Friday May 22, 2026
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM CDT
Friday, May 22nd 6pm-10pm
The Scratching Post is Champaign's Cat & Board Game Cafe. Enjoy our light snack and drink menu, purchase a game pass to access our massive library of 500+ board games, or make a reservation to visit our cat lounge where 20+ adoptable cats are waiting to play with you.
$5/person for a game pass if you're playing D&D. All game pass fees during D&D night will be donated to our partner non-profit rescues!
Will we be making character sheets for our lounge cats? Maybe. Will there be an obligatory bar fight? Probably.
Bring your own D&D group, get tickets for a one-shot led by our GM Persephone Lovell or just hang out and enjoy the thematic music.
D&D night will be on the cafe side, separate from the cat lounge. If you’d like to visit the cats you can make a reservation here!
Email info@scratchingpostcafe.com to let us know how many people you’d like to reserve a table for. Game passes are $5/person and for D&D night we’re donating all game pass fees to our partner non-profit rescues!
Professional Game Master Persephone Lovell will be present, running a one-shot session of The World’s Most Popular Tabletop RPG! Registration for this event is limited; tickets available below, to a maximum of 8 players. Bring a Level 3 5e (either 2014 or 2024, your pick!) character, else pre-made characters will be available to choose from. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Persephone at persephonelovell44@gmail.com, or feel free to @ her on the Scratching Post Discord!
This session is SOLD OUT but you can email info@scratchingpostcafe.com if you’d like to be notified of the next one-shot with Persephone Lovell!
This live musical performance is made possible through Sound Check, the City of Champaign’s live entertainment grant program.
Enjoy the musical stylings of Chambana Bards from 6-8pm. This viola & violin duo are sure to level up the D&D vibes. Then we’ll have a D&D themed playlist going from 8-10pm.

As always, we donate 20% of the profits from our food, drink and merch sales back to our partner rescues. Thank you for helping local cats!