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.
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…
Best family board games to give this Christmas (2026)
We watch a few hundred games get played every week, so we have a fair idea of which ones come back to the table and which ones go back in the box. This is the l…
Blood on the Clocktower in Dublin: how to join a game
Blood on the Clocktower in Dublin happens at tables like ours, run by a storyteller, with a crowd that is half regulars and half people who heard about it from …
Late-night cafés in Dublin that aren't the pub
Ask online where to get a coffee in Dublin after eight and the answers come back the same. Nearly nowhere. Most cafés in the city lock up by six, the ones out o…
Where to play Magic: The Gathering in Dublin
Magic: The Gathering in Dublin has more going on than it looks from the outside. There are weekly nights on both sides of the city, a draft here in Dún Laoghair…
Pokémon card value: how to check what your cards are worth
"How much is this worth?" is the question we hear most at the counter, usually with a phone held out showing an eBay listing for €400. The card is almost never …
Riftbound in Dublin: how to start playing
Riftbound is the League of Legends trading card game, and it has been on our Wednesday nights since May. If you know League, you will recognise the champions. I…
Where to sell Pokémon cards in Ireland, compared
Most people who come to us with cards have the same question. Should I sell them myself online, or just sell the lot to a shop? The honest answer is that it dep…
Things to do in Dún Laoghaire on a rainy day
Dún Laoghaire is built for a dry day. The piers, the Forty Foot, ice cream on the seafront. Then it rains, which it does, and everyone ends up in the same two c…