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](https://www.theboardbard.com/) (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! Rules? Yes! Please read the About info (click/tap "read more" below About) 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](https://discord.gg/GbJFzyWDRC). 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…