Diversions Puzzles & Games

Weekly KeyForge Open Play
2019-11-23 13:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-16 13:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-09 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
We want to step up our number of Keyforge events, and it occured to us that a lot of players have their favorite decks, however they don’t get to play with them often enough. Our goal is to gather a community of players, find a day that works for many of them, and get them together more often to play.
There will be a large Archon tournament at the end of every month, as well as an occasional pop up Sealed Event every once in a while, so keep checking on our events.
For open play, we will have players keep track of their games played using these sheets: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/75/78/7578dec4-bbc3-45fb-9c95-1450be2bb41f/g19k1_digitalsignup_ffg.pdf
Every 3 games played, you get a monthly promo card given to us from Fantasy Flight. These promos are usually alternatives to the tokens that are usually used with the game.
Open play will turn into occasional league play if/when we get enough recurring players. Leagues are open play mixed with tournaments, where players buy in, and we keep track of wins and losses throughout 3-4 weeks, and the highest performing player(s) get prizes ranging from exclusive playmats to Diversions store credit.

D&D: Adventurer's League
2019-11-22 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-08 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Diversions Puzzles & Games, 123 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
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, and features the Forgotten Realms setting. Players use the fifth edition 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 make 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!

Bi-Weekly Board Game Night
2019-11-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-19 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-14 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-12 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-07 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-05 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | 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!

Weekly Living Card Game Night
2019-11-20 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-13 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-06 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
Living Card Games are a form of Collectible Card Game where the card pool is easy to get, and each game brings its own unique experience. You can go on a cooperative adventure in the Lord of the Rings Card Game and Investigate a mind bending story in Arkham Horror. Or you can fight other players for honor and the rights to rule in Legend of the Five Rings and Game of Thrones respectively!
Play at Diversions and meet and play with other players who share the same passion for the game as you might! Or come in and try a new game, who knows, you might even get hooked!
Read all about Living Card Games at Fantasy Flight’s Website here:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/more/living-card-games/

Weekly Board Game Night
2019-11-19 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-12 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-05 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Tuesday is weekly board game night at Diversions Puzzles & Games in downtown Portsmouth! Join us and you can find new games to learn and play! We have a constantly updated game library which you may pick games from to play or you can bring your favorites from home! There is no shortage of games and if this is a new event for you, you’re guaranteed to find a group who would be happy to teach you how to play a new game.
The most common games that are played on Tuesdays are light & heavy strategy games. Everything from Sushi Go! to Ticket to Ride to Scythe and everything in between and beyond! Everyone is welcome, new & regular players alike. Drop in and leave at any time!
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!

Weekly D&D Organized Play
2019-11-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-11 17:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-04 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
Been craving some Dungeons & Dragons? Keep an eye out and sign up to join in on the fun here: https://warhorn.net/games/location?q=diversions
(Pay attention to the Time and Date of each event you sign up for)
Update: It is now a $4 entry fee. This will go toward our Dungeon Masters so they can keep these games going.
We’ll be posting events every week, and each group will be continuing on in their quest. You can join in with whichever group you sign up with, and carry on with the same character. Please sign up ahead of the event so the Dungeon Master of each group can be prepared. Each group is limited to it’s player count, if you don’t sign up, you might not be able to play with that group.
We follow some rules of Adventurer’s League, including character building rules. This is not an Adventurer’s League event although we have found some of the same limitations beneficial. Deviation may be allowed, as with all things adventuring related your Dungeon Master has the final say. Please read more about Adventurer’s League at the link below:
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/events/adventurers-league-resources
Want to be a Dungeon Master for our events? Chat with an employee of the store and give us your information. We can help set you up! We’re looking for players to do other days of the week, so let us know if you’re interested.
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact us.

Pathfinder Tabletop RPG
2019-11-18 16:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-11 16:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-04 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us every Monday for a Pathfinder tabletop RPG session. Players are continuing the campaign led by a game master who facilitates the players on their adventure with their characters. Feel free to drop in and join the adventure!
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!

Magic: the Gathering Booster Draft
2019-11-17 12:00 - 16:00, 2019-11-10 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Diversions Puzzles & Games, 123 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Join us for our weekly Sunday booster draft event for Magic: Gathering. This is a sanctioned event by Wizards of the Coast. All players, beginners and seasoned are welcome to come play.
Entry for the event is $15.00, three boosters and prize support. All players must have a DCI card, which you can register for upon signing up. Please arrive 30 minutes early to register. The event lasts for four 45 minute rounds after drafting.
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 half of the players.
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!

Keyforge: Worlds Collide Sealed Tournament
2019-11-16 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
Worlds Collide comes out this week, and we’re celebrating with a tournament.
Tournament Entry fee is $5 per player, and you will need to purchase a deck for $10. That deck is what you will use for the tournament. You are not required to sleeve this deck for this tournament, but sleeves are available to purchase.
To participate, you will need to have access to your Keyforge Master Vault account. As well as the official, or your own custom chits and chain trackers for the game. We also have cool promo cards to hand out for participating.
If you are new to Keyforge, we are more than happy to teach the game. It’s easy to learn, and decks are filled with countless possibilities. Come and play!

Atomic RPG Public Playtest
2019-11-14 15:00 - 21:00 UTC | Diversions Puzzles & Games, 123 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
A.T.O.M.I.C. is a role playing system developed by Nate Adair and he will be running public playtests at Diversions Puzzles & Games. We invite you to come play his game!
A.T.O.M.I.C. is a D% based system set in a post-nuclear war America. The system is built with less focus on heavy combat and traditional dungeon crawling, and more on large-scale exploration, risk management and personal growth through failure. The adventure takes place in the New England area, stretching from Portland ME to Boston MA, and focuses on the Portsmouth/Kittery area.
Nate can provide pre-generated characters for players to select from or you can build a personalized character with Nate’s assistance. A typical session lasts about 4-6 hours, similar to other role playing systems.

Pokémon League Night
2019-11-12 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
Everyone of all ages and experience is welcome to join us for this free Pokémon event! This is an open play event, you can play any deck you have, trade cards with other players and talk about your favorite Pokémon !
We will occasionally organize tournaments on this night, which will be noted in other posts. Prize cards for tournaments and other nights will be announced as we receive them.
League details can be found at the link below:
https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/leagues/6234367/

Late Night Gaming
2019-11-09 17:00 - 23:59 UTC | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States
It’s our monthly 7 hour game night! Every 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!
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!
