Updates, announcements, and stories from Tabletop Library
Tonight, TTL member Vox N is hosting a spooky social deduction game, Blood on the Clocktower . Come to play cards with us on Thursday , and warm up for October's Game of the Month , The Crew: Journey to the Center of the Earth . If you're new to board games, join us on Saturday for In the Footsteps of Darwin , a game...
There's a moment in Hearts, usually around the sixth trick, when you figure out what the quiet person across the table is doing. They took the queen of spades on purpose. They've taken every heart so far!
Today we’re launching a new feature called “The Lobby” that makes it even easier to organize games at Tabletop Library. When you visit the homepage, you’ll see a new switch: I'm available today . Flip it on, tell us when you're free, and we'll match you up with other members whose evenings line up, around a game that...
After months of sawdust, shelving, and more box-labeling than we'd like to admit, Tabletop Library is officially open. Join us for a two-day grand opening celebration on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4, at 3048 Claremont Ave in Berkeley, open 9am to 11pm both days. Take a complimentary tour, explore our...
After months of sawdust, shelving, and more box-sorting (and labeling) than we'd like to admit, the doors of Tabletop Library are officially open. On Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 , we're throwing a two-day celebration at 3048 Claremont Ave in Berkeley, and you're invited. We'll be open 9am to 11pm both...
As far we know, Tabletop Library is the world's first and only purely membership-based board game club. We’re glad to have it for ourselves, and would love to see the concept spread beyond Berkeley. So one of our goals is to “discover” a viable business model for board game clubs.
Tabletop Library may just be the first board game membership club in the US, and we want you to be among the first to try it! While you might have heard of a chess club, or Elks Club, or even a membership library , this is a new kind of community we're building thanks to folks like you. We're hosting a few events open...
Last week I found myself standing in the soon to be finished front lobby of Tabletop Library trying to explain what a co-op game is to a new player. And they couldn’t help but ask repeatedly “but wait, who are you playing against?” And of course that is the first and most important trick a co-operative game has to do....
We're pleased to announce that Tabletop Library will be for members this Thursday, August 27th . Eventually, anyone will be able to walk in off the street and get a tour or buy a game... but for the first week or so, we're going to keep the front door locked while we get our bearings and fix some final bits.
TLDR: We just launched a board game recommender, you can try it here . You tell it who is playing and what you’re in the mood for, and it runs a variety of very complicated tech to suggest twelve games that will match the unique preferences of everyone. Plus it writes up a short blurb about why those are good picks...
Last Wednesday — one year, four months, and nineteen days after filing (but who’s counting?) — our permit was approved and construction is underway! Thank you to the City of Berkeley for taking on this massively risky bet and approving a business where people will sit in chairs and play with cardboard. There’s one...
We have 1000+ games now in our collection ready for day 1. That's the good news and the bad news. Choice is an opportunity and a problem.
I hope 2026 has been off to a great start for you. Unfortunately, we’ve run into more unexpected permitting roadblocks. Our staff and construction team are standing by, ready to begin work as soon as we get the go ahead from the City of Berkeley, but sadly this means we’re unlikely to open before late spring.
As we enter the holiday season, we wanted to share a quick update on construction progress—and some staff-picked recommendations perfect for group gatherings and gifting for the gamer and non-gamer alike. Thanks again for making Tabletop Library exist. It looks like it’s going to be a really great and one-of-a-kind...
Our construction permit was approved last week! Building is underway, and we're hoping to open in February 2026. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook .
Welcome! We’re still a ways from opening, but I figured some of you might be wondering what's taking so long, so thought we'd check in. We don’t know!
