Game Events: Week of Feb. 5th – 11th

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.

In addition, this week we are having a New Game Splash Event. This event provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by a local Envoy gamer.


Board Game: Quadropolis

Come and join in on the fun as 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. Feb. 8th
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.

Pastiche
Eagle/Gryphon Games
Village
Tasty Minstrel Games

A game of Pastiche in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Feb. 10th
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.

Quadropolis
Days Of Wonder
Covert
Renegade Games

A game of Covert in play.
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New Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday Feb. 11th
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


New Game Splash Events provide you an opportunity to learn about and play a new game by an Envoy local gamer.

Healthy Heart Hospital
Victory Point Games

Mike will be here to demo and lead game play of Healthy Heart Hospitala cooperative game for 1 to 5 players. In each round, players spend actions treating and at best curing the variety of incoming hospital patients.



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: Mid January to February 1st

Since the holidays we’ve been busy getting our shelves refilled with games. Not only are we restocking your favorite games, we have also brought in some new games.





Here’s what came in:


Santorini
Roxley Games


Adding to our selection of family games is Santorini, an easy and quick to learn abstract game that’s very tactical.

In this 3-D board game with miniatures, players will move their god or goddess to open spaces, construct various levels of buildings, and move up and down the buildings in an attempt to be the first to reach the 3rd level and win. Top a 3rd level building with a dome in order to prevent your opponent from gaining access and the game win.  To add variety to the game, included are 30 god power cards with each with a special ability.

Santorini

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The Colonists
Mayfair Games
Adding to our selection of monster strategy games is The Colonists, a strategic development game.



Description from publisher:

In The Colonists, each player is a mayor of a village and must develop their environment to gain room for new farmers, craftsmen, and citizens. The main goal of the game is full employment, so players must create new jobs, educate the people, and build new houses to increase their population. But resources are limited, and their storage leads to problems that players must deal with, while also not forgetting to upgrade their buildings. Players select actions by moving their mayor on a central board.


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Machi Koro Bright Lights, Big City
IDW Games

Machi Koro Bright Lights, Big City is a new stand-alone version of the popular game, Machi Koro, a fast paced, city building, dice rolling card game.


The object of the game is to be the first player to activate all of their landmarks. Each landmark will provide special benefits as they are activated.  A player’s turn consists of a die roll, receiving income on all establishments they own that match the dice roll, and the option to one purchase an establishment, or pay to flip over one of their landmark cards.





This version includes new cards and a twist to the setup of the establishment cards. At the start of the game, these are split into 3 decks, one with the 1 through 6 cards, one with the 7 through 14 cards, and the third is made up of all of the purple major establishment cards. Each deck will be shuffled separately, and placed in a column in the middle of the table.  Five cards will be revealed from the 1-5 deck and the 1-14 deck.  Two cards will be revealed from the purple deck.

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Gloom In Space
Atlas Games
Gloom In Space is the newest in the Gloom card game series. It is a new stand-alone game as well as compatible with all Gloom core games and expansions.

With a new castes of characters, sci-fi
archetypes like the Smuggler, Captain, Doctor, and Dark Lord fight their fathers, meddle with monoliths, get caught in compactors, and wind up getting nuked from orbit.



In a game of Gloom you want your characters to must suffer the greatest possible tragedies before succumbing to the bleak but fitting respite of death while bestowing happiness on your opponent’s characters. Unique transparent cards stack on top of each other to make scoring easy.


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Robinson CrusoeAdventures On The Cursed Island
Portal Games
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures On The Cursed Island is an new updated edition. The update include a square box with new artwork, shaped wooden pieces replace the cubes, thick cardboard character cards, the discovery tokens have thematic stickers with names, 7 scenarios instead of 6, and an enhanced rule book.

You and your fellow players are castaways on an uninhabited island in a cooperative adventure game.  Your task is to build a shelter, ward off potential dangers, and complete the missions.  You will explore the island to find mysteries and treasures, gather food and wood, build tools for faster and safer work, and survive.





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La Granja
No Siesta!
Stronghold Games
La Granja: No Siesta! is a portable dice drafting game for 1 to 4 players that plays in 30 – 45 minutes. 

Description by Stronghold Games:

Players need to collect resources to cross them off on their scoring sheet in order to get the most victory points. They can hire helpers to use their special effects. They build a barn to store goods and sometimes they need to have a little time off and have a Siesta!

The dice game singles out the dice mechanism from the board game and transfers it into a much lighter game. Every round the players roll the dice and draft them until everybody has at least three dice to score.

Once a player completes the siesta track the game comes to an end. Whoever collected resources in the most effective way will win the game!

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New Game Expansions:
New Bedford
Rising Tide
Dice Hate Me Games

New Bedford: Rising Tide, an expansion to the base game New Bedford.  Rising Tide expansion includes more ships and supplies for a 5th captain, and more buildings to expand the town.  Ships at sea will have tales to tell from the Ships Log, and while Providence favors the bold, darker Omens are also on the horizon.







Lanterns
Emperor’s Gifts
Renegade Games

Lanterns: The Emperor’s Gifts is the first expansion to the base game Lanterns, a tile placement game.

In the Emperor’s Gifts expansion players have a small supply of pavilions. When you place a tile, you may choose to build a pavilion on that tile. When you make a color match on a pavilion, you earn a gift from the emperor, a new currency that can be redeemed on new actions defined by emperor cards. Additionally, there are Emperor cards that can be activated to gain a special action.





Eldritch Horror
The Dreamlands
Fantasy Flight
The Dreamlands is the newest expansion to  Eldritch Horror, the cooperative game where you and your fellow players are investigators traveling in a H.P. Lovecraft world working together to solve mysteries and trying to save the world from an evil Ancient One.  You’ll gather clues, encounter strange and mysterious circumstances, battle monsters, and embark on daring expeditions. 

The Dreamlands expansion includes a Dreamlands side board with strange portals that lead from the waking world to the land of dreams.  Additionally, there are 8 new investigators to choose from.




Agricola
5-6 Player Expan.
Mayfair Games

Besides taking Agricola to a 5 & 6 player game with additional wood, room tiles, food markers, farmyard boards, this 5-6 Player Expansion adds 48 new occupations, 8 additional major improvements, a 2-sided game board extension with lots of new action spaces, and 4 Scotland themed promo cards.









Munchkin
Marked For Death
Steve Jackson Games

Munchkin Marked for Death is a double-duty booster set for the card game, Munchkin.  It contains 17 new cards that include Anvil, Recalculate Your XP, and the horrifying effervescence of the Soap Golem.

This expansion pack is a balanced set so you can use it to play a demo game with friends who have not played Munchkin.

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.

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


Game Events: Week of Jan. 29th – Feb. 4th

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.


Come and join in on the fun as 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. Feb. 1st
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.

Tokaido
Passport Games Studio
Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games

A game of Tokaido in play.
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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Feb. 3rd
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.

Pandemic
Z-Man Games
Murano
Mayfair Games

A game of Murano in play.

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.

Villages Of Valeria Release Party

Saturday’s Village Of Valeria release party with game designer, Rick Holzgrafe was an awesomely fun day.  We have such a great group of gamer’s.

Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games


The red shirts we’re wearing have the image of one of the game’s Monument cards that features Rick. The shirts and cake featuring the game box artwork were a surprise to Rick.

Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games

Villages Of Valeria is a village-building card game set in the world of Valeria. Establish resources, construct buildings, and attract adventurers to your Village to be crowned the next capitol city.

We have an open copy of Villages of Valeria available in our Store Demo Library for you to come in and try out.


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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.

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

Game Events: Week of Jan. 22nd – 28th

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.


Board Game: Orléans

Come and join in on the fun as 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. Jan. 25th
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.

Takenoko
Asmodee
Tzolk’in
Czech Games Edition
A game of Takenoko in play.

Watch our video for a game overview of Tzolk’in.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Jan. 27th
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.

Deus
Asmodee

Tasty Minstrel Games

A game of Deus in play.
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.

New Game Splash: Villages of Valeria Splash

Villages Of Valeria
Celebration Event!
Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games


Saturday, Jan. 21st
Noon – 4 pm


Come and celebrate with us local
game designer, Rick Holzgrafe and his newly published game. 


Pre-publication with Rick and
Villages Of Valeria

Villages Of Valeria is a village-building card game set in the world of Valeria.  Establish resources, construct buildings, and attract adventurers to your Village to be crowned the next capitol city.









The event is free, so come, meet Rick and learn about the successful making of a game. See and play Villages of Valeria.  You’ll have a good time.
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 Jan. 16th -21st

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.

In addition, this week we are having a New Game Splash Event. This event provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by a local Envoy gamer.


A previous New Game Splash for Commissioned.
Come and join in on the fun as 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. Jan. 18th
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.

Karuba
Haba
CVlizations
Granna

A game of Karuba in play.
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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Jan. 20th
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.

Dice City
AEG
Alien Frontiers
Game Salute

A game of Dice City in play.
A game of Alien Frontiers  in play.

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New Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday Jan. 21st
Time: Noon – 4 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


It’s a launch party! Come and meet local game designer, Rick Holzgrafe and his newly published game.

Villages Of Valeria
Daily Magic Games

Pre-publication with Rick and
Villages Of Valeria
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Villages Of Valeria is a village-building card game set in the world of Valeria.  Establish resources, construct buildings, and attract adventurers to your Village to be crowned the next capitol city.

The event is free, so come, meet Rick, see and play Villages Of Valeria. You’ll have a good time.
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.

Most Popular Games: 2016 4th Quarter Results

For curious minded folks, we have tallied the numbers and below are Off The Charts Games’ Top 10 Best Sellers for the 4th quarter ended December 31st.



And the winners are….

To learn about the game just click on the game name.

1. Harry Potter
Hogwarts Battle
USAopoly
2. Splendor
Space Cowboys

3. Codenames
Czech Games Edition
4. Ticket To Ride
Days Of Wonder
5. & 6. Tie
Pandemic
Z-Man Games
5. & 6. Tie
Mysterium
Libellud

7. & 8. Tie
Catan
Catan Studios
7. & 8. Tie
Codename Pictures
Czech Games Edition

9. Redneck Life
Gut Bustin’ Games
10. Ticket To Ride
Rails & Sails
Days Of Wonder

Come in and find out more about these games.  Many 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver.




Game Events: Week of Jan. 10th – 15th

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.

In addition this week we are having a New Game Splash Event. These events provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by an Envoy local gamer.


Board Game: Bora Bora

Come and join in on the fun as 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. Jan. 11th
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.
Forbidden Desert
Gamewright
Catan Histories
Merchants Europe
Catan Studios

A game of Forbidden Desert in play.


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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Jan. 13th
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.

Origin
Matagot
Bora Bora
Ravensburger

A game of Origin in play.
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Featured Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday Jan. 14th
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


New Game Splash Events provide you an opportunity to learn about and play a new game by an Envoy local gamer.

La Granja
No Siesta
Jeff will be here to demo and lead game play of the new game La Grandja: No Siesta, a portable dice drafting game for 1 to 4 players that plays in 30 – 45 minutes. 

Description by Stronghold Games

La Granja: No
Siesta
 is a
standalone dice game following up the board game
 La Granja.


 The players need to collect resources
to cross them off on their scoring sheet in order to get the most victory
points. They can hire helpers to use their special effects. They build a barn
to store goods and sometimes they need to have a little time off and have a
Siesta!

The dice game singles out the dice
mechanism from the board game and transfers it into a much lighter game. Every
round the players roll the dice and draft them until everybody has at least
three dice to score.

Once a player completes the siesta track the game
comes to an end. Whoever collected resources in the most effective way will win
the game!

The event is free, so come, try something new and have a good time.



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: Jan. 3rd – 7th 2017

We don’t just sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.


Board Game: Grand Austria Hotel

Come and join in on the fun as 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. Jan. 4th
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.

New York 1901
Blue Orange
Grand Austria Hotel
Mayfair Games

A game of New York 1901 in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Jan. 6th
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.

Kingsburg
Fantasy Flight

Covert
Renegade Games

A game of Covert in play.

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.