Looking for screen-free fun that’s more than just play? Our after-school and summer programs are made outright for kids and teens and they're packed with strategy, creativity, and good old-fashioned teamwork.
LEARN, PLAY, LEVEL UP
Grades 4-12
D&D Summer Camp!
Weekly Campaigns 2:00-4:30 PM
2.5 Hour Supervised Drop-Off Program
Beat the heat this summer! This weeklong in-person drop-off program gives kids the exciting experience of playing a full campaign of Dungeons & Dragons
Participants will learn to create dynamic characters, tell stories collaboratively, solve problems as a team, and get a handle on the rules so they can keep playing long after the campaign ends. Our staff are seasoned D&D enthusiasts with years of kid-friendly experience who will provide a warm, individualized, and fun approach to the game.
Grades 4-7
June 29 - July 3
July 20 - July 24
August 10 - August 14
August 24 - August 28
August 31 - Sept. 4
Grades 6-9
July 6 - 10
July 27 - 31
August 17 - 21
Grades 8-12
July 13 - July 17
August 3 - August 7
August 24 - August 28
August 31 - Sep. 4 (4:30 PM Start)
WHY PARENTS LOVE IT
Our programs sneak in learning without making it feel like school. While kids are having fun, they’re also building real-life skills like strategy, sportsmanship, planning, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.
Small group sizes mean lots of personal attention, and our cafe setting offers a safe, screen-free space where kids can unplug and interact face-to-face. We’re big on inclusivity, mutual respect, and making sure every kid feels like they belong at the table.
Meet the Instructors & Game Masters
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Rob has been running Dungeons & Dragons games for kids, teens, and adults at Main St. Board Game Cafe since 2020, both in-person and virtually.
He’s led dozens of groups through imaginative campaigns across weekly after-school clubs, school break camps, and private events like birthday parties and family games. Whether set in classic D&D settings like the Forgotten Realms and Planescape or in homebrew worlds of his own design, his games encourage collaboration and creative problem-solving while letting players’ decisions steer the story.
Some of his players’ favorite moments have included escaping from Carceri, saving the City of Brass from the archomental of Fire, and taming way too many dinosaurs. Rob is a graduate of Stony Brook University.
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Nikki Labita has been playing Dungeons & Dragons for almost seven years now, and running games for over six. She loves storytelling, studied creative writing in college, and has a specific love of high fantasy. She helped start her high school's d&d club and ran her college's tabletop club which included D&D and other tabletop roleplaying games. She's also run other games such as Blood on the Clocktower, Wanderhome, and multiple games in the Powered by the Apocalypse system, and is always ready to learn a new system. Nikki is currently a geosciences major at Stony Brook University.
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Sam has been running Dungeons and Dragons games for the past 14 years, two of which have been with Main St. Board Game Cafe. He enjoys exploring and teaching ideas through his campaigns, and has loved seeing how the students he works with contribute and evolve the stories beyond what he could've originally imagined.
He most enjoys adding new rules, puzzles, obstacles, and rewards to the game to further challenge his players and test their senses of problem solving and cooperation. The campaigns he runs now are set in a world that his players had a hand in creating!
Sam graduated from Long Island University, and has had a fascination with game design from a young age, leading him to create his own games and systems with his friends. He loves anything to do with puzzles and riddles and mysteries, often incorporating them into anything he can. His favorite board games are Cryptid and Clue.