Most Popular Games: 3rd Quarter 2012 Results

For the curious minded, our Top 10 Best Sellers for the 3rd quarter are:


1. Settlers of Catan
Mayfair
2. Gloom
Atlas Games

3. Ticket To Ride
Days of Wonder

4. & 5. Tie
Redneck Life
Gut Bustin’ Games
4. & 5. Tie
Munchkin Deluxe
Steve Jackson Games
6. & 7. Tie
Munchkin Zombies
Steve Jackson Games
6. & 7. Tie
Last Night On Earth: The Zombie Game
Flying Frog Productions
8. & 9. Tie
Small World
Days of Wonder
8. & 9. Tie
Betrayal At House on the Hill
Avalon Hill
10. Dominion
Rio Grande Games

Continue to tune in to us for your board game news!
Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham. We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more. Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

Table Top Episode 14 Features: Pandemic

It’s Thursday and time for the next episode in the Table Top biweekly series hosted by Star Trek’s Wil Wheaton on Felicia Day’s Channel Geek and Sundry. Today it’s the co-operative game Pandemic.


Pandemic
Z-Man Games



Can the latest diseases plaguing the entire world be cured in time?  Let’s watch to see if  Wil and his guests: Ed Brubaker (writer: Captain America, etc), Robert Gifford (founder: Geek Chic), Morgan Webb (host: X-Play) are up to the task of eradicating all the diseases as the outbreaks increase.




You will find Pandemic and it’s expansion On The Brink in stock and available here at Off The Charts Games. You can also read our game write-up by clicking here on Game Profile: Pandemic.



Continue to tune in here for more Table Top episodes!


Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham.  We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more.  Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

Game Arrivals: Sept. 30th – Oct. 6th

This week’s arrivals include the following games:


Rock Band Manager
Fantasy Flight

Legendary Rock Band glory for 3-6 players!

Rock Band Manager is a card game where players take the role of  band managers trying to take their bands to rock stardom.  The manager who hires the best musicians, books the biggest gigs, and cuts the highest selling album wins the game.

There are many paths to glory in this game so players will have to develop their own strategies in order to be successful – – collect new gear for your band to help establish them as rock powerhouses; throw a cheap shot at your rival managers in an effort to get ahead; establish connections to industry insiders to ensure your band’s success.  Rock Band Manager is a fast-paced game where anything goes, and only one band can become rock legend.








Pandemic
Z-Man Games

Back in stock is Pandemic, a co-operative game.


Players are highly skilled members of a disease-fighting team waging a battle against four deadly diseases.  They will travel across the globe, stemming the tide of infection and developing the resources needed to discover the cures.  Players must work together, using their individual strengths to destroy the diseases before they overtake the world.  The clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics accelerate the speed of the plague.


Will you find the cures in time?  The fate of humanity is in your hands!








Munchkin Quest
Steve Jackson Games



Also, back in stock is the Steve Jackson Games, Munchkin Quest, the Munchkin board game.


Kill the monsters, grab the treasure, stab your buddy.  That what it’s all about.  Cooperate with your fellow munchkins to destroy the big monsters and split their stuff… or go your own way and keep all the loot.  When you open the door, you add a new room to the dungeon, and you meet a new monster.  It could be the Plotted Plant – or the Plutonium Dragon!  Kill them or run away, but beware – the monsters can move too, and they may come after you!






Also in are these Pathfinder RPG Handbooks:

  • Core Rule Book
  • Bestiary
  • Game Mastery Guide



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Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd
Street in Historic Downtown Gresham.  We have a full range of family
games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and
more.  Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we
carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble
Hill.
We
proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver
area

Game Events: Week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 6th

Come and join in on the fun with Game Night. It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts. Here is this week’s schedule:


Date: Weds. Oct. 3rd
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store



Weds. Featured Games
To learn more about each featured board game click on the game name below it’s picture.


Sunrise City
Clever MoJo Games
Airlines Europe
Rio Grande Games

No Experience is Necessary. We are happy to teach you the rules and you started.

Additionally, while you are here any of the open games in our Store Demo Library are available for play.

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Date: Fri. Oct 5th
No Game Night Tonight.  We will be closing the store early at 6pm.
Game Night will resume next Weds. night.






Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~It’s Fun!


Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham.
We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more.
Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area

Game Goes Off The Charts: PAX

We had a fantastic time on our mini-vacation to Santa Fe, NM. Some of our relaxing time was spent playing the game PAX.


The weather and the Santa Fe environment were ideal for some serious relaxation and a game of PAX.









Pax is a great travel card game in that you can throw it in your carry-on bag and it doesn’t require lots of table space.  Also, Pax is fun to play – nothing like defeating the Romans in Santa Fe.
                                      



Learn more about this fun card game by reading our Game Profile – just click here on Game Profile: Pax.


Continue to Tune in for more Games that go “Off The Charts”


Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham.
We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more.
Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

Game Events: Week of Sept. 23rd – 29th

Yes, We are back from our mini-vacation!  And, Yes Game Night Is On!
Come and join in on the fun.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts. 

No Experience is Necessary. While you are we will be happy to teach you the rules and get you started.

Date: Friday – Sept. 28th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store



Friday’s Featured Games
To learn more about each featured board game click on the game name below it’s picture.


Alhambra
Queen Games
Last Will
Rio Grande Games

Additionally, while you are here any of the open games in our Store Demo Library are available for play.

Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~It’s Fun!


Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham.
We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more.
Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area

Game Goes Off The Charts: Pergamon

Another nice day spent hiking in the Mt. Hood National Forest.  This time the game Pergamon went with us on this trek to Twin Lakes and the Palmateer View Trail.




First stop – Upper Twin Lake.  Peaceful and serene; a perfect day and spot for excavating artifacts in a game of Pergamon.




Pergamon
Gryphon Games




Pergamon casts players in the role of archeaologists searching for valuable artifacts in five levels of excavation.


Click here on Game Profile: Pergamon where you can read our game overview.

Next stop – Lower Twin Lake, another beautiful spot nestled amid a forest of trees.  What better place to go looking for artifacts in another game of Pergamon?


Awesome views of Mt Hood on the Palmateer View Trail

Continue to tune in for more games that go “Off The Charts”

Table Top Episode 13 Features: Wits and Wagers

It’s time for the next episode in the Table Top biweekly series hosted by Star Trek’s Wil Wheaton on
Felicia Day’s Channel
Geek and Sundry. Today Wil and friends are playing the party-style game, Wits & Wagers.


Wits & Wagers
North Star Games

This week Wil has fun pitting are Veronica Belmont (video host), Phil LaMarr (actor), Jimmy Wong (actor, musician, filmmaker).

There’s a reason that Wits & Wagers lays claim to “The Most Award Winning Party Game…”.  It has won many awards from “Major fun! Award, to  Mensa Select, to Part Game of the Year for 2007, an on and on.


You will find Wits & Wagers in stock and available here at Off The Charts Games.  We also have an open game in our Store Demo Library available for play while you are here.



Continue to tune in here for more Table Top episodes!

Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham. We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more. Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, and White Mountain. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

Game Arrivals: Sept. 16th – 22nd

This week’s store arrivals include several newly released games:

Android: Netrunner
Fantasy Flight 

Android: Netruner  is a card game of cyber struggle set in a dystopina future where man and machine live side by side.  Powerful megacorporations, intent on advancing their agendas, must protect their valuable data from elite hackers known as runners.

With asymmetrical gameplay and a cyberpunk theme, Android: Netrunner is designed for 2 players.  Each player assumes the role of either a corporation or a runner in a contest of wits, deceit, and calculated risk.  Prepare to jack-in!


Seasons
Asmodee

Assuming the role of one of the greatest sorcerers of the time, you will be participating in the legendary tournament of the twelve Seasons.


In a game of Seasons, your goal is to raise the most victory points by gathering energy, summoning familiars and magic items.  If you amass enough crystals and symbols of prestige, you will become the kingdom’s most illustrious mage.  Optimize the cards through skill combinations, using the seasons wisely to access the energies of crystals and become the new Archmage of the Kingdom of Xidit.



Coraxis & Co
Queen Games

Coraxis & Co  a game for clever farmers and cheeky ravens designed for 2-5 players ages 6+.  The fruit trees of Farmer Bauer and his wife, Mathilda are hanging full of delicious fruits, a godsend for the ravens.  This does not sit well with Farmer Bauer and Mathilda, hence the competition between humans and birds is on.


In a game of Coraxis & Co  each player will assume the role of the human/Farmer or the role of the Ravens.  The raven player tries to uncover pairs of ravens and certain types of fruit, keeping the fruit.  The farmer player tries to catch the ravens.  In this clever memory game: wind and leaves, worms and cats provide child-oriented tactical options.

D&D: Dungeon Command
Sting of Lolth
Wizards of the Coast
D&D: Dungeon Command
Heart of Cormyr
Wizards of the Coast 
Just released from Wizards of the Coast is this new D&D game concept, Dungeon Command.  Here is a description excerpt from WOC:

Dungeon Command features themed miniature factions designed to play as unified war bands, in a game reducing the effect of luck-driven mechanics in favor of player-driven skill, creativity, and quick thinking.

Each Dungeon Command faction comes in its own box, containing twelve pre-painted plactic miniatures (plus the cards, tiles, and rules for the game).  While each faction is meant to be played by a single player, quick-start rules allow two players to engage in a shortened version of the game using only one box.

In addition to their use in Dungeon Command, the miniatures can also be used in the D&D RPG, with their cards further usable with D&D Adventure System board games (Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, and The legend of Drizzt).

Not only will you find these 2 new Dungeon Command games in stock on our shelves. We also have Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, and The legend of Drizzt in stock as well.
Also included in this week’s game arrivals are these blasts from the past:

Kill Doctor Lucky
Paizo Publilshing
Kill Doctor Lucky pits 3-7 players against each other in a race to see who can kill Doctor Lucky.  The trick is that all the other players want to do it first and will stop at nothing to prevent you from having the pleasure.  And the old doctor has earned his nickname well: he’s got more lives that Rasputin and an uncanny knack for dodging your best traps.  But his luck can’t last forever.  Before the game is over, someone is going to kill Doctor Lucky – wouldn’t you rather it were you?



D&D Handbooks 3.5 Versions:
     –  Players Handbook
     –  Monster Manual
     –  Dungeon Masters Guide




Continue
to tune in for the latest in board games.

Come and visit our store. We have a full range of
family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice
games and more. Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from
Ravensburger, TDC, and White Mountain.

We
proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver
area. 

Tournament Game Challenge: Dominion

Calling all Dominion players!




What:  Dominion Tournament
When:  Sunday, October 21, 2012
Where: Off The Charts Games
Time:  Noon to Completion
Cost: $5.00
Registration Deadline: Oct. 6, 2012





We are putting together our first Dominion tournament.  The tournament must have a minimum of 8 players.  We will be playing cards from the original base game.  On the day of the tournament both players and cards will be selected at random.


Pit your Dominion skills against other Dominion players for a chance to win. Grand prize is winner’s choice of one of these Dominion Expansions:


        ~ Intrigue                       
 ~   Alchemy                  
        ~ Seaside                      
~ 
Cornucopia
       ~ Prosperity                    ~  
Hinterlands
       ~ Dark Ages



Come in to register no later than Saturday, October 6th.
Please Note:  We will be closed for a few days next week from Sunday (9/23) to Weds (9/26). We will be back in the store at normal business hours Thurs morning at 10am.


Off The Charts Games
30 NW 2nd Street
Historic Downtown Gresham
Store Hours:
  Tues – Sat 10am – 7pm
  Sunday Noon – 5pm
  Closed Mondays