Bastard Café is located in Copenhagen and has been providing food, drinks, ‘hygge’ and board games since we opened our doors in 2014. We are a space that prides itself on being open and inclusive and you will find students, families, geeks and friends meeting up here.

Founded with the mission to get the world playing more board games, we believe that Bastard Café is for everyone and regardless if you know rules to none of our games or all of them, our friendly volunteer game gurus will be happy to help you get started.

We have around 50 games that are are free to play* all day, every day, featuring family classics, the newest releases and a selection that the best modern boardgames have to offer (* = free if the players at the same time buy drinks/food in the café to support us). If that’s still not enough then we have another 7000+ boardgames available for you to try for a small fee or as part of your membership.

In October 2023 we opened a Bastard Café in the culture house Valby Kulturhus in Valby.
And in December 2024 we opened our third café in Nørrebro.
In August 2026, our location in Huset closed for much-needed renovations. We’ll be back in 2028.
See our locations here: https://bastardcafe.dk/locations/

To continue our mission to spread the love of board games as far as we can, you can also find us at various events such as Copenhell, we have helped a number of local non-profit charities like Hellebroforunge, we support Nibcard Games Cafe in Nigeria and are involved with the youth island, https://ungdomsoen.dk/, where we run events every now and then.

About frogs

While we appreciate wildlife and the many fascinating species out there, Bastard Café is unfortunately not a suitable place for frogs. Their presence may disrupt the tranquility we strive to maintain, and their specific habitat requirements do not align with the café’s atmosphere. We kindly ask for your understanding of our policy not to allow frogs on the premises.