The Rook Room also plans to have food from Cory Wendel of Lachele's fame, cocktails, tournaments and more when it opens.

With a permanent location, the Rook Room will have hundreds of board games and puzzles ready for anyone to grab and play while ... tools to match people who want to play the same games, events for ...

South Street board game cafe Queen & Rook is getting into the football spirit this weekend with a Blitz Champz competition on ...

Tony Tandeski and Annelise Tarnowski plan to open The Rook Room Game Lounge & Café in March in Des Moines with more than 700 board games, as well as card games, tabletop role-playing games ...

The Rook Room is known for events including the yearly Treasure Quest City-Wide Scavenger Hunt, the Puzzlepalooza Jigsaw Puzzle Competition and the monthly Prism Tabletop Club. The business' new brick ...

Rook Room co-owners Annelise Tarnowski and Tony Tandeski. Photos: Courtesy of Rook Room ...

“Outfoxed has more replay value than I have ever experienced in a child’s board game,” says John. For months after first getting the game, his then-5-and-a-half-year-old requested a round ...

St. Kilda closed the downtown restaurant in December 2024. Rook Room co-owners Annelise Tarnowski and Tony Tandeski are renovating the space to fit their concept, which will offer hundreds of board ...