2.  BYOB Board Game Cafe: Brooklyn Strategist

They’re not so different, but the “vibes” at The Brooklyn Strategist in Carroll Gardens is about as far from Uncommons as an establishment could get. They run an after school program where kids can learn card games, ancient strategy games, chess, checkers, role playing games, and more. Then, at night it turns into game center for adults with trivia games, Dungeons & Dragons tournaments, a fantasy sport club and more. They serve French press coffee, teas, old fashioned sodas and snacks but you can BYOB.

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