For board game cafés and tabletop venues

Table bookings and tickets for your games venue, paid upfront

Players book and pay on your own page at diceboss.app/your-venue. The money goes straight to your Stripe account and is paid out automatically. No card machine, no chasing.

  • Free forever plan
  • No card needed
  • You only pay a fee when your players pay
One booking app that has everything we need. Kiri-Lynn, Rocket Propelled Games, on Trustpilot
Illustration: a venue's booking page at diceboss.app/your-venue. A player picks 6 players, Friday 9 October at 19:00, pays £24.00, and Dice Boss confirms Table 4.
Sound familiar?

Running a games venue shouldn’t mean juggling messages, spreadsheets and a card machine.

  • Two groups, one table

    A DM, a phone call and a scribble in the diary all land on the same Saturday slot.

    Every booking is checked against your live tables, so each slot can only be sold once.

  • Booked, unpaid, no-show

    The table sits empty all evening. No message, no money.

    Players pay when they book. Late cancellations aren't refunded, so the money stays with you.

  • Game night by sign-up sheet

    A paper list on the counter, a group chat, and chasing who's actually paid.

    Sell tickets online with a set capacity. Your attendee list fills itself.

How it works

Set up once. Then let the bookings come to you.

  1. Step 1: Set up your venue

    Add your tables, opening hours and prices. Connect Stripe so you can get paid.

  2. Step 2: Share your booking page

    Put diceboss.app/your-venue in your bio, on your website and in your group chats.

  3. Step 3: Get booked and paid

    Bookings and ticket sales land in your dashboard. The money goes to your bank through Stripe.

Nothing to install, for you or your players. It all runs in the browser, and players book with a free Dice Boss account.

Features

Everything between “can we book?” and “see you Friday”

Online table booking

No more double-bookings

Players pick a date, a time and how many are coming. Dice Boss gives them a table that fits and takes payment to confirm.

  • Unpaid holds expire after 5 minutes, so a half-finished booking never blocks a table.
  • Only times that are really free are shown, around your hours and closures.

Still get walk-ins and phone calls? Add those bookings yourself in a few clicks and pick the table.

Illustration: the payment step of a venue's Book a table card, for 6 guests on Friday 9 October, 19:00 to 22:00. The total is £24.00, with card details and a Pay £24.00 button.
Ticketed events

Game nights that fill themselves

Run one-off events or weekly and monthly series. Set a capacity, add ticket types and photos, and players buy on your page.

  • Different ticket types for one event, like Player and Spectator, each with its own price.
  • Table bookings can pause automatically while the event runs.
Illustration: a weekly Thursday event, Warhammer league night, with 12 of 16 tickets sold, Player tickets at £8.00 and Spectator tickets at £3.00, and table bookings paused while it runs.
Payments

Paid upfront, straight to your bank

Players pay by card when they book, through Stripe. The money goes to your own Stripe account and on to your bank. No card machine, no chasing.

  • See every payment, refund and payout in the app.
  • If a refund can’t go through, it’s retried automatically, and you can retry it yourself.
  • Dice Boss never holds your money.

Do I need Stripe? Yes, it's how you get paid. If you don't have an account yet, you set one up from inside Dice Boss as part of getting started.

Illustration: a payments list showing a £24.00 table booking and £16.00 of event tickets marked paid, a £12.00 refund, a past payout of £312.80 and a next payout of £486.40.
Your booking page

One link for everything you offer

Your venue gets its own page at diceboss.app/your-venue, with your header image, your upcoming events and table booking in one place. It works on any phone.

  • Players book with a free Dice Boss account, so every booking comes with a real name and email.
  • Their bookings, tickets and favourite venues stay in one place, with no app to download.
See a real venue's booking page
Illustration: a venue's booking page on a phone, with a Book a table button and a list of upcoming events with prices and tickets left.

Try it with your own tables

Free forever plan. No card needed. You only pay a fee when your players pay.

Get started for free
And the rest

Built for how games venues actually run

Pricing and tables

  • Price it your way. Charge per booking interval, with an optional minimum fee.
  • Per-person pricing: one rate per person per hour, like £2.50, whichever tables a group sits at.
  • Concessions for per-person pricing, like “Children 14 and under play free” or a student rate.
  • Peak pricing for your busiest times, like Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm, charged only for the minutes booked in peak time (Starter and Pro).
  • Staggered pricing that gets cheaper by the hour the longer people play.
  • Table linking so big groups can book several tables at once.

Hours and closures

  • Opening hours that set exactly when players can book.
  • Closures, one-off or recurring, for the whole venue or a single table.

Staff tools

  • Walk-in and phone bookings added by your staff.
  • Booking management: move a booking to another table, change the party size or cancel, with a full status history.
  • Attendee lists, and a cancellation policy per event. Players cancel from their account and are refunded automatically.

Regulars and growth

  • Memberships: sell your own monthly or yearly plans with free or discounted bookings and events (Starter and Pro).
  • More than one venue on the Pro plan.
  • Player accounts that keep their bookings, tickets, favourite venues and memberships together.
  • Works on phones, with dark mode too.

What venues say

“I couldn't imagine not having this system in place!”

“We have gone from using several other systems that weren't ideal to moving over to Dice Boss — one booking app that has everything we need.”

Kiri-LynnRocket Propelled Games, Newbury See their booking page Read the review on Trustpilot (opens in a new tab)
Who's behind Dice Boss

Built by tabletop game nerds in Gloucestershire

We're a small, independent team who play too, so we build Dice Boss for how games venues actually run. We're always open to new ideas, and when you need help, you'll get a fast reply from the people who make it.

Say hello at [email protected] Read why we built Dice Boss
Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need more.

Upgrade when you want free events, event photos, peak pricing or more than one venue. Until then, the Free plan has everything you need to take paid bookings.

Billing period for paid plans

Free

Start here
£0forever
No card needed
per paid booking or ticket
  • 1 venue
  • Paid table bookings and event tickets
  • Your own booking page
  • Every table and event needs a price
  • Not included: Event photos
  • Not included: Peak pricing
Get started for free

Starter

£14.99/ month
£149.99/ year
Or £149.99 a year, saving £29.89 £12.50 a month. Save £29.89 on paying monthly
per paid booking or ticket
  • 1 venue
  • Free (£0) bookings and events
  • Up to 3 photos per event
  • Sell your own memberships
  • Peak pricing at your busiest times
Start free, upgrade any time

Upgrade from the Billing page in the app

Pro

£44.99/ month
£449.99/ year
Or £449.99 a year, saving £89.89 £37.50 a month. Save £89.89 on paying monthly
per paid booking or ticket
  • Unlimited venues
  • Free (£0) bookings and events
  • Up to 10 photos per event
  • Sell your own memberships
  • Peak pricing at your busiest times
Start free, upgrade any time

Upgrade from the Billing page in the app

Prices shown in pounds (£), or the equivalent in €, $, C$ and A$, depending on your business’s country. You’ll see your exact price on the Billing page before you upgrade.

How fees work

You pay the Dice Boss platform fee plus Stripe's card fees (opens in a new tab), and only when a player pays. If nobody pays, you pay nothing.

For example, on a £24.00 booking the platform fee is £1.80 on Free, £1.20 on Starter or £0.60 on Pro, before Stripe's fee.

FAQ

Questions, answered

More in the full FAQ.

What does Dice Boss cost?

The Free plan costs nothing each month. When a player pays for a booking or ticket, we take a 7.5% platform fee on Free, 5% on Starter (£14.99 a month) or 2.5% on Pro (£44.99 a month), plus Stripe's card fees (opens in a new tab).

If nobody pays, you pay nothing. The platform fee isn't returned if you later refund a player.

Do I need a Stripe account?

Yes. It's how you get paid: payments go into your own Stripe account and on to your bank, so Dice Boss never holds your money. If you don't have an account, you set one up from inside Dice Boss while getting started. Stripe has to check who you are before it can pay you, which is a legal requirement.

Can I still take walk-ins and phone bookings?

Yes. You or your staff can add a booking from the dashboard, pick the table yourself, and enter the player's name, email and phone number. They get a confirmation email. For events, you can add attendees at the door too.

What stops double-bookings and no-shows?

Every booking is checked against your tables, opening hours and closures, so each slot can only be sold once. Players pay when they book, and an unpaid hold expires after 5 minutes, so it can't block a table.

You set your own cancellation policy: players can cancel for a full refund up to 2, 6, 12 or 24 hours, or 7 days, before the start, or you can choose no refunds. After your cutoff, the money stays with you.

Can I run recurring events?

Yes. Make an event weekly or monthly, on a set weekday or a pattern like “second Tuesday”. Each date has its own capacity, and players book the date they want. You can add ticket types with their own prices, and pause table bookings while the event runs.

Can I charge per person, or more at busy times?

Yes. Instead of pricing each table, you can charge one rate per person per hour, like £2.50, whatever tables a group is given, with an optional concession rate for groups like children or students. On Starter and Pro you can also set peak times, like Friday 5pm to Sunday 5pm, with a higher rate per person or a percentage added to your table prices. Players see your peak times before they book and only pay peak prices for the part of their booking in peak time.

Do you work outside the UK?

Yes. Dice Boss works in pounds, euros, US dollars, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars, and your venue runs in its own time zone.

Can I pay and get paid in euros or dollars?

Yes. Your currency comes from your business’s country: pounds (£), euros (€), US dollars ($), Canadian dollars (C$) or Australian dollars (A$). Players pay for bookings and tickets in that currency, and Starter and Pro are billed in it too, at the equivalent of the £ prices shown here.

You’ll see your exact plan price on the Billing page before you upgrade.

Can I change or cancel my plan?

Yes. Switch between Starter and Pro, or between monthly and yearly, from the Billing page at any time. Upgrades apply straight away and you pay the difference for the rest of the period. Downgrades become a credit on your next bill.

If a paid plan ends, you go back to the Free plan's rules. Your venue, tables and bookings keep working.

Do my players need an account?

Players can browse your page and check times without one. To book a table or buy tickets, they sign in with a free Dice Boss account, which keeps their bookings, tickets and favourite venues in one place. There's no app to download.

Fill your tables without filling your inbox.

Set up your venue, share your link, and let players book and pay on their own.

Get started for free
  • Free forever plan
  • No card needed
  • You only pay a fee when your players pay