up fastest here. It arrived in 2022, it is built on a show people already love, and the game underneath the artwork is ti…
Where to play Pokémon TCG in Dublin
Pokémon is the card game most people in Dublin already own without knowing where to play it. There is a binder in the house, or a battle deck that came in a Chr…
Selling a Pokémon collection in Ireland: what we pay and how it works
Most Pokémon collections that come across our counter arrive the same way: a binder and a shoebox, a parent or a grownup kid, and the question "is any of this w…
Where to play Star Wars: Unlimited in Dublin
Star Wars: Unlimited has the steadiest Thursday night crowd in the building. It is a twoplayer game from Fantasy Flight, the people behind XWing and Arkham Horr…
Team building and Christmas party ideas in Dublin
Most team building activities in Dublin fall into two camps. The ones that feel like work with a lanyard on, and the ones that are really just the pub with a bu…
ACE grading vs PSA vs CGC: which to use in Ireland
We send cards to PSA and to ACE every month from the shop, so we get asked this a lot. Which grader? The honest answer depends on the card and what you want the…