The Gaming Revolution

News out of Seattle details signs of a rising gaming revolution of the table-top variety. A local gamer hangout called the Raygun Lounge offers food, drink and board games every day of the week with themed nights for specific events. Ashley Cook, a casual organizer who was interviewed there had great insight into why board games are becoming so popular again: “The idea of the board game revolution is that you’re moving to a game that’s based almost entirely on player interaction.”


At Adventurer's Quarter in Denver, we're all about player interaction and making board games easy to get into for all ages, so to hear the same spirit of gaming coming out of Seattle is a real treat. Getting folks off the street in Denver and into playing games again involves a lot of knowledge about which games are right for people's personalities. Discovering the right kind of game, be it party, civilization based, or competitive type requires constant understanding of what makes games fun for them. Monopoly, Life, and Risk are games people played growing up when board games weren't plentiful, but now that there's a burgeoning growth of gaming there's great starter games like Zombie Dice, Tsuro or the ever popular Ticket to Ride that are quick, easy and always fun.



People interaction is the point of gaming and having events to do it helps expand the community of players in Denver in particular to give players the place to play. Adventurer's Quarter continues to create new events every month to make gaming an occasion to experience, which spurs on the table-top revolution to become something everyone wants to be a part.