R-CADE Boardgames Swap Shop
The R-CADE Boardgames Swap Shop is back for a fourth year! During the school holiday game sessions the swap table in the cafe will be set up with free books and boardgames for families to take home.
About R-CADE Boardgames Swap Shop
It's time for a spring clean, a chance to get rid of those old boardgames you are bored of and enjoy some new ones absolutely free!
During the April school holidays, we will set up a small table in our cafe piled up high with board games, card games and books that we had laying around and didn't have much use for anymore. Everything on our table is completely free for families to choose and take home to enjoy. This was also an opportunity for you to donate any unwanted boardgames and books for other families to take home.
We never like the idea of perfectly useful goods going to landfill and we wanted to offer some fun, and completely free options for families over the school holidays.
If you are donating items, here is a list of things that we can accept:
• Boardgames, tabletop games, puzzle and card games. Please make sure these are complete (nothing worse than opening a game to find you can't actually play it!)
• Travel games and activity books that have not been filled in.
• Kid friendly books, annuals, comics and graphic novels.
• We will NOT be accepting toys, plushies or collectables for this campaign (we just don't have the space!)
IMPORTANT: Please make sure that games donated are suitable for kids and families (teen games accepted too). We cannot accept adult rated games (Cards Against Humanity etc) during this campaign.
This campaign has been created to help give games, books and activities to families who are struggling to find affordable things to do with their kids over the school holidays. We will have a two item policy for each family / group looking to take home items from our swap table. If we do have lots leftover we are more than happy for groups to take more, but we will start with two items to give everyone a chance to take home goodies.
Our free boardgames table will be set up in the cafe between the 3rd and 19th of April, but you can donate anytime between now and April during our standard opening times.
You do not have to donate to take something away, and you do not have to book an arcade pass either. You can always buy a tasty snack or drink from our cafe during your visit to help support our small business if you like, this is also not required ( but very much appreciated!)
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