Sheffield board games: Have a clear out and find great new video or board games at charity game swap

A charity ‘game swap’ where players can clear out their old video and board games while taking home something new and exciting is coming to Sheffield.

The Sheffield Games Collective, a collection of businesses that cater to videogame and board game fans across the city, are running another of their successful game swap events on Sunday, July 30.

In an event spanning both the Patriot Games store on Mary Street and the Treehouse Board Game Cafe on John Street, visitors can help raise money for homeless charity Roundabout Sheffield.

It comes after a previous event in January 2023 raised over £2,500 for the charity.

The game swap works as a games-themed ‘bring and buy’ sale, where participants set the prices. Anyone with board or video games, or gaming memorabilia gathering dust in their houses, can bring them along to the swap to turn their junk into someone else’s treasure.

All proceeds as well as any leftover games will be donated to Roundabout Sheffield, helping them support young people at risk of homelessness.

Full details on how the event will work can be found on the Sheffield Games website.

If you have games to donate you can bring them with you on the day of the event or drop them off at Patriot Games or The Treehouse Board Game Cafe beforehand during their regular opening hours. Those who donate games either on the day or in advance get free entry to the swap.

On the day, the full range of games donated will be available for people to browse at Patriot Games between 11am and 4pm.

Those who haven’t donated games themselves will be asked to pay an entry fee of £3 (this includes re-entry for those who wish to come in and browse more than once - a smart strategy given that more stock will turn up throughout the event).

Games in the swap will be available to take home with you on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis, with a suggested minimum donation of £3 per game.

Card/contactless payments will be accepted as well as cash.

Roundabout will also be running a raffle on the day with some great prizes to be won.

All proceeds from the event plus any games left over at the end of the swap will be donated to Roundabout to support their invaluable work helping vulnerable young people.

Ruth Haigh, co-owner of the Treehouse Board Game Cafe and organiser of the event, said: “I’ve been consistently delighted with how people have responded to these events in the past, which have always seen some incredible games emerge from the back of people’s cupboards and find loving new homes. The quality of the donations made is astonishing, as is the generosity of those buying, which is wonderful for Roundabout and the young people they support.”

The Sheffield Games Collective is a collection of businesses, organisations and individuals all based in Sheffield who share a common purpose: to make Sheffield a destination city for gaming.