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wallet games Christmas gifts
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The Best Two-Player Games for Couples This Christmas
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beginner miniature games Christmas
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The State of Board Gaming in 2025
Explore board game industry trends in 2025: hybrid play, sustainability, kidult growth, crowdfunding, and immersive design shaping tabletop gaming.
board game cafés 2025
Explore how board game cafés in 2025 build community, reduce isolation, and boost cognitive skills. Coffee, connection, and play redefine social gaming.
The Minifactoreum’s FDM workshop was designed for real users, not engineers with years of experience. It’s built for hobbyists, model makers, cosplayers, teachers, prototypers – anyone who wants to understand their printer rather than fight with it.
A focused FDM 3D printing workshop that teaches real-world troubleshooting, maintenance, and hardware understanding. No slicing tutorials – just practical skills, hands-on problem solving, and the confidence to run your printer like a pro.
Halloween lands differently at Games Haven. On Friday October 31 from 7 PM, Nottingham’s tabletop hub turns spooky with cosplay contests, pumpkin carving, and over sixty themed boardgames. Entry £7.50 or free for members. Inclusive, accessible, and open late in the heart of the Creative Quarter.
This to That is the quietly brilliant website every tabletop maker should know. It tells you which glue to use for any material combination—plastic to wood, foam to resin, metal to paper. A simple, ad-free relic of the early internet that continues to hold the creative world together, one bond at a time.
When Imagination Fights Back
You can’t sue an idea. You can only chase the people who believe in it. This is not the story of piracy — it’s the story of participation. In garages and spare rooms, printers hum like small rebellions as fans reshape the worlds they love. The community isn’t a market anymore. It’s a forge.

Hobby News

From Warhammer battles and D&D adventures to board game socials and CCG face-offs, Games Haven UK is your all-in-one destination for hobby gaming. Located in the Creative Quarter, we’re more than a store — we’re a full-fledged gaming hub built by fans, for fans. Catch weekly events, discover rare finds, and meet your next favourite opponent or party member.

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