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Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

From Powell's website: Kyle Newman and Jon Peterson’s Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana (Ten Speed) (cowritten with Michael Witwer and Sam Witwer) is the illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, evolution, and continued popularity. Preorder a signed edition of Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History

Free

Denis Markell & Melissa Iwai

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

What if your favorite fantasy game characters showed up on your doorstep IRL? Sixth graders Ralph, Jojo, Noel, Persephone, and Cammi are hooked on fantasy tabletop role-playing games. When they somehow manage to summon their characters to Ralph’s house, things take a truly magical turn! Denis Markell’s The Game Masters of Garden Place (Delacorte) is a quirky Dungeons & Dragons-inspired adventure for middle readers. Illustrated by Melissa Iwai, Thirty Minutes Over Oregon (written by Marc Tyler Nobleman) (Clarion) is an important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, in which a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII – the only enemy ever to do so – and comes back 20 years later to apologize. In addition to a reading of their respective…

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DWP 2019: Dungeons & Dragons & Design

Jolby & Friends 1810 SE 10th Ave Unit C, Portland, OR, United States

Join Colby Nichols (Jolby & Friends) as he leads fellow Portland creatives Adam Garcia, Tammi Heneveld, and Ian Whitmore in a game of Dungeons & Dragons! Here's the twist: you'll get the chance to participate, too! This event will show you how group-gaming can sharpen your critical thinking skills and strengthen a team's dynamic. In the world of D&D, anything can happen. A Dungeon Master leads a group of adventurers through a fantasy world presenting challenges, battles, and puzzles, all of which must be solved as a group. It's the apex of creativity, critical thinking, socializing, and fun. The only limit is the size of your imagination and the roll of the dice. How participation will work — The audience will be split between spectators…

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$8 – $10

Swords Out: A Dungeons & Dragons Murder Mystery

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

John Darnielle (Wolf in White Van, Universal Harvester, the Mountain Goats), Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown), Daniel Lavery (Something That May Shock and Discredit You, The Merry Spinster, Slate’s Dear Prudence, The Toast), Amber Sparks (And I Do Not Forgive You, The Unfinished World), and R. Eric Thomas (Here for It, Elle magazine) join Dungeon Master Matt Lubchansky to play a classic tabletop role-playing game with a literary twist. If you’ve never played D&D before, don’t worry—most of our players haven’t either.

$10
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