We are excited to announce our Publisher Spotlight for September, Fowers Games! Fowers Games is a game company owned by Tim Fowers, not only is he the designer of the games but he also self distributes them. Fowers Games are always characterized by interesting mechanics, replayability, and beautiful art. Here are some of our favorite Fowers board games that will be sold at a 10% discount this month. Sabotage Sabotage is the newest and one of the most successful Fowers Games titles. It is an excellent team-based game for 2-4 players and plays in about 90 minutes. Teams are set up facing each other on each side of the table, generating a true team v team experience. One team assumes the role of the villains building doomsday devices vs the spies who want to stop t

All month long we are highlighting Gigamic, our Publisher Spotlight for August. Gigamic is a French company started by three brothers in 1991. Their game lineup includes some excellent abstract strategy games like Quoridor, Katamino, and Quarto. More recent games that we love include Hellapagos and Yogi. These games are perfect for the whole family and as quick pick up games to get the game night started. Adrien Crochette is the US Sales Manager at Gigamic and kindly took some time out to answer our burning questions about what’s new and exciting at Gigamic.(Mox) Gigamic has been around for almost 30 years! What was the brand focus when you began and how has that changed over time? (Adrien Crochette) Our first game was Quarto (which is miraculously still going strong after 30 years!

Gigamic is our wonderful publisher spotlight this month, and in honor of this, we are hosting a few giveaways! We will be giving away 19 copies of Cosmic Factory by the end of this month. The best part? All of our giveaways will be online, and easy to enter in. We will be using our local Discords (Seattle/Bellevue/Portland) and Mox Twitter account to select winners throughout the month, and have a live board game demo of Cosmic Factory on our Seattle Facebook Page to give you a better feel for the game. Follow us on our local channels to stay up to date, and get notifications about each giveaway. Here are the full terms and conditions:Full Terms and Conditions: Mox Boarding House is the promoter and sponsor of this promotion – 220 West Mercer Street, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98119

Although not an official holiday National Book Lover’s Day is an exciting celebration for all who love books and literature, including us, tabletop gamers. Word games, puzzles, and games based on popular literature are some of the most well knows games that exist, Scrabble anyone? From crossword puzzles to semantic word association games, here is a closer look at a few of the titles celebrating concepts linguistics and literary. Paperback – Tim Fowers Games Paperback is a deck building card game that puts you, the player, into the role of an author. A humorous take on the concept of being paid per word players use letter cards to make words, get paid, and acquire more powerful cards for their repertoire. These include the ability to draw more ca

During these times of isolating and social distancing, we at Mox Boarding House are coming together to keep the campfire lit and the feeling of community in everything we do. This Sunday, August 9, we’re partnering with Mox Boarding House to host Gamers Engaged with Food Lifeline, a charity stream raising money for Food Lifeline.What to expect at Gamers Engaged with Food Lifeline?Gamers Engaged will feature streamers from across the video gaming and tabletop spheres including Magic Caster Cedric Phillips and game designer Mike Selinker, all coming together to support Food Lifeline. Our goal is to raise $15,000, which will provide 75,000 meals for food-insecure families.Why we need your help to support Food LifelineWe’re so excited to work with Food Lifeline, a non-profit serving western Wa

As we move into August it is time for a new Publisher Spotlight! Drumroll please: It is Gigamic! Gigamic was established back in 1991 with their first game Quarto, a staple on our shelves even today. Their games are known for simple, easy to learn rules for games that play quickly. Perfect for people on the move, and families that don’t have time for complicated rules. The games are always designed to get you playing in no time. Here are some of our favorite board games that will be sold at a 10% discount this month. Hellapagos In this game, each player assumes the role of a shipwreck survivor that has washed up on the shores of Hellapagos. This is a delightful survivor game that is cooperative until it is not. Everyone has to work together to s

Earlier this month we announced that The Op was our Publisher Spotlight for July. The OP (formerly Usapoloy) not only manages the licenses for many games that we know and grew up with, including Monopoly, Yahtzee, Jenga, and Clue, they have also added some incredible new titles to the line up including Codenames, Hues & Cues, and Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist. Ross Thompson, Marketing & Community Manager of The Op, took some time out to answer our burning questions about what’s new and exciting at The Op. Keep reading to find out more about what The OP is all about.(Mox) What makes The Op unique in the tabletop gaming industry? (Ross Thompson) The Op (Usaopoly) is a leading tabletop game company, with a diverse product line from party games, hobby games, licensed games, and co-brande

This Friday, July 10th, we are finally opening our doors to Portland! While things haven’t gone quite according to plan (who had global pandemic on their bingo card!?), we took the extra time to polish everything to perfection. Mox Boarding House – Portland 1938 W Burnside St Portland, OR 97209 Tel: 503-506-0669 Website: MoxBH.com/portland/ Opening Hours 11am to 10pm Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm Saturday and Sunday Mox Boarding House – What to expect! After months of building, painting, wiring, and crafting, everything has taken shape. We’ve been stocking the shelves with all your favorite titles, putting together the bar, and crafting the perfect menu. (Are you as excited for lollipo