East Side Game Night

Board Game Social every Wednesday on the east side of Portland!

What ? --- FREE, hosted board game social at Board Bard Games (BBG).
The East Side Game Night (ESGN) host team is here to play AND to help you get playing! We love including friends and new acquaintances alike. Let's Play!

Ground Rules and Guidelines ? --- Yes!
Please read the About info on the Portland Area Board Games and RPGs main page. Also note that Board Bard Games has Play Space Rules and Reqs posted near the door of the shop that must be followed.

What Games ? --- Players choose.
Casual to medium-heavy complexity board/card/dice games hit tables with a mix of strategy games and big group/lighter games.

Forecast: Share what you want to play here in Meetup - or on the BBG Discord server. Best place to plan future plays - and see photos of past game play.

LIBRARY: The BBG in-store demo library is available - free to play!

Games you bring. You are awesome for bringing games you can teach and would like to play. There is typically one or more players new to every game. See the games we have played in the past event photo albums. We post every week.

New Games ? --- Yes. Learning new games is common here at ESGN.
In addition to playing our favorites (something we discover together), East Side Game Night is a space where many different games are played every week. You can typically learn/play several different games on the same night. "Game learning" (experiencing new games) is part of the fun. Excellent brain exercise!

Prep for play! It works best to play games someone has prepared to teach. There are too many fun games we already know how to play to be sitting watching someone read the rulebook for the first time.

Prototypes and Play Testing: We ask that game designers first 'join the community" by joining in the normal flow of game play before setting up camp and working to get a new design tested. The ESGN host team includes people that enjoy designing games as well as people that work in board game publishing. But, the normal at ESGN is playing already published games.

RSVP ? --- Yes, please!
Your RSVP helps others know that plenty of people will be there and fun games will get played! Post on the Event page if you have any questions. Let people know which games you’re bringing or want to play. RSVP not required - join us if your plans change last minute!

Food ? --- Outside food welcome.
Options are abundant: Food in Montavilla. BBG has snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for sale in house and welcomes players to bring food in.
Alcohol may be brought into BBG if it is in a sealed container. To-go pints can be purchased next door at Tinker Tavern.

When ? --- Arrive when you can.
5:00pm is the initial start, but people arrive when they are able. We often play short, big group games you can join on the fly as people show up. Longer playing games typically start between 6 and 7pm. New games start up throughout the evening. Can arrive early? Let others know, maybe they can too. The tables and games are there. LATE NIGHT: Most weeks a group moves to a nearby bar to continue game play after 10pm. :)

Parking ? --- Mostly on-street.
Find what you can. Obey posted signage. 80th typically has available on-street parking south of the Stark and Washington couplet.

New ? --- Give ESGN a real chance!
Dropping by just one week is never a good measure of a weekly group - no matter what the activity. Many of our regulars come and go depending on what is going on in life.

If you are attracted to the activity, plan to give the group a month of visits to really see if it is for you. See you soon!