Game Point @ Bongo East

The first coffeehouse in East Nashville is now also home of the city’s first Board Game café.

Bongo East has partnered with Game Point Café, which means there is a curated game library of more than 400 classic, family, cooperative and strategic games for customers to play.  While playing, you are encouraged to have a drink from our extensive coffee menu, enjoy a local craft beer or fill up with a sandwich, salad or snack from our food menu. Throughout the day, we have Game Coaches on hand to help you learn your new favorite game.  There is also a retail section for you to take the fun home with you.   We have a robust selection of game titles priced competitively with online stores so that you can feel good spending your money locally while still getting a great game at a good price.  We can special order titles as well.

Tomato FEST Weekend!

For all of those that have been in Nashville for a minute, you know what Tomato Fest Weekend means. Good times, hot weather, and a crowd in East Nashville! Consequently, we have to alter operations just a touch this weekend. Friday, August 7th will be business as usual. The festival starts in the evening but it’s not too crazy, so minor parking challenges but plenty of room to come get your game on Friday night or find a quiet respite from the multiple stages performing that night!

SATURDAY is when it really gets crazy! We will be here slinging your favorite drinks, including new favorites like our Nitro Cold Brew and will have an abbreviated menu of East Sides and other staples. We will not have the games available to play during the day. Once it calms down in the evening, we will reopen the library for anyone wanting to do something fun as the festival winds down. Sunday we will pick up the pieces and be back to our normal operations – come join us at Social Sunday!

Next Event

The Game Board presents Blood on the Clocktower Night

August 18 | 6:30 pm

Like social deduction games like Werewolf, Avalon or Secret Hitler?  This Tuesday, do we have the event for you!  Blood on the Clocktower night will give you the chance to try this mega social deduction game for yourself.  Here’s a little about the game:

Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townfolk.

During a ‘day’ phase players socialize openly and whisper privately to trade knowledge or spread lies, culminating in a player’s execution if a majority suspects them of being Evil. Of a ‘night’ time, players close their eyes and are woken one at a time by the Storyteller to gather information, spread mischief, or kill.

The Storyteller uses the game’s intricate playing pieces to guide each game, leaving others free to play without a table or board. Players stay in the thick of the action to the very end even if their characters are killed, haunting Ravenswood Bluff as ghosts trying to win from beyond the grave.

Description from Boardgamegeek.com

Sounds intense, right?  Come on out to Game Point at 6:30 pm to learn and play – the friendly folks from The Game Board YouTube channel will be on hand to help facilitate and get people into the game.  We’ll keep running them sequentially as long as there is interest.  There’s no fee for this event, but plan on spending at least $10 on drinks or snacks throughout the evening.  Will you save the town?!!?

The Game Board is a Nashville-based team creating cinematic tabletop content that highlights new and underrepresented games. They give back to the community through library donations, prize giveaways, and by providing exclusive experiences at special events. This Blood on The Clocktower event will feature special ranks and rewards from The Game Board.

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