About us

Welcome to Boards and Swords Hobbies, a hobby gaming centre in Derby.

We were founded by Ian Mann and Rob Davy-Cripwell, two friends who grew up in Derby and have a passion for tabletop gaming.

We opened our doors in January 2018 and have since grown a large and friendly gaming community around the store. If you're interested in finding people to play with at the store join over 1000 other local gamers in our Facebook community group -> https://bit.ly/3tC6nMv

With 17 6x4 wargaming tables and 11 card gaming tables we have lots of space for everyone to enjoy a variety games every night of the week. We frequently host large gaming events at the weekend so check out the events tab on our Facebook page for something you might be interested in taking part in -> https://bit.ly/3gmgGk9

To play on one of the tables at the store we charge £3 per person and this allows you to play for as long as you like that day. If you would like to play a collectable card game you can just buy a pack of the game you're playing as your table fee.

Alongside the gaming space we have a store area for you to pick up hobby products like paint, glue, basing materials etc and a wide range of models, card games and board games.

We pride ourselves on being knowledgable about the hobby gaming world and using our experience we are able to help out with recommendations for what games to play and the best products to buy to get started.

You can find us on Stores Road in Derby. Look for Yesss Electrical and head to their car park, we're right next door!