Most Popular Games: 3rd Quarter 2018

2018 3rd quarter (July – Sept) best sellers results are in!
Here are the games that made our Top 10 Best Sellers list:

To learn about the game just click on the game name below it’s picture.

1. Splendor
Space Cowboys
2. Pandemic
Z-Man Games

3. Ticket To Ride
Days Of Wonder

 

4. Exploding Kittens
Exploding Kittens LLC

5. Codenames
6. Betrayal At House
On The Hill
Wizards Of The Coast


7. Catan
Catan Studios
8. Stuffed Fables
Plaid Hat Games
9. Azul
Next Move Games
10. FalloutFantasy Flight 
Come in and find out more about these games. Several of these are open and available to try out while you are here.



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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, Pomegranate, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver.

Game Events: Week of Oct. 1st – 6th

Come and join in on the fun at our weekly Weds and Friday Board Game Nights.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our store has a bright and cheery atmosphere perfect for an afternoon or evening of game play.


Board Game: Orléans



Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:



Board Game Night
Date: Weds. Oct. 3rd
Place: Off The Charts Games Store
Weds. Suggested Games To Try

Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.
Century Golem
Riverboat

Century Golem
Riverboat
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Board Game Night
Date: Fri. Oct. 5th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try


Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Bunny Kingdom
Bunny Kingdom



Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!




Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more. Also for the jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, White Mountain, Pomegranate, and Cobble Hill.

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


Game Arrivals: Sept 27, 2018

And the new games keep coming along with more restocks!

Here’s a look at our recent arrivals:


 New Game
Coimbra
Plan B Games

Coimbra in the newest game from Plan B Games who also did Azul, Century Spice Road, Century Golem, and Century Eastern Wonders.  Coimbra is a dice drafting, point salad extravaganza of a game that introduces a unique dice mechanism. On every round, the dice players draft will be utilized in multiple ways, first as the number and later as the color. 


Coimbra
publisher description:

There are many ways to win. Whether you focus on increasing your coin income, hiring new guards, promoting academic progress, deepening relationships with surrounding monasteries, or providing the voyages of discovery of this era, in the end, only the one who sees the most promising synergies will succeed and know how to use it. In addition, the innovative cube-inserting mechanism guarantees a high-tension struggle for the most helpful inhabitants of Coimbra, as the choice of each cube affects not only the order of turns and the cost of bribery, but also their own income.

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 New Game
Reef
Next Move Games

Reef was created by the game designer Emerson Matsuuchi, who did the Century series. During the game, players serve as the reef itself, alternating turns carefully selecting which colors and patterns in which to grow and expand – the more beautiful the reef, the more points they will score.


Reef is played over a series of rounds. On a turn players must perform one of two actions: A) play a card from their hand, place the indicated coral pieces on their board then score the indicated pattern if it appears on their board and as many of that pattern that exists at that time, and 2) simply draw a card to your hand.Coral pieces may be stacked up to 4 high but only the top exposed ones count.


Reef

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 New Game
Spring Meadow
Stronghold Games

Spring Meadow is the third in Uwe Rosenbergs’ trilogy puzzle board games (Indian Summer and Cottage Garden).  In Spring Meadow, Uwe has combined some elements from Cottage Garden and Indian Summer.  Hiking pins are awarded by having the highest scoring meadow when a scoring round is triggered.  Meadows are created by completely filing up rows on your individual mountain board with the grassy Tetris-like pieces. Starting at the grassy edge of your board, each completed row counts as 10 points. For each incomplete row above the completed row you’ll score 1 point for each covered space.
Each mountain board has a number of random marmot mounds.  Marmot mounds that are covered with a grassy piece containing a hole to expose it also scores 1 point. Having open holes on your board serves two purposes. 1) they score points during a scoring round when they expose a marmot mound, and 2) grouping them adjacently gains you rock tiles that you can use to cover vacant spaces. If you are lucky enough to win a scoring round and receive a hiking pin you must then place a marmot token over each of your open marmot mounds that scored – these will not score in future rounds. The first player to manage their meadows, marmots, and rocks well enough to win 2 hiking pins is the winner.

Spring Meadow

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 New Game
Bohnanza The Duel
Rio Grande Games
Bring your beans to town at high noon. It is time duel in Bohnanza: The Duel.  Each player has 3 bean fields to plant and harvest as well as 3 private objective planting cards.  Plant the first card from your hand, then maybe a second.  Turn over the top 3 cards of the bean deck.  Offer one as a gift to your opponent.  If it’s refused they must offer a bean gift from their hand.  Once the gifting is over, plant all beans gained into your fields.  Note; the active player can discard one of the revealed beans drawn, but not the gifted card.  Harvest any fields that you wish gaining coins for it’s value and pennies if it meets an objective card. Conclude your turn by drawing 2 new bean cards up into your hand placing them at the back, and drawing new objective cards until you are back up to 3. Bean cards are always played in the order in which they are dealt and drawn.
Beans of different varieties can be planted in the same field.  When harvested, coins are earned by counting the cards in a field and valuing them at the rate listed on the card of the bean last planted in that field.  Additional pennies are earned for planting beans in exactly the right order in a field that meets the requirement on an objective card.  Play continues until the bean deck is exhausted. The bean farmer with the most money wins.

Bohnanza The Duel

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 New Game
Scare It
Strawberry Studio
Scare It! is a card game for the young at heart.  The game consists of a deck of cards featuring 4 different animals.  Elephants that scare dogs – Dogs that scare cats – Cats that scare mice -and- Mice that scare elephants.  Set up a randomly dealt grid of animal cards 4 high and 8 across.  Deal each player a color card and an animal card, kept secret.  The object is to have the most points at the end.  Points are awarded for each card of a color that matches your color card and 1 point for each animal that matches your animal.  Now it is time to scare off those other animals.  A turn is to pick a card to scare an adjacent card, i.e. pick that yellow cat to scare the adjacent purple mouse.  Remove the mouse card and then choose to either slide the cat to the now empty space or leave it where is.  Play until one column is empty or no legal scares are available. Score your points – most points wins.

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 New Expansion
Smash Up
Oops, You Did It Again
AEG
Oops, You Did It Again is the newest expansion to the base game Smash Up, the card game where each player smashes 2 weird factions together and tries to crush their opponents. New factions in Oops, You Did It Again include Vikings that bring the ability to steal cards and then use them, Ancient Egyptians that use their embalming talents to bury cards, Samuri that face their deaths with noble honor, and bonus effects, and Cowboys that call out an opponents’ minion at high noon.

This expansions introduces these 2 new concepts:
  • Burying – allows you to hide cards face down in play until the right moment, to help you or hurt your opponent.
  • Dueling – allows a minion to call out another, with various effects depending on the type of duel.
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 New Expansion
Small World Power Pack 1
Days Of Wonder
Small World Power Pack #1 combines all the races and special powers from the Be Not Afraid and A Spider’s Web mini-expansions into one box with a storage tray.
Requires the base game, Small World where players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small to accommodate them all.

From Be Not Afraid the races and special powers include:
  • Barbarians, Homanculi, Leprechauns, Pixies, and Pygmies
  • Barricade, Catapult, Corrupt, Imperial, and Mercenary
From A Spider’s Web the races and special powers include:
  • Ice Witches, Skags, and Slingmen
  • Copycat, Lava, and Soul-Touch

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 New Expansion
Munchkin – The Red Dragon Inn
Steve Jackson Games

Ever wonder what happens at the tavern after the adventure is over? Now it can be told in Munchkin: The Red Dragon Inn.  This Munchkin expansion pack includes popular cards taken from SlugFest Games’ Red Dragon Inn card game.  Grab fantastic treasures and enjoy exotic drinks.  If you know what’s good for you, be sure to tip The Wench.
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 New Dice
Solid Metal Polyhedral 7-Die Sets
Chessex
New in from Chessex are sets of solid metal polyhedral 7-die sets. We have Old Brass, Dark Metal, Copper, and Silver. Each set includes an eighth random nonmetal die.


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Restocks




Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!





Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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






Game Events: Week of Sept. 24th – 30th

Come and join in on the fun at our weekly Weds and Friday Board Game Nights.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our store has a bright and cheery atmosphere perfect for an afternoon or evening of game play.


Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:

Board Game Night
Date: Weds. Sept 26th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds. Suggested Games To Try

Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Sunset Over Water
Pencil First Games
Agricola
Mayfair
Sunset Over Water
Agricola
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Board Game Night
Date: Fri. Sept. 28th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try


Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Eldritch Horror
Fantasy Flight
Notre Dame
Ravensburger
Eldritch Horror
Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!





Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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

Puzzles Arrivals: Sept. 19, 2018

A restocking shipment of Cobble Hill Jigsaw puzzles arrived today.
We carry them in a variety of piece-size that include
275’s large piece, 500’s, 1,000’s and 2,000’s.

Here’s a sample of what came in:

Sugar Skull Cookies

Fish Signs
Steaming Out Of Town
Pedals ‘n’ Petals
Succulent Garden

          Backyard              and           Candy
         Butterflies                               Shelf

Perfect to put together when those rainy days come.




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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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.



Game Events: Week of Sept. 16th – 22nd

Come and join in on the fun at our weekly Weds and Friday Board Game Nights.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our store has a bright and cheery atmosphere perfect for an afternoon or evening of game play.



Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!
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Board Game Night
Date: Weds. Sept 19th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds. Suggested Games To Try


Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Origin
Matagot/Asmodee
Railways Of Nippon
Eagle-Gryphon Games
Origin
Railways Of Nippon


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Board Game Night
Date: Fri. Sept. 21st
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try




Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Tokaido
Passport Games Studio

Dragonsgate College
NSKN Games

Tokaido
Dragonsgate College



Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!




Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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


Game Arrivals: Sept. 8, 2018

Here are our recent game arrivals:




New Game
Warsaw: City Of Ruins
North Star Games

New from North Star Games is Warsaw: City of Ruins, a city-building, tile-drafting, tile-laying strategy game based on the Warsaw’s unique architecture; a culmination of elegant buildings from Saxon times, both World Wars, socialist blocks, and modern day.


Warsaw: City Of Ruins is played over 6 rounds or epochs with 2 phases to each round – construction and income.  The rounds are marked by 6 stacks of city tiles and 5 milestone landmark tiles. During the game each player will construct a 3×4 grid of tiles that will make up their district. Each tile is divided into 4 quarters with one or more of the 7 types of buildings on it. During the construction phase, players will simultaneously select one of the tiles from their hand and either discard it for money or pay its cost and place it in their district according to the rules of placement. One of the rules of placement provides that a player may place a building over the top of an exiting one by paying the cost difference.
Next they will pass their hand of tiles to the player to the right or left depending on the turn number. Play continues in this manner until the hand of tiles has been exhausted. 
During the income phase the milestone landmark specific to that round will be awarded to the player who meets its criteria which can then be placed in their district. Next, players receive victory points and income according to the types of areas and buildings within their district. Additionally, public buildings and landmarks provide special abilities.
Play continues in this manner of construction and income/points through each of the stacks of tiles with two exceptions. At the end of round 3 and round 4 players will suffer the destruction of part of their district through the consequences of World I and World II respectively.  At the end of round 6 the player with the most points wins.

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 New Game Series Addition
Fairy Tale Fluxx
Looney Labs
Fairy Tale Fluxx is the latest in the Fluxx  family card game series, a game of ever-changing rules.  Welcome to the land of happily ever-after where you’ll gather Keepers to fit the current fairy tale goal in order to win. You must also watch out for the witch and the wolf. Artwork on the cards is by Mary Engelbreit, a graphic artist and illustrator.


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 New Game Expansion
Clank! In  Space
Apocalypse
Renegade Games

The deck-building adventure of Clank! In Space continues with Apocalypse, the first expansion.  Apocalypse expansion includes 2 double-sided game board modules, new adventure cards and scheme cards.  Small pockets of resistance continue to oppose Lord Eradikus, but the evil cyborg now plots to wipe them out with one grand and wicked scheme. Thwart the efforts of Lord Eradikus, reap the rewards of noble heroism, save the galaxy, and get rich in the process.

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 New Game Expansion
Sagarada
5-6 Player Exp.
Floodgate Games

Now you can take your Sagrada game to 5 and 6 players with this 5-6 Player Expansion. This expansion includes 2 player boards, 40 additional dice, 6 window pattern cards, 2 new tool cards, 6 new objective cards, and a dice tray.
Additionally, this expansion adds a Private Dice Pool variant. With this variant players are given a private dice pool board that holds 2 dice of each color. During setup players will roll these dice and place them on their board.  The number of dice now going into the draft pool bag is reduced. Game play consists of only 1 turn per round with these available actions A) select one dice from the draft pool, B) select one dice from your private dice board, C) use one tool card. Each action can only be taken once on your turn but you can take all three.


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 New Game Expansion
Orléans 5th Player Box
Tasty Minstrel Games
The Orléans 5th Player Box expansion provides the necessary components to add a fifth player to Orléans, as well as the solo scenario The Voyage to Tours.

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 New Game Series Addition
Epic Spell Wars
Panic At The Pleasure Palace
Cryptozoic

Panic At The Pleasure Palace is the 4th in the Epic Spell Wars Battle card game series of battle wizards.  Fully compatible with previous releases, or played standalone, this latest set has over 150 cards that include 8 new wizards and magically transmitted diseases to combine into three-piece combos.



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 New Adventure Book
Dungeons & Dragons
Waterdeep Dragon Heist
Wizards Of The Coast
Waterdeep Dragon Heist is the latest book in the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition RPG.
Famed explorer Volothamp Geddarm needs you to complete a simple quest.  Thus begins a mad romp through the wards of Waterdeep as you uncover a villainous plot involving some of the city’s most influential figures.

A grand urban caper awaits you.  Pit your skill and bravado against villains the likes of which you’ve never faced before, and let the dragon hunt begin.

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Restocks:
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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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

Game Events: Week of Sept. 9th – 15th

Come and join in on the fun at our weekly Weds and Friday Board Game Nights.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our store has a bright and cheery atmosphere perfect for an afternoon or evening of game play.

Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:

Open Game Play
Date: Weds. Sept 12th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds. Suggested Games To Try

Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Cottage Garden
Stronghold Games
Bora Bora
Ravensburger

Cottage Garden
Bora Bora



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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Sept 14th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try


Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.


Pastiche
Eagle-Gryphon Games
Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games

Pastiche
Villages Of Valeria




Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!




Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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

Game Events: Week of Sept 2nd – 8th

Come and join in on the fun at our weekly Weds and Friday Board Game Nights.  It’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our store has a bright and cheery atmosphere perfect for an afternoon or evening of game play.


Board Game: Century Golem
Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:




Board Game Night
Date: Weds. Sept. 5th
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds Board Game Night has been cancelled for tonight.


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Board Game Night
Date: Fri. Sept. 7th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try

Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Covert
Renegade Games
Riverboat
Mayfair Games

Covert
Riverboat


Come Play ~ ~ It’s Free ~ It’s Fun!





Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown GreshamWe 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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


Game Arrivals: Aug. 30, 2018

Here is this week’s game arrivals:


 New Game Series Addition
Red Dragon Inn 7
The Tavern Crew
Slugfest Games

Red Dragon Inn 7: The Tavern Crew is the latest in the Red Dragon Inn series. The adventure is over, but the party’s just getting started card game. The Tavern Crew can be played as a stand-alone game or combined with any of the other Red Dragon Inns


 The Tavern Crew brings you these four new characters:
  • The Wench – a hardworking and ever-professional woman is here to serve up drinks and take a minimum of your nonsense. With the keys to the tavern’s special reserve in pocket, she’ll show you why it’s her job to play with the drinks.
  • Jasper the Bouncer – an amiable retiree from the adventuring life himself. He’s still tough as nails and ready to step in on any kerfuffle.  You’ll have a bear of a time gazoozling this wizened wizard because he’s got his eye on all you whippersnappers at this here groggery.
  • Molly the Stablehand – a chipper halfling who works a normal, stable…or somewhat reliable job at the Red Dragon Inn. Or, at least it would be, if only adventurers would ride horses like everyone else.  Unfortunately the patrons clever animals frequently get out of hand and refuse to accept the concept of indoor and outdoor beasts.
  • Wharthorn Redbeard – a jovial dwarf who owns the Red Dragon Inn.  After years of entertaining adventurers at his fine establishment, he can spin a yarn like no other.

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Restocks:



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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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.