Virtual Game Night: Concept
2021-03-01 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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 Codenames Tournament (Jan 28-Mar 18)
2021-02-25 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-18 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-11 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-02-04 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-01-28 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: Intro to Dungeons and Dragons
2021-02-03 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: 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…

(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
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!

(CANCELED) Bi-Weekly Board Game Night
2020-12-22 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-17 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-10 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-08 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-03 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-01 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-24 17:00 - 21:00 and 6 more dates | Diversions South Portland, 415 Philbrook Ave, South Portland, ME, 04106, United States

(CANCELED) Dungeons & Dragons: Adventurers League
2020-12-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-11 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-12-04 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-27 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-20 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-13 17:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-06 17:00 - 21:00 | 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!
