The Break
Family Board Game Holidays
Unplug & Reconnect
A weekend break for families centred around the world of board games.
This is your chance to switch off phones and PCs, and escape the hubbub of everyday life. To recharge, reconnect and rediscover the joys of spending quality time together as a family.
On-site activities and amenities include puzzle hunts; board game design workshops; games-based training for parents; and a well-stocked library of board games.
Sample Itinerary
Friday
| 4pm – 6pm | Welcome & free gaming |
| 6pm – 7pm | Food & games |
| 7.30pm – 9pm | Demon in the Pit: Card games for lots of people. |
| 9pm – 12am | Free gaming |
Saturday
| 9am – 10.30am | Board game Olympics: Ski jumping. How far can you go with these push your luck games? Test your nerve. |
| 11am – 12.30pm | Ticket to Ride Tag: Teams of rail operators create networks all over the world. But only one can be be crowned the overall winner. |
| 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Food & games |
| 2pm – 3pm | Board game Olympics: Decathlon. Roll dice in ten different ways. |
| 3.15pm – 4.15pm |
Design your own game: Dive into our components box, make your own cards and customise your dice in this interactive workshop. |
| 4.30pm – 5.30pm | Three games at once: Play multiple games simultaneously on different tables. If you’re not there, you miss your turn. |
| 6pm – 7pm | Food & games |
| 7.30pm – 9.30pm | Colour wars: Three rounds, three colourful games. Buy, sell, trade and haggle your way up the leaderboard. |
| 9pm – 12am | Free gaming |
Sunday
| 9am – 10.30am | Board game Olympics: Gymnastics. Demonstrate your acrobatic skill and flair for performance with these dexterity games. |
| 11am – 12.30pm | Pictionary without paper: Create pictures in flour, pasta and maybe ketchup in a messy twist on the classic game. No pens allowed. |
| 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Food & games |
| 2pm – 3.30pm | Board game Olympics: Boxing. Knock out your opponents as you battle your way to the top of these fighting games. |
| 4pm – 5.30pm | 8-bit live: Play giant Pac Man and other live simulations of retro video games. How quickly can you munch your way around the maze? |
| 6pm – 7pm | Food & games |
| 7.30pm – 9.30pm | Social deduction games: Expose the traitors in your midst. Muzzle the werewolf. Conduct a witch hunt. Diffuse the bomb. |
| 9pm – 12am | Free gaming |
Monday
| 9am – 12.30pm | Playtesting: Try out new games in prototype form. Influence the development of the newest Dark Imp Games. |
| 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Food & games |
| 2pm – 4pm | Farewells & free gaming |
Board Game Retreats are coming in 2020!
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