Since opening we had been going from strength to strength and at the beginning of 2020 we were ready for our expansion. We dubbed it the Year Of d2020! Well as you know that year didn’t exactly go to plan. Nearly 2 years on and we have come back swinging! To say the Pandemic is a tough time for us is an understatement. We didn’t know if our dream was coming to an end and with each lockdown, step and tier we pivoted into something new to keep us going, and with your help we did.
Now we really want to pick up where we left off and had decided to scope out venues in North & West London as well as North Herts and South East Bucks as we wanted to have our next cafes in these areas anyway. After lots of research and a very tight poll, we have decided we can potentially open in both areas. Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting Kickstarter coming soon!
So where will the next venues be? Well we are trying not to limit ourselves too much and are being open to most towns in the areas we’ve mentioned, but we specifically have our eye on:
North Herts and South East Bucks:
Aylesbury
Welwyn Garden City
Stevenage
High Wycombe
North & West London:
Kilburn
Ealing
Uxbridge
Camden
Finchley
It’s important to find a place that is close to train stations with good connections, as well as nearby parking. Most importantly we want it to have the same welcoming and warm feel as our Watford location with other fantasy themed back areas! We hope to find some places soon, but it’s just a matter of seeing what is available. The perfect place might be available tomorrow, or we could be waiting months!
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Map of the approx area of London where we are looking
Map of the approx area of Herts and Bucks where we are looking
Now we moved away! I would say Aylesbury is a good shout. It’s fairly wealthy and now the cafe in MK has shut you have a cornered market. WGC is not somewhere people
Locally go, I would go for Stevenage I think. Wycombe is a good shout to grab the Bucks crowd but not sure what the gaming scene is like. London I think your making a rod for your back but I haven’t been in the N London suburbs for many years but I’m not sure the cafe culture is where it would be cheap enough to make it viable. Just my 2 pence worth but good luck with 2D20 😛
High Wycombe does have TableTop Republic, so there is deffo a scene, but maybe Aylesbury to avoid any local competition?
Stevenage has lost Ark – so as much as I’d like you that close I’d rather they didnt lose business. So I vote for Welwyn as I work there and there is nothing I’m aware of.