Read our Anniversary Magazine!

Full of stories from a decade of Bastard Café!


As part of the celebration of the Café’s first decade, we are bringing you the shocking history you were always too afraid to ask about, plus the stories you didn’t know you needed to hear (and probably don’t).

Download and read low resolution version: BASTARD CAFE 10 YEARS CELEBRATION MAGAZINE (web version – 4MB)

Download and read high resolution version: BASTARD CAFE 10 YEARS CELEBRATION MAGAZINE (print version – 55MB)

Or check out individual articles from the Magazine

About our volunteer gurus at Bastards: Gurus and our philosophy:

Our take on how to teach boardgames: How to teach games

A series of interviews with Boardgame designers: Interviews with boardgame designers

About using boardgames as a way to meet up and socialise and learn Danish: Learning langauge with boardgames

About the creator of our mascot Igor: Our house artist Kim Holm

A guide to starting your own boardgame Café: Spreading the boardgame revolution

Story about how thousands of boardgames got stuck in a broken van in Germany: The Crisis of Essen

Story about Bastard Cafés founder Bo Thomasen: The Story of Bastard Café