Adult Pottery Painting or Board Game Evenings

Bring Your Own Food, Snacks and Drink

🫟Paint & Play Nights🫟

🎲Your Weekend, Your Way🎲

Launching Friday 7th November

Step into our cozy, rustic snug every Friday and Saturday evening and discover the perfect mix of creativity, laughter, and laid-back fun. Whether you’re here to paint, play, or simply unwind with friends, our Paint & Play Nights turn ordinary weekends into something unforgettable.

✨ How it works:✨

Bring your favourite snacks, your own bottle, and your best people. Choose your vibe for the night —

• 🎨 Paint a pot: 7.30-10.30pm  Pick from our beautiful range of ceramics (minimum spend £15), grab your colours, and let your imagination flow.
• 🎲 Play board games: 7.30-11pm Prefer some friendly competition? Join our board game corner for £15 per person and dive into classics, expressive games, and hidden gems.

The music’s mellow, the lights are warm, and the space buzzes with quiet creativity and laughter. Whether you’re sketching a mug masterpiece or shouting out answers during 30 Seconds, you’ll feel right at home.

🍷 BYO snacks and drinks — we’ll handle the atmosphere, materials, and good vibes.

🎟️ Spaces are limited, so booking ahead is recommended.

Come as you are, leave with memories

Book Your Seat!

Painters– £5pp deposit required when booking. Choose your pieces to paint, on the night, and pay the balance at the end of the evening.

Gamers– £5pp deposit required when booking. Balance payable on arrival on the night.
please see our terms and conditions for cancellations and no shows on the night.

Click on the button at the bottom of this page to book your place.

Some Of The Games To Choose From– or bring your own favourite.

🎯Pit

Players: 3–8
Time: ~15 min

Goal: Corner the market in one commodity (e.g., wheat, barley).

How to Play:

• Each player gets 9 cards of mixed commodities.
• Everyone shouts and trades cards simultaneously (“2! 2!” “3! 3!” etc.) trying to collect 9 of the same commodity.
• When someone gets 9 of one kind, they slam the bell (or shout “Corner on Wheat!”).
• That player scores the value of that commodity; rounds continue until a target score is reached.
  🟡 Fast, noisy, great group energy game.

🔠 Bananagrams

Players: 2–8
Time: ~10–15 min

Goal: Build your own crossword grid fastest.

How to Play:

• Each player starts with a set number of letter tiles (e.g., 21).
• Everyone builds words crossword-style, simultaneously.
• When you’ve used all your tiles, shout “PEEL!” — everyone must take one new tile.
• Keep playing until tiles run out; first person to finish their grid wins (if all words are valid).
  🍌 Like Scrabble without the board — fast-paced and addictive.

❓Without A Doubt

(Party quiz game, often about truth, dares, and guessing opinions — depending on edition.)

Players: 3+

Time: ~20–30 min

Goal: Answer quirky questions and predict what others think.

How to Play:

• Players take turns reading out cards with questions like “Who’s most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse?”
• Everyone votes or guesses which player best fits.
• Points (or drinks, if adult version) are awarded for majority or correct guesses.
  🎉 Fun, social icebreaker game — no deep rules needed.

🧪 Pick Your Poison – After Dark Edition

Players: 3–16
Time: ~20–40 min

Goal: Choose the “least awful” of two hypothetical scenarios.

How to Play:

• One player is the “Judge.”
• Everyone draws two cards describing outrageous situations (“Always smell like fish” vs. “Never be able to use a toilet again”).
• The Judge picks one combination to read out.
• The others secretly vote on which option they’d rather do.
• If you match the majority, you earn a point; if you’re in the minority, no point.
  😈 Adult humour, very social and funny — ideal late-night game.

🪵 Spillikins / Pick Up Sticks

Players: 2–6
Time: ~10 min

Goal: Collect the most sticks without moving others.

How to Play:

• Drop all the sticks into a messy pile on the table.
• Players take turns trying to lift one stick without disturbing the rest.
• If any others move, your turn ends.
• Each stick may have different point values (depending on colour).
• When all are gone, add up points — highest wins.
  🌈 Classic, calming dexterity game.

🧠 Trivial Pursuit

Players: 2–6 (or teams)
Time: 45–90 min

Goal: Collect one wedge of each colour by answering trivia from all categories.

How to Play:

• Move around the board by rolling dice.
• When you land on a category space, answer a question.
• Correct answers earn you a “wedge” piece in your playing token.
• Once you have all 6 wedges, head to the centre and answer a final question to win.
  🎓 Classic quiz game — best for longer play sessions or trivia fans.

⏱️ 30 Seconds

Players: 4+ (teams)
Time: ~30 min

Goal: Describe and guess as many words as possible in 30 seconds.

How to Play:

• Each card has 5 names/phrases (people, places, objects).
• One team member describes each word without saying the word itself or using rhymes.
• Teammates try to guess as many as possible in 30 seconds.
• Move your team’s piece on the board according to how many you got right.
• First to reach the finish wins.🧩 IncohearentPlayers: 4+
  Time: 15–30 minsGoal: Guess the hidden phrase from gibberish text.How to Play:
  • One player reads a nonsense phrase (e.g., “eye mull of mush sheen”).
  • The group tries to sound it out loud until they realise it sounds like the real phrase (“I’m full of machine”).
  • Score a point for each correct guess.
    😂 Fast, funny, and great after a drink or two.

  ♟️ Chess

  Players: 2
  Time: 30–60 mins

  Goal: Checkmate your opponent’s king.

  How to Play:

  • Each player moves pieces with specific movement rules (pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, queen, king).
  • Capture opponent’s pieces and aim to trap (checkmate) the king so it cannot move safely.
    🧠 Strategic, quiet game — good for smaller tables.

  ⚫ Draughts (Checkers)

  Players: 2
  Time: 10–20 mins

  Goal: Capture all your opponent’s pieces.

  How to Play:

  • Players move diagonally on dark squares only.
  • Jump over an opponent’s piece to capture it.
  • Reach the far side to “king” a piece, which can then move backwards too.
    🎯 Simple, quick-thinking strategy game.

  ✏️ Telestrations

  Players: 4–8 (or more)
  Time: 20–30 mins

  Goal: Draw and guess words in a funny telephone-style chain.

  How to Play:

  • Everyone gets a secret word to draw.
  • Pass your sketchbook to the next player, who writes what they think it is.
  • Next player draws that word, and so on.
  • Reveal the chain at the end for hilarious results.
    😂 A mix of Pictionary and Chinese Whispers.

  🔥 Telestrations: After Dark

  Players: 4–8+
  Time: 20–30 mins

  Goal: Same as Telestrations — but adult humour version.

  How to Play:

  • Works exactly like Telestrations, but with risqué, cheeky prompts.
  • Ideal for adult-only sessions or late-night laughs.
    😈 Hilarious, edgy twist on a favourite party game.

  🌀 Rapidough

  Players: 4+ (teams)
  Time: 20–30 mins

  Goal: Sculpt and guess words faster than the other team.

  How to Play:

  • Each team has dough and a sculptor.
  • A word is shown to the sculptor, who must shape it — no words or gestures!
  • Teammates guess; first team to guess correctly scores.
  • Losers may lose dough for the next round!
    🎨 Energetic, creative, messy fun.

  🔡 Upwords

  Players: 2–4
  Time: 30–45 mins

  Goal: Make words to score points — stacking letters upwards.

  How to Play:

  • Similar to Scrabble, but you can stack letters on top of others to make new words (e.g., “cat” → “bat”).
  • Each word scores points based on letter values and height.
    🧠 Great for word lovers who like a twist.

  🏪 The Logo Board Game

  Players: 2–6 (or teams)
  Time: 30–60 mins

  Goal: Answer questions about brands, logos, and everyday products.

  How to Play:

  • Move around the board by answering logo/trivia questions from picture cards.
  • Correct answers let you move forward; first to the centre wins.
    🛍️ Nostalgic, accessible quiz game for all ages.

  🔐 Mastermind

  Players: 2
  Time: 10–20 mins

  Goal: Crack your opponent’s secret colour code.

  How to Play:

  • One player sets a secret sequence of coloured pegs.
  • The other guesses combinations each round.
  • The code-maker gives feedback: black peg = correct colour & position; white peg = correct colour, wrong spot.
    🎯 Logical, satisfying, and quick.

  🗣️ Balderdash

  Players: 4+
  Time: 30–45 mins

  Goal: Bluff your way to points by inventing convincing definitions.

  How to Play:

  • A real but unusual word is read aloud.
  • Everyone writes a fake definition.
  • The reader mixes them with the real one and reads all aloud.
  • Players guess which one is true; you score points for guessing correctly or fooling others.
    😂 Great for creative minds and wordplay lovers.

  🤐 Speechless

  Players: 3–8
  Time: ~30 mins

  Goal: Act out clues silently for others to guess.

  How to Play:

  • Like charades, but no talking, no sounds, no gestures toward the card.
  • Each round, one player acts out six clues silently while everyone writes down their guesses.
  • Points for each correct guess.
    🎭 Charades with a fun scoring twist.

  🚫 You Can’t Say Umm

  Players: 3+
  Time: 10–20 mins

  Goal: Talk about topics without using filler words (“umm”, “like”, “uh”).

  How to Play:

  • Draw a topic card (e.g., “holidays”).
  • Speak about it for 60 seconds without saying banned words.
  • If you slip up, your turn ends and others score.
    🗣️ Surprisingly challenging and hilarious under pressure.

  🌍 Hands On: The Jet Set Name Game

  Players: 4+
  Time: ~20 mins

  Goal: Guess travel destinations using mime and gesture.

  How to Play:

  • Players draw cards with famous landmarks, countries, or cities.
  • Act or mime the location while teammates guess.
    ✈️ Fun, travel-themed version of charades.

  💫 Gift of Enlightenment

  Players: 2+
  Time: Flexible

  Goal: Reflect, discuss, and share personal insights.

  How to Play:

  • Draw a card and answer a thoughtful question or prompt (e.g., “What inspires you most?”).
  • Take turns reflecting or discussing.
    ☯️ Gentle, conversation-based game — good for calm evenings.

  ⚡ Rapid Rumble

  Players: 4+
  Time: 15–20 mins

  Goal: Shout out words matching a category before others.

  How to Play:

  • Draw a letter and a category card (e.g., “Animals” + “B”).
  • Everyone races to shout words that fit (“Bear!” “Beetle!”).
  • First few to answer score points.
    💬 Fast-thinking, high-energy game.

  ✏️ Pencil Nose

  Players: 4+ (teams)

  Time: 15–30 mins

  Goal: Draw and guess words using your nose!

  How to Play:

  • Strap a marker to your nose.
  • Draw the clue on a clear board while teammates guess.
  • Timer runs out fast — switch roles each round.
    😂 Ridiculous fun and guaranteed laughter.

  📏 Confident? (Guess a Range Game)

  Players: 2–10+
  Time: 20–30 mins

  Goal: Guess the correct answer range — not an exact number.

  How to Play:

  • A question is read (e.g., “How tall is the Eiffel Tower in metres?”).
  • Everyone writes a range (e.g., 200–400).
  • The narrower your range that still includes the correct answer, the more points you get.
    🎯 Perfect for trivia lovers and mixed-knowledge groups.

  💭 Scruples

  Players: 4+
  Time: 30–45 mins

  Goal: Decide how you’d act in moral dilemmas — and predict others’ choices.

  How to Play:

  • Read a “what would you do?” scenario.
  • Players answer “Yes,” “No,” or “Depends.”
  • Others guess what your answer will be to score.
    🗣️ Great for debates and learning about others.

  ♣️ Cards (Standard Deck)

  Players: 1–6+
  Time: Flexible

  Goal: Varies by game — e.g., Rummy, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, etc.

  How to Play:

  • Use a 52-card deck to play many classics.
  • Simple party options include Snap, Go Fish, or higher-stakes Poker.
    🃏 Endlessly versatile — keep a deck handy at every table.

  🃏 Canasta

  Players: 4 (usually in pairs)Time: 45–90 mins

  Goal: Make “melds” — sets of 7 cards of the same rank — to score points.

  How to Play:

  • Draw and discard cards each turn, trying to make melds.
  • A “Canasta” is a meld of seven cards (natural or mixed with wild cards).
  • Teams score for completed Canastas; game ends when one team hits target score (often 5,000 points).

  💷 Monopoly

  Players: 2–6                                     Time: 60–120 mins

  Goal: Buy, trade, and build your way to financial victory.

  How to Play:

  • Move around the board buying properties, collecting rent, and building houses and hotels.
  • Earn money from others who land on your properties.
  • Avoid bankruptcy — last player with money wins!
    🏠 Classic family favourite — strategy, luck, and a little bit of rivalry.

  💃 For The Girls

  Players: 3+.                                     Time: 20–40 mins

  Goal: Complete fun, sassy challenges and earn the most cards.

  How to Play:

  • Spin the spinner or draw a card to reveal a prompt (truths, dares, “never have I ever” moments, etc.).
  • Complete challenges or answer honestly to collect cards.
  • The player with the most cards at the end wins.
    👛 Lively and hilarious — perfect for girls’ nights and hen dos.

  🍸 Never Have I Ever

  Players: 3+                                      Time: 15–30 mins

  Goal: Share experiences (or secrets!) and learn more about your friends.

  How to Play:

  • Players take turns saying “Never have I ever…” followed by something they haven’t done.
  • Anyone who has done it takes a sip (or a point).
  • Continue until you’ve laughed too hard to keep score.
    😏 A cheeky icebreaker — best with friends and a drink in hand.

  🥃 Live The Hooch Life

  Players: 3–10                                 Time: 20–40 mins

  Goal: Complete fun drinking challenges and survive the Hooch mayhem.

  How to Play:

  • Players draw cards featuring dares, challenges, or mini-games.
  • Complete your card’s task — or take a drink!
  • Keep playing until everyone’s a Hooch legend (or can’t stop laughing).
    🍋 Bright, bold, and boozy — a crowd favourite for adults.

  ✍️ 30 Second Scribbles

  Players: 4+                                      Time: 15–25 mins

  Goal: Draw and guess as many doodles as you can in 30 seconds.

  How to Play:

  • One player draws as many prompts as possible in 30 seconds.
  • Teammates shout out guesses.
  • Points for each correct answer before the timer runs out.
    🕒 Fast, funny, and creative — perfect for light-hearted groups.