Board game cafés in Columbus

Columbus, OH has 2 board game spots on the map. That's 2 spots mapped around Columbus, a mix of cafés with game libraries and shops. The café side is the social one — that's where game night lives. Go with people who'll actually learn the rules, and let the staff teach — that's what they're there for.

This guide covers every board game café and shop we could verify in and around Columbus (within about 40 km). Listings come from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Warp Gate: Titans of Tabletop and Tabletop Game Cafe. If a spot's missing from Columbus's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Columbus game night lineup

2 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about board game cafés in Columbus

1 of the 2 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — cafés keep evening hours, so the listed times matter for planning game night.

2 have websites listed. Worth a look for the games library list and event calendars.

The two mapped board game cafés sit on 4499 Kenny Road and 4316 North High Street — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Columbus game night crawl

Making a day of it in Columbus? Work this order: The Warp Gate: Titans of Tabletop on 4499 Kenny Road and Tabletop Game Cafe on 4316 North High Street. That's the game night crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Game night tips for Columbus

Planning game night in Columbus? Start here:

• Learn one game well at The Warp Gate: Titans of Tabletop. Regulars have their game. Pick one from the library, learn it properly, and become the table's teacher.
• Ask about memberships at Tabletop Game Cafe. Regulars should ask. Monthly memberships often beat per-visit cover charges fast.
• Go on weeknights. Quieter, more table choice, and the staff have time to teach properly. Weeknights are the insider move.
• Book ahead on weekends. Friday and Saturday nights fill up. A quick call or message saves a wasted trip across town.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Columbus — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new board game café in Columbus can take a while to appear. For board game cafés we also seed from Foursquare's venue directory, since cafés are poorly tagged on the map. Spotted a closure among the 2, or a board game café we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list cover charges or menus — those change. What we list is the where: real venues from community mapping and Foursquare, with no favourites.

If you run one of the 2 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.