<p>While catering to board game enthusiasts, Arjun Sukumaran and Chitra Appasami have opened ‘The Board Game Lounge’ in Adyar, Chennai. The Board Game Lounge is a cafe with over 250 board games.</p>.<p>"The Board Game Lounge is Chennai's first board gaming cafe dedicated to modern tabletop games, beyond the classics we all grew up with," the cafe’s Twitter handle says. </p>.<p>The idea for a board game lounge started back in 2015 when Arjun Sukumaran along with some of his buddies started a board gaming community. </p>.<p>Along with classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, the cafe also has board games like A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, Scythe, Splendor, 7 Wonders among others. </p>.<p>“People have great interest towards board games, but they were used to gaming with their own family or among their own group. So, to take that hobby a step forward, we formed Chennai Board Gamers in 2015 and brought people from various spheres and provided them a platform.” Arjun told the Indian Express. </p>.<p>“Since it (board games) has become accessible, a lot of communities have grown. With board games becoming more and more popular, we thought we will start a gaming lounge. And given the response Chennai has shown us in just a couple of events, we thought this would be the right time to try something out like this,” Arjun added. </p>.<p>Currently, they boast a total of over a thousand members as part of their gaming community.</p>.<p>The Cafe is open from Tuesday to Friday (2pm-10pm). The cost per person is INR 200 per person and on weekends (12pm-9pm), it’s INR 300. With this initial fee, people are given the luxury to play multiple games and do not have to pay for individual games. </p>
<p>While catering to board game enthusiasts, Arjun Sukumaran and Chitra Appasami have opened ‘The Board Game Lounge’ in Adyar, Chennai. The Board Game Lounge is a cafe with over 250 board games.</p>.<p>"The Board Game Lounge is Chennai's first board gaming cafe dedicated to modern tabletop games, beyond the classics we all grew up with," the cafe’s Twitter handle says. </p>.<p>The idea for a board game lounge started back in 2015 when Arjun Sukumaran along with some of his buddies started a board gaming community. </p>.<p>Along with classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, the cafe also has board games like A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, Scythe, Splendor, 7 Wonders among others. </p>.<p>“People have great interest towards board games, but they were used to gaming with their own family or among their own group. So, to take that hobby a step forward, we formed Chennai Board Gamers in 2015 and brought people from various spheres and provided them a platform.” Arjun told the Indian Express. </p>.<p>“Since it (board games) has become accessible, a lot of communities have grown. With board games becoming more and more popular, we thought we will start a gaming lounge. And given the response Chennai has shown us in just a couple of events, we thought this would be the right time to try something out like this,” Arjun added. </p>.<p>Currently, they boast a total of over a thousand members as part of their gaming community.</p>.<p>The Cafe is open from Tuesday to Friday (2pm-10pm). The cost per person is INR 200 per person and on weekends (12pm-9pm), it’s INR 300. With this initial fee, people are given the luxury to play multiple games and do not have to pay for individual games. </p>