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Snakes And Lattes
Snakes & Lattes is a board game café chain headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with three venues in the city and five US venues. The chain is often cited as the main inspiration for other board game cafés in the western world. It is sometimes incorrectly called North America's first board game café, though others predate it. Guests pay a cover charge to play board and card games for as long as they like, choosing from the café's collection of 1,000 to 3,000 games, depending on location. There was no Wi-Fi available at the original café when it first opened, as the focus was meant to be on playing games and socialising with friends. However, public Wi-Fi was installed in all locations to accommodate those who wished to use their computers, particularly the morning business and student crowd. The cafés serve food and beverage items, including numerous local draft beers. History Ben Castanie and Aurelia Peynet opened Snakes & Lattes on August 30, 2010 at what later became known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion (card Game)
''Dominion'' is a card game created by Donald X. Vaccarino and published by Rio Grande Games. It was the first deck-building game, and inspired a genre of games building on its central mechanic. Each player begins with a small deck of cards, which they improve by purchasing cards from a common supply that varies from game to game. Cards can help the player's deck function, impede their opponents, or provide victory points. As of December 2022, fifteen expansions to the original ''Dominion'' have been released. The game has a medieval theme with card names referencing pre-industrial, monarchical, and feudal social structures. Comparisons about the game's feel are often drawn with collectible card games such as ''Magic: The Gathering''. Vaccarino, however, denies that ''Magic'' was the inspiration. When ''Dominion'' was released at the Spiel game fair in 2008, it was voted "best game of the fair" by the ''Fairplay'' polls. The next year it won the Spiel des Jahres and Deutscher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
