(CANCELED) Dungeons & Dragons: Adventurers League
2020-12-11 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-18 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Diversions Puzzles & Games, 123 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Sign ups for this event are required to participate! See below for how to sign up.
D&D Adventurers League is a weekly event at Diversions, featuring an ongoing campaign or one shot adventures for Dungeons & Dragons. It uses the fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons rules/ Players use the rules to create a character and bring that character to games anywhere D&D Adventurers League play is happening.
As a player, all you need to do is make a character and show up and play (with dice)! Character creation is easy. You’ll need either a Player’s Handbook or a copy of the D&D Basic Rules, and a D&D Adventurers League character logsheet. Pre-generated character sheets can be provided if you wish to not build your own character. Basic rules and character sheets can be found here: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/character_sheets
Sign ups for the event are facilitated through Warhorn.net. Follow this link and create an account to sign up for a seat in the event. Players will also need to register a DCI number (membership card through the publisher) which can be done in the store.
https://warhorn.net/games?q=diversions
Parking is available in the Worth Lot behind the store for $1.50/hour, with meters operating until 8:00pm. Candy and drinks are available in the store for purchase. You may bring your own food but please dispose of your trash properly. Thank you!

(CANCELED) Bi-Weekly Board Game Night
2020-12-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-17 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
Join us every Tuesday and Thursday evening for our weekly board game nights featuring light, medium, and heavy strategy games. Bring your favorites or try out some of our demos. (Games need to be family friendly). Stop in and play a game or two!
We have a lot of space and are always happy to make more! There are enough tables and chairs for around 30-40 people, and we hope you all feel welcome using our space!

(CANCELLED) Bi-Weekly Board Game Night
2020-12-29 17:00 - 21:00 | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States

Virtual Codenames Tournament (Jan 28-Mar 18)
2021-01-28 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-04 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-11 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-18 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-25 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-04 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-11 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-03-18 17:00 - 22:00
Join us from home for a virtual Codenames tournament hosted by Diversions Puzzles & Games! Sign-ups and a registration fee are required to participate. (Registration info below)

Up to sixteen teams will compete to prove themselves the Codenames champions! Each team must have exactly two players and be available to play every Thursday night for up to eight weeks. Tournament matches will be conducted once a week on Thursday evenings for the duration of the tournament. Teams must register and pay before Sunday, January 24. Round 1 matches begin Thursday, January 28. The full duration of the tournament will go into March for teams who progress towards the finals.
The registration fee is $10.00 per team and must be paid prior to Week 1 of the tournament. 100% of the registration fees will be converted into Diversions gift cards for prizes for the top two teams (redeemable at either store). The amount will vary based on the number of participating teams. The maximum prize with full participation is $50 per player on the winning team and $30 per player for the second-place team.

**HOW IT WORKS**

This tournament will be run as a double-elimination bracket tournament. It will take two losses to be eliminated from the tournament. Tournament rounds will be held every Thursday evening and you will be paired against a new team each week. Matches must be played and reported back to Diversions by the following Sunday night. Every Monday we will email the updated results of the tournament and send the new matches for the week. Each pairing will receive a unique link to your game for that week. Please confirm and coordinate with your opponent for each round of play and check your email regularly with updates for the tournament.
Each weekly match will be played as a best two out of three games. The first team to win two games on the night of your match is the winner for the match that week. Teams must switch spymasters for game #2 of your match. If your match goes to game #3 you may choose who will play as spymaster. After your match is complete, the winning team must report themselves as the winner of the match using a provided link.
Games will be played on https://codenames.game, a free website to play Codenames. Each individual will need to access their game from a separate device, even if you live together, since the spymaster for each team will have a different screen than their teammate. We highly recommend using a video chat service to connect with your opposing team and teammates, if you do not live together.
We will host a one-time virtual game night open to all participants on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00pm to kick off the tournament and so all players can learn the interface of the website. More info TBA.

**HOW TO PARTICIPATE**

Register your team at this link: https://forms.gle/tyL4dALHbjwLXt6XA. By registering for the tournament, you agree to your email address being shared with your weekly opponent (and vice versa) for coordination of your match time that week.
After your registration has been accepted you will be contacted to pay your registration fee of $10.00. Payment is required to finalize your registration. If you must forfeit from the tournament, please notify Diversions via email so we may update the matches accordingly. Teams who forfeit during the course of tournament will not receive a refund for their entry.

If you have any additional questions, please email us at portsmouth@diversionsgames.com and we will be happy to help you

Tournament registration: https://forms.gle/tyL4dALHbjwLXt6XA

Virtual Game Night: 6 Nimmt
2021-02-01 18:30 - 19:30
Join us for a virtual game night, featuring 6 Nimmt!

How to play: Every player is dealt a hand of cards, and every turn we simultaneously play one. The cards are added to the rows following numerical order, if a 6th card would be placed in a row, that player will take the row and the number of bulls on the cards count against that player. Once a player gets 66 points, the game is over and the lowest overall score wins. This is a multi-round game and once you start playing you won’t want to stop. We will review the rules at the start of the event, in the meantime, we encourage you to learn the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF0lnDygoes

We will host the event on Board Game Arena, and host the video chat over Zoom. Please create a free Board Game Arena account prior to the event. The 10 slots for players will be available on a first-come, first-served basis: to join the event click the Zoom link below. We will open the call five minutes prior to the event start time, to collect Board Game Arena usernames and send out the game invite.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6890415830…

Virtual Game Night: Intro to Dungeons and Dragons
2021-02-03 18:30 - 21:30, 2021-03-03 18:30 - 21:30, 2021-04-07 18:30 - 21:30, 2021-05-05 18:30 - 21:30
This is the perfect way to try out Dungeons and Dragons for the first time! Drew will be running one-shot, intro adventures for the Diversions community. All characters will start at level 1 and we will have pre-generated characters available for folks who aren’t able to create one ahead of time.

The sessions will take place on Roll20, a website designed for virtually playing role-playing games. You will need to create a free count on this website to participate in the event. The voice chat will be run over Zoom, which can run through your internet browser or on a free app downloaded to your computer. A microphone will be necessary as well, a camera is optional. Please have these set-up ahead of time, we will be able to provide limited support to help with this.

There is a limit of 6 participants per session and advance sign-up is required, please email Stefan at sdutka@diversionsgames.com with the date of the session you are interested in, your name, and your Roll20 account username. Priority will be given to those who haven’t participated before. These sessions are free to participate in and are expected to last about 3 hours.

Virtual Game Night: Concept
2021-03-01 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for a virtual game night, featuring Concept.

How to play: The game is like charades, but you describe the “concept” on the card using different colored pieces and descriptors on the game board. It’s easy to play and you’ll be participating in no time. Example: The clues on the board indicate a person, one detail is on fictional, and another detail is fast. Could it be Superman or The Flash? Or could that “speedy person” mean something else entirely? Keep guessing, next turn you could be the clue giver. We will review the rules at the start of the event, in the meantime, we encourage you to learn the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z02w7AL3Rbg

We will host the event on Board Game Arena, and host the video chat over Zoom. Please create a free Board Game Arena account prior to the event. The 10 slots for players will be available on a first-come, first-served basis: to join the event click the Zoom link below. We will open the call five minutes prior to the event start time, collect Board Game Arena usernames and send out the game invite.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6890415830…

Virtual Used Game Auction (South Portland Pickup Only)
2021-03-06 09:00 - 2021-03-07 17:00
We are bringing back the Virtual Used Game Auction! We won’t be able to host the event as we have traditionally in the first half of the year. The sale will take place over a weekend, 9am on March 6th to 5pm on March 7th, on Facebook. To participate in the sale we will need your contact info, please fill out the form at the link below. At the end of the sale we will ignore any bids that we do not have contact info for.
https://forms.gle/AFGvXA3fPYDzQciB7

All the games will be in an album on Facebook with their name, condition, and starting bid (the price set by the person who dropped it off). Starting at 9am on March 6th you can comment on the photo of an item with your bid, as long as it is equal to the starting bid (for the initial bid) or higher than all previous bids (for subsequent bids). Any new bids must be at least $1 higher than the previous bid. Any edited comments will be disregarded. Bidding will close at 5pm on Sunday, March 7th.

To help you keep track of activity on games you are interested in, we highly recommend that you ensure that notifications are turned on for each game’s photo. On desktop and mobile: when viewing a game’s photo, select the icon with three dots in the upper right corner of your browser window or phone screen, about halfway down this list, look for the option to “Turn on notifications for this post.” This will help you keep track of new bids on games as they occur. During the last sale, the most common problem encountered was that not everyone would see the highest bid on an item. Be sure that when you look at the comments, you change the setting from “Most Relevant” to “Newest” to ensure that you see the most recent bid.

Any bid you place might be the highest and final bid on that game which commits you to that purchase, please consider that as you place bids. Everyone who participates in the sale must fill out contact form at the link above.

We will do our best to answer your questions about the games, but we expect it will be very busy and we may not get to every question. We will only respond to questions that can be answered by information on the outside of the box. We will not be opening any of the games so there is a long enough quarantine period for the game contents.

Although we expect our doors to be open for in-store shopping, any customers in the store before or during the sale will not be able to view the games. This is to reduce the handling of the games and keep the sale fair for everyone. We will contact all bidders in the sale to review the items they won and process transactions in the week following the sale. Purchases will be available for pick-up in South Portland ONLY starting 3/19. We will not ship games bought in the Used Game Sale.

For those who submit games: The drop off window for games will be 2/1-2/24. Before dropping off your games, please fill out the form at the link below:
https://forms.gle/hSFgRiZSCkyhDYpH7

Gift cards and any unsold games will be available for pick-up starting 3/19, we will not ship unsold games. The full amount bid on all of your sold games will be credited to your gift card!

Virtual Used Game Auction album:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…
If the link doesn’t work, go to the Photos section of our Facebook page and select the “Virtual Game Auction — March 2021” album.

Virtual Game Night - Just One
2021-04-05 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for a virtual game night! We will teach and play the 2019 Game of the Year – Just One!

Registration is required for this event – please sign up on Eventbrite if you would like to play: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/virtual-game-night-just…

Each interested player must sign up individually and have their own screen to participate! Each player will need a pile of small scrap paper and a marker to play. The minimum recommended age for this game is 12 years old. Attendance for this event is limited to six players.
Just One is a cooperative word game for 3 to 7 players. We will teach the game at the start of the game night but you may also watch this one-minute video to learn how to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulLmUQ7omU

A Zoom link will be emailed approximately 15 minutes before the start time of the event to registered participants.

Virtual Used Game Auction
2021-04-23 12:00 - 2021-04-25 19:00
Please read thoroughly:

Diversions Puzzles & Games – Portsmouth presents a Virtual Used Game Auction! This auction is completely online so you can participate from the comfort of your own home!
The auction will be live from Friday, April 23 at 12:00pm EDT through Sunday, April 25 at 7:00pm EDT. The auction will be held on a third-party auction website and will be posted on Friday, April 23. Interested bidders do not need to pre-register for the auction.

All sellers must complete this submission form to sell games in the auction: https://forms.gle/2HnGF1d4wjB1Wf5j7 Once the form is complete, sellers may drop off their games at Diversions in Portsmouth between Monday, March 29 and Sunday, April 11. Sellers will receive a Diversions gift card for each game of theirs which sold with the highest bid amount collected for each game. Credit earned from the auction sales cannot be used on other games within the auction as we will not issue sellers’ credit until all payments have been collected.

Games in the auction will have a minimum starting bid determined by the seller. New bids must be submitted in whole dollar amounts with a minimum increase of $1.00. Each game will have one photo with corresponding details about the game including the condition of the game and any extras/add-ons. Sellers may not bid on their own games. All bids are final, be prepared to pay for any bid you submit.

Please bid at your own risk. While we have required all games to be complete without missing or damaged pieces, we cannot verify any details about the contents of the game. We cannot field questions about the contents or conditions of individual games. There are too many games and too few staff members to honor these requests, unfortunately.

Winning bidders will be contacted within one week after the auction ends with an itemized list of your wins and the total amount due. Once contacted, please call or come in to pay and pick up your new games! Games must be paid for in full by cash, credit card, or gift card by April 30. Discounts, coupons, and rewards are ineligible for use to purchase the used games. All purchased games must be picked up at Diversions in Portsmouth, NH by Sunday, May 9. We cannot ship or transfer any games bought in the Used Game Auction.

All sales are final – no returns or exchanges will be accepted. Once contacted, sellers will be responsible for picking up their unsold games by Sunday, May 9. Games not claimed by this date will be considered abandoned and disposed/donated by Diversions.

If you want to sell games in the auction, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/2HnGF1d4wjB1Wf5j7

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at portsmouth@diversionsgames.com
Happy selling & bidding!

***Important Notes***

Sellers may drop off their games at Diversions in Portsmouth between Monday, March 29 and Sunday, April 11.
The auction will be live from Friday, April 23 at 12:00pm EDT through Sunday, April 25 at 7:00pm EDT
Games must be paid for in full by cash, credit card, or gift card by April 30.
Discounts, coupons, and rewards are ineligible for use to purchase the used games.
All purchased games must be picked up at Diversions in Portsmouth, NH by Sunday, May 9.
We cannot ship or transfer any games bought in the Used Game Auction.
All sales are final – no returns or exchanges will be accepted.
Once contacted, sellers will be responsible for picking up their unsold games by Sunday, May 9. Games not claimed by this date will be considered abandoned and disposed/donated by Diversions.

Virtual Game Night - Codenames
2021-05-03 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for a virtual game night! We will teach and play the 2016 Game of the Year – Codenames!

Registration is required for this event – please sign up on Eventbrite if you would like to play: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/virtual-game-night…

Each interested player must sign up individually and have their own screen to participate! The minimum recommended age for this game is 10 years old. Attendance for this event will max at 11 players. A Zoom link will be emailed approximately 15 minutes before the start time of the event to registered participants.

Codenames is a team-based word game for 4-12 players. We will teach the game at the start of the game night but you may also watch this 3-minute video to learn how to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQVHkl8oQEU

Game Night
2021-07-06 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-07-13 17:00 - 21:00
Join us every Tuesday evening for our weekly board game night featuring light, medium, and heavy strategy games. Bring your favorites or try out some of our demos. (Games need to be family friendly). Stop in and play a game or two!

Game Night
2021-07-09 17:00 - 21:00
Join us Friday evenings in July for our weekly board game nights featuring light, medium, and heavy strategy games. Bring your favorites or try out some of our demos. (Games need to be family friendly). Stop in and play a game or two!

*** COVID safety requirements and capacity limits TBD. Please check back before attending to ensure you are able/willing to comply with any requirements we may implement.***

Game Night
2021-07-09 17:00 - 21:00
Join us every Friday evening for our weekly board game night featuring light, medium, and heavy strategy games! Bring your favorites or try out some of our demos. (Games need to be family friendly). Stop in and play a game or two!

Late Night Gaming
2021-07-10 17:00 - 23:59
It’s our monthly 7 hour game night! The 2nd Saturday of every month we have an extended game night. Bring your favorites or try out some of our demos. (Games need to be family friendly). Stop in and play a game or two (or twenty…there’s plenty of time!)

Magic: the Gathering Booster Draft
2021-07-11 12:00 - 17:00
Join us for our weekly booster draft for Magic: Gathering. This is a sanctioned event through Wizards of the Coast. All players, beginners and seasoned are welcome to come play! Players must pay and register in the store by 11:45AM.

Entry for the event is $20, three booster packss and one entry fee. All players must have a Wizards Account with a valid email address. You can create an account here: https://myaccounts.wizards.com/register

In a booster draft, players are seated around a table and each player is given three booster packs. Each player opens a pack, selects a card from it and passes the remaining cards face down to his or her left. Each player then selects one of the remaining cards from the pack that was just passed to him or her, and passes the remaining cards to the left again. This continues until all of the cards are selected. The process is repeated with the second and third packs, except that the cards are passed to the right in the second pack. Players then build decks out of any cards that they selected during the drafting and add as many basic lands as they choose. Each deck built this way must have a minimum of 40 cards, including basic lands. Basic lands are provided.

After deckbuilding, the players are randomly matched up against an opponent and play a best two out of three games match. Players are awarded points for winning and will be matched against equally skilled players in the subsequent rounds. At the end of the tournament, booster packs or store credit are rewarded to the top three players.

We highly recommend downloading the Magic Companion App from the App or Play Store to follow along with the progress of the event from your phone!

https://locator.wizards.com/store/10812
