BlastoDice — Restaurant in Toulouse

It's impossible to be bored here.

Pros and cons from an anglophone perspective: Pros: -So many games to choose from that it makes me sad to realise one lifetime is not enough to play them all. -Food and drink is priced as if there doesn't happen to be a plethora of games to play with your friends. That is: their prices compete, and well, against other nearby bars that don't feature a huge stack of games to play. And waaay cheaper than the Capitole area. -Staff are consistently friendly and seem to love what they do. They're more than happy to speak English of they can, or find a translator somewhere. -Not cramped. You'll have enough space to yourself no matter where you sit, and there's enough space to move around. -Atmosphere is great, everyone's having fun. -There's a Lego Millennium Falcon inside one of the tables. -The burgers are great (only thing I've eaten there...) -The decor is properly nerdy and properly high-quality, even beautiful in places, with custom art all over the walls. -The front door makes you feel like you're in Game of Thrones. -Seriously, a ton of games to choose from, for all ages and tastes. -LEGO MILLENNIUM FALCON w00t!

Cons: -The vast majority of games are in French. This hasn't bothered me so far, but just be aware. It might be tricky to attempt a completely new game here when it's busy and the staff don't have a half-hour to help you. -No Gloomhaven 🤨

10/10 will...

Despite being left on my own, in a city where I don't speak the language, I was able to find friends in the most unusual places. One of these places was BlastoDice, a former Moroccan restaurant turned into a board game bar. For those looking to play games with friends there are almost 500 games to choose from and for those traveling abroad and speak very little French, the staff are very fluent in English. Furthermore the beers on tap are really good and those in bottles from far off places such as Corsica. The history of the bar is interesting and the artwork original (done by local friends) and most of the customers are regulars who all know one another (giving the bar a homely feel). Thanks are necessary to the owners of BlastoDice, Fabian and Francois for all the times spent talking about politics, religion, culture, for teaching me traditional French games such as 421, Dutch games like Krone un Kragen and the exchange of opinions on French and American people. I have never met such an interesting group of French men, learned so many French sayings and felt so welcome on my French travels. I will be back my...

I've been going there every week for something like half a decade, now. It's great. Amazing work on the decoration, too. Pay 2E, access all the games for the day. Or pay 20E, and access all the games for a full year. Being a teetotaler, I can't speak for the quality of their alcohol, but they do serve non-alcoholic drinks (quite sugary ones, though). The only two downsides I can see are meals being only available after 6:30PM or so and that it's so good it has a tendency to be full during the workweek (so you'd better make a reservation). Parking can be another issue, since the spots near the bar are at the regular city parking price (it means they're free after 7PM, I believe. Definitely free on Sundays. Expensive otherwise), but the place is easily accessed by...