We had a great time at the Try Me Buy Me demo event with @AsmodeeUK yesterday! Thanks to everyone who made it in and tried some of the newest additions to our board game library and to Yanna for demoing the games! #ancientrobotgames #boardgamedemo #boardgameshop #edinburgh

We'll be closed tomorrow 24.1. due to the weather warning to ensure the safety of our customers and our staff. Please get in touch with us if you have a booking for tomorrow and we're happy to reschedule it for you.  Thank you all for your understanding. Please stay safe!

Welcome to our Try Me Buy Me demo event this Sunday from 1-6.30pm! We're running a drop-in event with @AsmodeeUK to showcase some fantastic new additions to our board game library, like Perspectives and Inori. Just drop in on the day! #ancientrobotgames #boardgamedemo #edinburgh

Thanks everyone who joined us for Forbidden Psalm yesterday! Hope you enjoyed your adventures as much as we enjoyed seeing your amazing warbands at the end of the world! Keep an eye on our socials for more exciting events! #ancientrobotgames #boardgamecafe #scotland #edinburgh

Join us this Sunday for a day of Forbidden Psalm, Skirmish gaming at the end of the world! Bring any five models or use our spare models to make your warband and battle it out through series of missions on behalf of a devious mage! Get your tickets through the link in our bio!

We're back! 🎉 Between stock take, deep cleaning and reorganising everything for another year of gaming, we've been busy while the shop's been closed. See behind the scenes photos! We're finally back to our regular 10.30-19.00 opening hours. #ancientrobotgames #boardgames

Merry Xmas everyone! Thank you all for making ARG such a lovely community. Hope you all have a wonderful festive period! We couldn't get a nice picture of all of us during our Xmas dinner a couple of days ago but we had a lovely time! Thanks @leithdepot #ancientrobotgames

We've got some fantastic new releases and exciting reprints of old favourites this week! The long awaited reprint of Ra, brand new games the Gang and Yro, and the 1-4 player version of Canopy, Canopy Evergreen have arrived! We're closing earlier today, so pop in early to browse!

Christmas Opening Hours 20th Dec: 10.30am - 5.30pm 21st - 22nd Dec: 10.30am - 11.00pm 23rd - 24th Dec: 10.30am - 9.00pm 25th Dec: 10.00am - 2.00pm 26th - 29th Dec: 10.30am - 7.00pm 30th Dec - 2nd Jan: Regular hours 3rd - 10th Jan: CLOSED Thank you all for such a fantastic year!

Christmas tote bags are here! We are so excited to share our limited print run of Ancient Robot Games Christmas bags for December! Instead of our logo Big Rob, this year we are highlighting more of our robot friends! Thank you @CharleysChalk for the fantastic design! #edinburgh

New board game arrivals! Whether you're teaming up or dueling for victory, we have some exciting new games! Work together in The Emerald Flame, a narrative puzzle game in three parts. Or compete to save cats in the two player game Isle of Cats Duel! #ancientrobotgames

We had a great time at @TAGSfestival yesterday, thanks everyone who came to browse, to have a chat, or to play games! It was lovely getting to celebrate Scotland's small press talent together! #ancientrobotgames #tagsfest #tagsfest2024 #smallpresspublishing #edinburgh

RT @TAGSfestival: TAGS Fest hits Edinburgh TOMORROW! Come on down to @fruitmarket between 10am and 5pm to explore our market, bursting with…

One of the games we've been most looking forward to this year has finally arrived! Ironwood is an amazing 2 player asymmetrical game that is beautifully illustrated and plays in just an hour. We've popped a copy in the library as well, come and give it a try! #ironwood #leith

It's December and time to Boop the Halls! Delightful game of cats knocking the ornaments off the tree! Just like the regular Boop and the Halloween version BOOoop, Boop the Halls is a deceptively cute game of strategy. #ancientrobotgames #boopgame #edinburgh #christmasgames

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Ready for the ultimate countdown to the holidays? The Exit advent calendars are back! Uncover a brand-new riddle behind each door and follow along on the adventure story. Get yours ready for December! #ancientrobotgames #exitgames #exitadventcalendar #puzzleadventcalendar

Have you got your ticket for the Warhammer Underworlds Tournament yet? We're celebrating this edition of Warhammer Underworlds coming to a close with one last tournament this Sunday! Join us for a three round casual tournament. Get your tickets through the link in our bio!

Welcome to Karpakian Mountains! The new indie RPG Beyond Corny Gron from @NerdSirens is set in an Eastern European world based on Polish folklore! And how beautiful are these woodcut style illustrations! Come have a browse, we'll be open until 7pm as usual! #ancientrobotgames

There are so many excellent trading card games, like Lorcana and the One Piece TCG! To celebrate the wonderful variety of TCGs, we have our first ever Alternative TCG Night tonight for any TCGs (except Magic the Gathering, that's on Sundays). Get your tickets through our website!