Game Profile: Monster Cafe

A terribly tasty family card game.


Classification Family Card Game
Mechanics Set Collection, Press Your Luck
Publication Gamewright, 2013
Ages 8+
Time 15
Players 2 – 4
Description
Monster Cafe is a quick playing card game for players looking for exotic and
appetizer menu items like spaghetti and eyeballs and roasted roadkill,
etc.  Four tables each featuring a select
menu item will be available in each of the four rounds for seating monsters
along with a deck of monster cards.  Each
monster has an appetite for a particular food item that is indicated on the card.  The object of the game is to score the most
points by collecting monsters and matching them up with their favorite food.

On their turn, players
can either draw a monster card to place at one of the available tables, or they
can claim a table that already has monsters seated at it.  A table can have no more than 4
monsters.  And, a player can only claim
one table per round.  After four rounds,
a player scores one point for each monster they have claimed that matches the
food on their claimed table cards.  Any
monster with no food to his liking scores one minus point.  Players should not gather many angry hungry
monsters without the right food on the table. 
The cafe manager who satisfies the taste buds of many monsters will be
the winner of Monster Cafe.

We have an open copy of Monster Cafe available in our Demo Games Library for
you come in and try.




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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 Sept 11th – 17th

Not only do we 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: 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 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 14th
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.

King Of New York
Iello
Dice City
AEG

A game of Dice City in play.
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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Sept 16th
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.

New York 1901
Blue Orange Games
Bora Bora
Ravensburger

A game of Bora Bora in 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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



Game Profile: Mombasa

Trade rivalry in the age of chartered companies.



Classification Strategy Game
Mechanics Action Programming, Ara Influence, Hand Management, Worker
Placement
Publication R&R Games, 2015
Ages 12+
Time 75 – 180
Players 2 – 4
Description
Mombasa is a strategy game that features a rotating display hand
mechanism at its core.  It also throws in
elements of area control, stock manipulation, hand management and a little
worker placement.  In short, there is a
lot of interesting decisions to be made during the course of a game.  Four exploration companies are competing to
generate the most value for their stock holders.  Players can acquire shares of stock in any or
all of the companies.  Each company has a
double sided board placed on their side of the main game board.  This board is where players track the number
of shares acquired.  Movement up the
track can also yield other benefits, like coins or other bonuses.
The heart of the game
revolves around a unique card play mechanic. Each player starts the game with
the same 9 action cards that will be altered by a starting token that they have
chosen from the 2 dealt to them.  The
selected starting token will give each player a different benefit and tell them
which 3 of their 9 starting action cards will be placed above their player
board in 3 separate slots.  These cards
will not be available for a player to use in round 1 of the 7 rounds that
comprise the game.  At the start of each
round, players simultaneously select 3 action cards from their hand and place
them face down in the 3 slots below their player board that line up with the 3
slots above the board.  After everyone
has placed their selections the cards are then revealed.  In turn order, players use their action
cards.  When all actions are completed,
each player will select the card(s) from only one of the slots located above
their board and add them to their hand. 
Next they will move each played action card from its slot below their
board to the corresponding slot above the board.  In this way players build card combinations
for use in future rounds.
The different action
cards can be used to do a number of different things.  Goods cards are used to acquire additional
action cards or to advance along 1 of the stock tracks.  Expansion cards are used to advance 1 of the
company’s area of control across a map of Africa gaining you benefits along the
way.  Expansion is where players have an
impact on the value of a company’s stock causing it to increase or decrease.  A bookkeeper card is used to move a player’s
token along the book track on their player board.  A diamond merchant card is used to move a
player’s token along their diamond track also located on their player
board.  Both the book track and the
diamond track can yield major points at game end depending on how far a player
has advanced.  In addition, each of these
tracks has a point when reached that opens up another action card slot (both
below and above their board) allowing the player to increase their number of
playable action cards each round from 3 to 4 and 5.  Eventually, a player can have up to 5 action
cards in play per round.
Additionally, players
have 2 bonus markers that can be place on an empty bonus space to gain extra
actions for use in the current or next round. 
These bonus action opportunities consists of advancement on the stock
tracks, claiming the 1st player marker, gaining additional coins,
acquiring an action card, gaining an additional good, increasing your expansion
movement, or grabbing an additional bookkeeper or diamond merchant for use in
the next round.  In this way you can add
to the number of actions you can take in a round.
After 7 rounds players
add up points for their remaining gold coins, the point level they are at on
each of their diamond bookkeeper tracks, and calculate the value of their
shares in each company they have stock in. 
The player with the most points wins.
Mombasa is a game where there are a lot of little things going on that total up to one big game.  This is a game that will require multiple plays to learn how to orchestrate all of the mechanics into a powerful point-generating machine.





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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 Sept 4th – 10th

Not only do we 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: Bullfrogs

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 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 7th
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.

The Builders Antiquity
Asmodee
World’s Fair 1893
Renegade Games

A game of World’s Fair 1893 in play.

Weds New Game Splash  (6 pm – 9 pm)
New Game Splash Events provides you the opportunity to see and play a new game coming on the market.
Crazy Karts
Portal Games

Mike V. will be here for another session of the new game Crazy Karts, a team based family game about a crazy race.

He will demo and lead game play for all who want to give this wacky game a go.

The race runs through a maze of obstacles with 2 drivers (players) in each kart.  Each driver controls only half of their kart’s controls and cannot talk to each other.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Sept 9th
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.

Bullfrogs
Renegade Games
Isle Of Skye
Mayfair Games

A game of Isle Of Skye in 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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



Game Arrivals: Week of Aug. 28th – Sept 3rd

Here is this week’s exciting game arrivals:




   New Game Arrival!
America

Bézier
Games
America, a trivia game where being close counts. If your opponents know something that you don’t, you can leverage their knowledge to your advantage.

Players vie to score the most points over the course of 6 rounds. Central to play is the USA game board with the states, a Year track and a Number track. There are 160 double-sided trivia cards. Each card contains a state, a year, and a number question. Players will take turns placing their markers on the board to mark their answers. At the end of the round the answers are revealed and players will score 7 points for each correct answer and 3 points for each answer that is adjacent to the correct answer.  No points for not being close.








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  New Game Expansion!
Smash Up
AEG
Cease and Desist is the latest expansion to the popular Smash Up.  And similiar to all the Smash Up expansions, Cease and Desist can be played as a stand-alone game or combined with other Smash Up.

With a nod to certain movies and TV shows, you get these 4 new factions:
Astroknights – use the power of the Fours to defeat your enemies.
Star Roamers – on a multi-year mission to seek out fun, and explore new combos you will move about space teleporting your minions.
Changerbots – transmorph into various forms including small appliances with new abilities and strengths.
Ignobles – fight over the king’s seat, mistrust, pay debts, and wait for winter.  Oh yeah and unexpected dragons.









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  Now In!
Above And Below
Red Raven Games
Above And Below is a board game that blends town building and storytelling.   You will build your village above ground and explore the cavern below. You’ll have a group of unique villagers with skills and abilities that you’ll send out to perform tasks – explore caves, harvest resources, construct homes, train other villagers, etc.  It is while you are exploring the vast cavern below that the storytelling through the Book of Encounters comes into play. Here you will be given an adventure narrative and choices to make.

Compete with up to 3 others to build the most well developed village for the win.




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  Back In!
Arboretum
Z-Man Games
Arboretum is a 2 to 4 player strategy card game of developing a garden of different types of trees.  There is a deck of 80 cards in ten different colors, with each color featuring a different species of tree; each color has cards numbered 1 through 8.

During game play, players will create a pathway of trees face up in front of them of increasing value, where the first and last cards are of the same color. Players will also need to collect in their hand as many of the trees that match their tree path.  You must choose wisely which trees to place in your arboretum and which to keep in your hand, as this balance is critical to scoring.








Castles Of BurgundyThe Card Game
Ravensburger
Fans of the strategy board game, Castles of Burgundy will surely like Stefan Feld’s new card game format.

Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, is a set collection game at it’s core.  The game is played over 5 rounds with 6 turns in each round. The object is to maximize victory points through strategic actions. Playing cards serve as “dice” that provide the possible actions players can make.  Will you trade or buy livestock, build city buildings or invest in scientific progress?  There are many paths to prosperity and prestige.

Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game has enough similarities to the board game version that it’s easy to pick up the rules. However, there are enough differences to make it a different game.




Onirim
Z-Man Games

Enter the oniverse through a mysterious labyrinth. 

Onirim is a solo/cooperative card game: you must work against the game, and find the oneiric doors before you run out of cards. Will you wander in each room, hoping to find the door that will take you further, or will you let chance sort things out and trust in your luck? In both cases, you will have to deal with the slithering nightmares that haunt the hallways of the labyrinth.

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Restocks:
  • San Juan
  • Archaeology
  • Dream Cakes
  • Make-N-Break
  • Scotland Yard

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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 Aug. 28th – Sept 3rd

Not only do we 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: 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 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. Aug 31st
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.

Medieval Academy
Iello
Spyrium
Asmodee

A game of Medieval Academy in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Sep 2nd
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.

Costa Rica
Mayfair Games
Quadropolis
Days Of Wonder

A game of Costa Rica in 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, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

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





Game Arrivals: Week of Aug. 21st – 27th

Here is this week’s exciting game arrivals:




    New Game Arrival!
Karuba
Haba
Karuba is a tile-laying, puzzle-solving family game.  It is easy and quick to learn and plays in about 30 to 40 minutes.

Players are racing to get their 4 explorers across their player board to their explorers’ respective temples and pick up as many crystals and gold nuggets as possible along the way.  Points are scored for getting to a temple.  The sooner you reach a temple the more points you’ll score.  Crystals and gold nuggets are worth victory points as well.

Each player begins with a player board, 4 different color explorers with 4 matching temples, and a stack of numbered tiles with pathways. One player will draw and reveal a numbered tile that each player is must take the similar one from their supply and do one of two things: 1) put it onto their board anywhere they choose or 2) discard it to move their explorers. 

Play continues in this manner until either all the tiles have been placed or a player has gotten all 4 of their explorers to their temples.  So while each players’ board starts out looking similar each will end up looking different based on the way each places their tiles.



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 New Game Expansion!
Dead Of Winter
The Long Night
Plaid Hat Games
Dead Of Winter: The Long Night is the first expansion to Dead Of Winter, a cooperative game that tests a group of survivors’ ability to work together and stay alive while facing crises and challenges from both outside and inside.
Dead Of Winter: The Long Night can be played both as a stand-alone game or combined with Dead Of Winter.  It introduces the Raxxon location where horrible experiments will spill out into the town unless you contain them. There are bandits with hideouts, colony improvements, a graveyard location, and all new cast of survivors, new zombie standees, new objectives, and more.




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  New Game Expansion!
Boss Monster
Crash Landing
Brotherwise Games
Crash Landing is the next expansion to the popular, Boss Monster and Boss Monster 2 card games.

An alien spaceship has crash landed in the world of Arcadia!

Crash Landing adds new treasure type, new heroes, new Bosses, and new rooms powered by alien monsters and technological traps.  Additionally, it expands your Boss Monster game to 5 and 6 players.








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    Family Game Addition!
Pyramix
Gamewright
Pyramix is a 3-sided light strategy family game.  There are 56 cubes each with one of 4 images that get stacked into a pyramid. Players take turns removing one cube at a time per turn. As a cube is removed, others will slide down towards the base.  Additionally, a cube can only be removed if at least 2 sides are exposed and it is not adjacent to a cobra.  You must plan your moves carefully as the base layer of cubes can gain you a ton of points. Cubes are worth 1, 2, or 3 points depending on it’s image.  The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.





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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.

We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver.

Game Events: Week of Aug. 21st – 27

Not only do we 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: Deus
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 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. Aug 24th
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.

Trains
AEG
Deus
Pearl Games

A game of Trains in play.

Weds New Game Splash  (6 pm – 9 pm)
New Game Splash Events provides you the opportunity to see and play a new game coming on the market.
Crazy Karts
Portal Games

Mike V. will be here for another session of the new game Crazy Karts, a team based family game about a crazy race.

He will demo and lead game play for all who want to give this wacky game a go.

The race runs through a maze of obstacles with 2 drivers (players) in each kart.  Each driver controls only half of their kart’s controls and cannot talk to each other.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Aug 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.

Sanssouci
Ravensburger
Agricola
Mayfair Games

A game of Sanssouci in 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, White Mountain, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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

Game Arrivals: Aug. 14th – 20th

Here is this week’s exciting game arrivals:


New Game Arrival!
Guildhall Fantasy Alliance
AEG

Guildhall Fantasy Alliance is the second in the Guildhall Fantasy card game series. Guildhall Fantasy Alliance can be played as a stand-alone game or it can be combined with Guildhall Fantasy Fellowship.

In Guildhall Fantasy, players compete to create the perfect party by recruiting adventurers into their guildhall chapters. The more members of each class you have the greater the bonus. Collect sets of cards with unique abilities to control the table and complete a full chapter to claim victory cards.





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  New Game Arrival!
Legendary Encounters
Firefly
Upperdeck
Legendary Encounters: Firefly, is a cooperative deck building game for 1 to 5 players that is set in the Firefly verse. Players will take on the roles of the crew of the Serenity as they try to complete objectives taken from episodes from the TV series.  Steal from the Alliance, avoid being captured by the goram Reavers, do what you have to do to keep flying.  Additionally, you will have to protect and upgrade the Serenity this time around if you are going to have a chance of success.  Lose the ship, lose the game.





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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.

We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver.

Game Events: Week of Aug. 14th – 20th

Not only do we 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 to Weds and Friday Open Game Play’s, this Saturday we are having one of our New Game Splash Events that provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by a Envoy game hearld.

Board Game: Splendor

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 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:


New Game Splash
Date: Weds. Aug 17th
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.

Splendor
Space Cowboys/Asmodee
Sunrise City
Game Salute

A game of Sunrise City in play.
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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Aug. 19th
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.

Uchronia
Iello
Power Grid
Rio Grande

A game of Power Grid in play.

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New Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday Aug. 20th
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


America

Bézier Games

New Game Splash Events provides you the opportunity to see and play a new game coming on the market. 
Mike V. will be here to demo and lead game play of America, a trivia game where being close counts. If your opponents know something that you don’t, you can leverage their knowledge to your advantage, scoring more than them with clever play.

Come, see, and play America. The event is free, so come and have some fun!

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, White Mountain, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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