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Celebrate Valentines on Thursday, Friday or Saturday—or all three! We’ve got a trio of super-romantic days planned.
Not feeling it this year? Avoid the hell out of all that lovey-dovey crap from behind the walls of our fortress of irreverence—at Wildly Inappropriate Game Night in the downstairs lounge!
Valentines Specials
Plan a memorable night out—our upstairs dining room will be transformed into a romantic tavern.
Treat that special someone to a three-course dinner from our Valentines Menu of delectable, never-before-seen specials. Enjoy your dinner alongside a glass of wine, or one of our tasty Valentines cocktails.
(Standard Oak & Shield lunch/dinner menu items will also be available)
Our usual Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz will still be held on Thursday, so…
Reservations are highly recommended. Make yours now.
Planning to pop a special question?
Let us know! We’ll help make your moment even more memorable.
Great Games for Two—Available in our Library
| Love Letter | Targi |
| Lost Cities | Ninja Taisen |
| Kingdomino | Niya |
| Hive | Brave Rats |
| Roll for It! | The Builders |
| Karuba The Card Game | Onirim |
| The Fox in the Forest | Patchwork |
| Codenames Duet | Unlock! |
Wildly Inappropriate Game Night
“We are going to ruin Valentine’s Day for these nice people.”
Retreat to the darkness inside your heart and refuse to celebrate made-up, non-holidays with an irreverent game night! We’ll laugh, we’ll cry from laughing too hard, and most of all—we’ll avoid all things heart-shaped, pink, cutesy, or otherwise vomiting inducing.
(Plus, be sure to check out the secret sutra wall in all of its bawdy magnificence!)
Wildly Inappropriate Games Available
| The Voting Game | Dirty Minds |
| What Do You Meme? | Hot Seat |
| Who’s Most Likely To… | Deadpool vs. The World |
| Cards Against Humanity | DrunkQuest |
| Never Have I Ever | That Was Awkward |
| God Hates Charades | Privacy |
| That Dirty (blank)-ing Card Game |
Welcome to the Ninth World, and to Numenera.
Join Game Master Anthony for a mini campaign on Thursdays through all of February!
New players are always welcome! We’ll be starting with brand new characters and covering the basics of the game before we begin.
About the Game
Numenera takes place on Earth, well sort of. One billion years have passed and nine eras have come and gone—great cities, alien races, machine dynasties—all have risen to power, made sweeping changes to the planet’s people, its structure and its atmosphere. And all have fallen, leaving the planet a shell for the next to fill in.
It would be error to refer to you as a true human, and yet human is how you think of yourself. A resourceful wanderer in a landscape beyond your comprehension, full of seemingly “magical” devices and technology left behind by past civilizations.
Select who you will be in this world: Are you Glaive, armed to the teeth, a master of weapons? A Nano, someone whose mind and control of themselves can even affect their surroundings? The Wright, a builder, designer, craftsman? An Arkus? Leader of people, architect of councils and towns. A Delve, destined to explore ruins that may have the chance to slay others, but never yourself? Or are you a Jack? Pulling and teasing from the other styles, touching each of their disciplines, but never mastering any yourself.
Read the first moments of the campaign here. We hope you’ll be able to join us!
Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Oak & Shield Gaming Pub! Join us for 8 rounds of audio, visual and live hosted trivia.
Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Geeks Who Drink rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.
Prizes courtesy of O’so Brewing Company – Tap House featuring delicious beer and gift cards to Oak and Shield!
Join us for a five-week Magic League, beginning Friday, February 1.
Open three packs of Ravnica Allegiance, assemble your League deck, and play as many games as you want against opponents of your choice! You’ll have an opportunity to reinforce your deck every week, and you’ll get prizes just for completing games—win or lose.
How does it work?
When you enter the league, you’ll open three packs of the new set. From the contents of those boosters and basic lands provided by the store, you’ll then build a 30-card (minimum) deck.
From there, play single-game matches. Each player gets one free mulligan.
Play anyone during the course of the league and as many games as you like—there is no limit on total games. Just try not to play the same person twice in a row. League games may be played any time, but must be played at the Board Game Barrister location where you joined the league.
Track your games: We will have League Record sheets available, to be filled out by you and signed by a Barrister after every game played.
This league does not exclude you from playing in Friday Night Magic or other events. If you want to buy into the league and play some games between or after your matches, you’re more than welcome.
This league will continue through Friday, March 1.
Late entrants welcome!
Players in this league need not be present every league Friday in order to participate. If you miss the first week, you can enter in a later week. By the same token, if you miss any week after the first, you may resume your league play where you left off.
Need Reinforcements?
You may purchase one pack per week to add to your card pool and deck. Each new week begins on League Friday.
OR
Lose three games, and you can purchase another pack to add to your deck.
Prizes
- Upon entering the league, you’ll receive three packs of Ravnica Allegiance and a *League Deck Box.
- *Deck boxes are provided for some sets, but not for others.
- Play 5+ games over the course of the league, win or lose, will receive a pack of Board Game Barrister art sleeves.
- Play 10+ games, and you’ll receive this season’s Foil League Promo: Gate Colossus
- Plays 20+ games over the course of the league will receive a pack of full art and/or foil promos.
Represent your guild and play in a special sealed event or Guild Kit battles on Ravnica Weekend!
Ravnica Weekend will feature two events, and everyone who participates will receive a gorgeous foil basic land card (pictured, while supplies last).
Sealed Tournament
Registration: 11:30AM
Event Start: Noon
Open six packs, build a powerful deck, and play for promos and the coveted Champion playmat.
All participants will receive a foil Lavinia, Azorius Renegade promo.
The winner will receive the Champion playmat.
Or join us for a Standard Tournament at our Bayshore & Mayfair locations.
Guild Kit Battles
Open Battling—Noon to 2PM
Pick up one of the five new Guild Kits and battle against other players to take home a foil basic land promo.
Represent your guild and play in a special Standard tournament or Guild Kit battles on Ravnica Weekend!
Ravnica Weekend will feature two events, and everyone who participates will receive a gorgeous foil basic land card (pictured, while supplies last).
Standard Tournament
Registration: 11:30AM
Event Start: Noon
Bring your most powerful Standard deck, and play for promos and the coveted Champion playmat.
All participants will receive a foil Lavinia, Azorius Renegade promo.
The winner will receive the Champion playmat.
Or join us for a six-pack Sealed Tournament at our Greenfield location!
Guild Kit Battles
Open Battling—Noon to 2PM
Pick up one of the five new Guild Kits and battle against other players to take home a foil basic land promo.
Welcome to Barristerberg Adventurers Academy!
This mythical and magical place is where young adventurers begin their journeys and build lifelong knowledge of how to be a great Dungeons & Dragons player.
Dungeons & Dragons isn’t just about tracking statistics and defeating imaginary dragons. The real fun of the game is in telling a communal story, cheering when your teamwork pays off, and laughing when everything goes wonky.
Class Event
This D&D “class” will prepare young players to join in on any of our D&D for Kids adventures in the future.
Stick around for a same-day adventure at 4:00PM, February 17!
Tier 1 Event
This “Tier 1” event will focus solely on the fundamentals of Dungeons & Dragons gameplay. Participants will learn the essentials of:
- Choosing an adventuring class and race (elf, dwarf, gnome, human, etc) for their character;
- Listening to descriptions of the story world and making choices for their characters;
- Interacting with the Dungeon Master’s story world and the characters it contains;
- Basic rules of adventuring and fighting (Example: Roll a die and add your attack value to see if you hit this goblin);
- Acting in turn so that the whole group participates.
A “trimmed” portion of the Dungeons & Dragons rules will be used during this gameplay session. To continue learning the complete D&D ruleset, also join us for our Tier 2 and Tier 3 events.
About your Dungeon Master
Chris has been playing Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop roleplaying games since 1981. For many years, he has run events in Board Game Barrister stores, at official conventions, and at home. Chris has published several pieces in third-party roleplaying books and has written numerous adventures and campaigns.
Your training is complete and it’s time to begin your life of action and adventure in Dungeons & Dragons!
Together, we’ll tell an amazing story about your character’s heroic choices and amazing quests. All game materials will be provided, but players wishing to bring their own dice or a miniature representing their hero may do so.
Important:
Players who have not yet graduated from Barristerberg Adventuring Academy will first want to attend our D&D for Kids Class event earlier that same day!
Adventure Event
This D&D “adventure” will allow young players to use the knowledge they learned in the academy to tell a story as a group and accomplish great deeds!
Tier 1 Event
This “Tier 1” event will focus solely on the fundamentals of Dungeons & Dragons gameplay. Participants will utilize the essentials of:
- Listening to descriptions of the story world and making choices for their characters;
- Interacting with the Dungeon Master’s story world and the characters it contains;
- Basic rules of adventuring and fighting (Example: Roll a die and add your attack value to see if you hit this goblin);
- Acting in turn so that the whole group participates.
A “trimmed” portion of the Dungeons & Dragons rules will be used during this gameplay session. To continue learning the complete D&D ruleset, also join us for our future Tier 2 and Tier 3 events.
About your Dungeon Master
Chris has been playing Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop roleplaying games since 1981. For many years, he has run events in Board Game Barrister stores, at official conventions, and at home. Chris has published several pieces in third-party roleplaying books and has written numerous adventures and campaigns.
Welcome to the Ninth World, and to Numenera.
Join Game Master Anthony for a mini campaign on Thursdays through all of February!
New players are always welcome! We’ll be starting with brand new characters and covering the basics of the game before we begin.
About the Game
Numenera takes place on Earth, well sort of. One billion years have passed and nine eras have come and gone—great cities, alien races, machine dynasties—all have risen to power, made sweeping changes to the planet’s people, its structure and its atmosphere. And all have fallen, leaving the planet a shell for the next to fill in.
It would be error to refer to you as a true human, and yet human is how you think of yourself. A resourceful wanderer in a landscape beyond your comprehension, full of seemingly “magical” devices and technology left behind by past civilizations.
Select who you will be in this world: Are you Glaive, armed to the teeth, a master of weapons? A Nano, someone whose mind and control of themselves can even affect their surroundings? The Wright, a builder, designer, craftsman? An Arkus? Leader of people, architect of councils and towns. A Delve, destined to explore ruins that may have the chance to slay others, but never yourself? Or are you a Jack? Pulling and teasing from the other styles, touching each of their disciplines, but never mastering any yourself.
Read the first moments of the campaign here. We hope you’ll be able to join us!
Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Oak & Shield Gaming Pub! Join us for 8 rounds of audio, visual and live hosted trivia.
Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Geeks Who Drink rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.
Prizes courtesy of O’so Brewing Company – Tap House featuring delicious beer and gift cards to Oak and Shield!