A LONG-awaited board game café is finally confirmed to be coming to Worcester. 

The Dice Box will be moving into 9, The Shambles, which was formerly occupied by Fast Cash.

Work is set to start soon on the new location, which is a franchise of the original flagship store in Leamington Spa.

Ben Parker-Jones and Katherine Parker-Jones, co-owners of the Dice Box Worcester said: "We are happy to say that we finally have the keys for our location in The Shambles so we will be beginning work soon.

"We are both very excited to bring The Dice Box to Worcester and we look forward to sharing details of our opening date soon."

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The Leamington Spa café has nearly 700 games and offers a place where groups of friends can play board games with food and drinks.

Worcester News: The Dice Box, Regent Street, Leamington Spa. The Dice Box, Regent Street, Leamington Spa. (Image: Google Street View)

The Dice Box game collection features favourites including Scrabble, Monopoly, Chess, Guess Who, Dominoes, Operation, Pass The Bomb and many more.

A recent licencing application has been submitted to Worcestershire Regulatory Services so the new cafe can serve alcohol from 11am to 10pm on Monday to Saturday and 11am to 8pm on Sundays.

The Leamington Spa location has an array of cocktails, wines, beers, ciders and spirits.

As well as drinks options, The Dice Box in Leamington Spa also provides a wide food menu, with items such as burgers, pizza and gelato.

On The Dice Box website, Stephanie and Trevor Davies, founders of the cafe, said they wanted to "create a space where everyone feels welcome".

They said: "We wanted to create a space where everyone feels welcome. It doesn’t matter whether you have been playing board games for years or whether you have never played anything.

"Modern board games are so much fun and so interactive that in today's technology-driven world, there is nothing better than socialising over a board game."

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The Dice Box also sell many popular board games through their shop area in each gaming café, allowing visitors to take their favourites home with them.

According to the www.franchise-uk.co.uk, there is an hourly cover charge of £2 per person, per hour, which gives customers the flexibility to stay as long as they would like.