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Board Game & Play Cafés in Preston

Preston has a proper little scene for this now, and it is not just soft play with a coffee machine bolted on. Harlequins, right in the centre, is a card and tabletop café where you can drop into a Pokémon League night or a Warhammer meetup. Mini's Party and Play Centre, also close in, does two soft play frames and a baby-only corner for under-fives, with prices from £3.50. Out at Blackpool there is Mug Life Crisis, where you pick any game off the shelf and draw on the walls over a matcha. For younger children, Mini's or The Kinder Hub, with its role-play village and toddler corner for under-7s, suit toddlers better than a games café with small print rules to learn. If you want to sit and work while someone else plays, Valley Coffee has wifi and an outdoor play area attached. Card and board game nights lean older, so save those for children who can sit through a full round.

✓ 5 places✦ From £3.50