East Portland Tabletop Arcade (Hobby Games at the Midland Library)

My neighborhood library, the Midland branch at SE 122nd and Morrison, recently completed a lengthy renovation, and I've begun experimenting with organizing a board game meetup in the new community meeting rooms. Our last event had ten attendees and saw Scout, Harmonies, Flip 7, Captain Flip, Innovation, YINSH, Survive: Escape From Atlantis, and Great Western Trail hit the table.

For August, I've reserved a space for the afternoon of Sunday, August 3rd, and I'd love for anyone that's interested to come join us! In fact, the room that we recently used was unavailable this time, so instead we'll be in Room 1B, one of the large meeting rooms near the front of the building. These larger rooms are explicitly for community use and open to the public, so I'm hoping for a pretty friendly, relaxed gathering. So far there's been a mix of interest in shorter/lighter games and longer, more involved games, and we've been able to organize pretty organically without anyone having to wait too long. Still, if you're interested in something longer or more complex, I'd suggest arriving at the beginning so we can get that going from the jump. By the time this event happens, the winner of the Diana Jones Award (my favorite weird tabletop award) will have been announced, and I'll have a copy of Daybreak (the only nominated board game this year) with me, as well as Bus, Chicago Express, and some lighter selections. And of course, please feel free to bring games of your own!

The library itself is quite nice, especially after its recent facelift, and is just a couple minutes' walk from the 20-Burnside bus and a maybe a five or ten minute walk from the 122nd Ave Blue Line MAX stop. As far as food options, Bridge City Taproom is right across the street, there's a bubble tea place about a block away, several options for tacos, and Chinese and Ethiopian places just a few blocks south.

Alright, I think that's everything for the moment. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I hope I'll see you there!