{"id":63680,"date":"2022-11-15T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=63680"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:26:06","slug":"board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Board game cafes more popular in cost-of-living crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Player says she avoids buying &#8216;prohibitively expensive&#8217; new board games in the cost-of-living crisis as her ability to fund social activities gets squeezed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63681\" style=\"width:770px;height:433px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63681\" style=\"width:770px;height:433px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Board game cafes offer customers the chance to try new games without having to buy their own. Credit: Robyn Quick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Board game cafes in Cardiff are providing a space for people to save money on rising game prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost-of-living crisis has meant an increase in the price of many essential goods, such as electricity and food. About 45% of Welsh households never have enough money for anything other than the basics, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bevanfoundation.org\/resources\/a-snapshot-of-poverty-in-summer-2022\/\">the Bevan Foundation<\/a>, an organisation tackling poverty in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These financial struggles mean the entertainment industry has had to take a back seat in the budget for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte Smith, 54, has been playing board games for around 30 years, and has felt the impact of prices rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I first started playing, I didn\u2019t notice the price of games as much as I do now,\u201d said the retired museum professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew games are prohibitively expensive. I tend not to buy them much anymore only because of the price.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-1-resized-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte Smith and her family increasingly rely on their collection instead of buying new expensive board games. Credit: Robyn Quick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith and her family have found alternatives to buying new games, such as buying second-hand on sites like eBay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor some games, they offer PDF versions for a low price that you can print and stick onto cardboard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that she does not buy games unless she has played with friends to ensure she likes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will be going to more board game cafes in the new few years. It means we don\u2019t spend so much money, and the social aspect of gaming is there even more.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>When I first started playing, I didn\u2019t notice the price of games as much as I do now<\/p><cite>Charlotte Smith<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/01\/the-world-of-board-games-has-been-my-first-work-environment-to-feel-like-home\/\">Rhys Chamberlain<\/a>, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chanceandcounters.com\/cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chance and Counters Cardiff<\/a>, said the combination of the pandemic limiting  social interaction and rocketing prices has contributed to the popularity of board game cafes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are more sensible with their money and when looking for entertainment or hospitality, they are looking for experiences better than going to the pub,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce people realised that board games had moved on from Monopoly, they got hooked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Player says she avoids buying &#8216;prohibitively expensive&#8217; new board games in the cost-of-living crisis as her ability to fund social activities gets squeezed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":63887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7937,7935],"tags":[251,227,7824,7825],"coauthors":[7738],"class_list":["post-63680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-edit","category-work-life","tag-board-games","tag-cafes","tag-cost-of-living-2","tag-expensive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-15T15:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-17T10:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robyn Quick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@RobynQuick19\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robyn Quick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/\",\"name\":\"Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-15T15:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-17T10:26:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c1d575304fec6196c483f0f290cb1fee\"},\"description\":\"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"A cup of coffee in a red mug sits beside five dice in a cosy board game cafe.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Board game cafes more popular in cost-of-living crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\",\"name\":\"alt.cardiff\",\"description\":\"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c1d575304fec6196c483f0f290cb1fee\",\"name\":\"Robyn Quick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/01b0f6b7b35ad940346687be80dcba3f\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d72e8d4c9037c55c6205776379b0e3077f8f54e280b04862e00a419befec278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d72e8d4c9037c55c6205776379b0e3077f8f54e280b04862e00a419befec278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robyn Quick\"},\"description\":\"Robyn is a trainee journalist with a slightly unhealthy obsession with films, especially ones made by Greta Gerwig.\",\"sameAs\":[\"robynjournalism\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobynQuick19\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/quickra\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff","description":"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff","og_description":"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/","og_site_name":"alt.cardiff","article_published_time":"2022-11-15T15:45:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-17T10:26:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Robyn Quick","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@RobynQuick19","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robyn Quick","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/","name":"Board game prices rocket in cost-of-living crisis - Alt.Cardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-15T15:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-17T10:26:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c1d575304fec6196c483f0f290cb1fee"},"description":"Board game cafes are becoming increasingly popular in the cost-of-living crisis as they provide a needed alternative to high game prices.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/board-game-photo-2-resized-1-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440,"caption":"A cup of coffee in a red mug sits beside five dice in a cosy board game cafe."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/11\/15\/board-game-cafes-become-increasingly-popular-in-cost-of-living-crisis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Board game cafes more popular in cost-of-living crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/","name":"alt.cardiff","description":"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c1d575304fec6196c483f0f290cb1fee","name":"Robyn Quick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/01b0f6b7b35ad940346687be80dcba3f","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d72e8d4c9037c55c6205776379b0e3077f8f54e280b04862e00a419befec278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d72e8d4c9037c55c6205776379b0e3077f8f54e280b04862e00a419befec278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robyn Quick"},"description":"Robyn is a trainee journalist with a slightly unhealthy obsession with films, especially ones made by Greta Gerwig.","sameAs":["robynjournalism","https:\/\/x.com\/RobynQuick19"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/quickra\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63680"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65747,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63680\/revisions\/65747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63680"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=63680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}