Updates and Shenanigans!
Happy Fall! We have those tasty fall treats you've been craving! Pumpkin Spice, Apple Cider, Maple Bacon Toast, and more!
A few exciting announcements:
VOTE Every Day for Critical Grind to be awarded Best in Family Recreation for Will County 2024 through the Herald-News & Shaw Media.
Critical Grind is officially a WPN (Wizards Play Network) store. This means we'll be able to host prerelease events, more tournaments, and have prize support for these events & tournaments. Duskmourn is the newest set and although we joined WPN too late to host prerelease last week, we're hosting a Draft Tournament this Friday. There are still seats available so sign up now!
We're going to be hosting our first Lorcana Championship Tournament for Shimmering Skies on October 12th. Registration for that opens on September 28th on Melee.gg
This past weekend was our Fall Queer Variety Show. We've started hosting them quarterly, so in case you missed it, the next one is December 8th. There was some drama in the last month or so when some hate groups on Facebook took to their keyboards and not only posted some pretty hateful things about the cafe, and our community, but even tried to go to the village to get it shut down. With Freedom of Speech, and the fact that we weren't actually breaking any laws, on our side, obviously the show went on. Despite their keyboard bravery, there were no protestors the day of and despite the rain, we still had a fun and successful event. So, Love Wins, Hate Forfeits.
New STOCK!
We have SO much Heroscape! Check out the new set that just released!
Also, new from Smirk & Dagger, we have Boop The Halls, The Night Cage Expansion: Shrieking Horror, and HiFi!
We still have plenty of Lorcana in stock for those looking.
NEW Punchkins have arrived, including Enamel Keychains!
Upcoming Events you may want to remember:
Wednesday, September 25th, Tarot Readings by Ten Cups Tarot | 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, September 28th, Pop Up Closet with Queering the Binary | 11am - 4pm
Saturday, September 28th, Table Hogs | 5pm - 11pm
Monday, September 30th, Fabulous Bingo benefiting Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | 6pm - 8pm
Wednesday, October 2nd, Cemeterarrium Workshop w/ Blooming Succulents | 6pm - 8pm
Monday, October 7th, GAYme Night | 6pm - 9pm
Wednesday, October 9th, Zombie Makeup Tutorial w/GlamBat | 6pm - 8pm
Weekly/Regular Events:
Trading Card Games Mondays & Fridays starting at 6pm
Role Playing Games Tuesdays & Thursdays starting at 6pm.
Trivia every Tuesday starting at 7pm.
Co-Working Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10am - 3pm
Homeschool Meet Ups Tuesdays & Thursdays from 10am - 1pm
Chess Club Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 11am - 2pm.
Kids D&D every 2nd & 4th Friday from 6pm - 9pm
Blood on the Clocktower every Saturday from 6pm - 11pm
Inkwells & Espresso writing group every other Saturday from 10am - 12pm
Silly things.
Have you seen the kitties? Someone has been hiding 3d printed cats around the cafe. There are a LOT of them now. We've started naming them. I've even started a video series about them on TikTok.
Little down the line:
Lodge Con 2024 is November 2nd & 3rd! Lodge Con is an independent gaming convention at the Will County Fairgrounds. We are heavily involved and will be hosting a large number of events AT Lodge Con that weekend.
We will be giving away 2 tickets each month leading up to Lodge Con for various prizes.
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