{"id":5232,"date":"2017-02-22T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2017-02-21T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T01:24:54","slug":"community-spotlight-moms-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/community-spotlight-moms-basement\/","title":{"rendered":"Community spotlight: My Mom\u2019s Basement"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Ashton Newton\r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n
It\u2019s difficult to drive down Main Street in Monmouth without seeing the blue building with the words \u201cMy Mom\u2019s Basement\u201d on the front.
\nWithin walking distance of Western, My Mom\u2019s Basement is both a game store and a gathering place for people to come and play card games or board games together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just had our seventh year anniversary last month. We\u2019ve been here serving the community for all that time.\u201d said Michael Haynes, owner of My Mom\u2019s Basement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMagic the Gathering is the most popular game in the store,\u201d said Haynes. \u201cThey have over 20 million people across the world playing this game. We offer a wide variety of singles and packs for the game and we also offer both sanctioned and unsanctioned events for people to come in and play, and we have regularly scheduled games that we play every week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Magic the Gathering is the world\u2019s most popular strategy card game. My Mom\u2019s Basement does weekly \u201cFriday Night Magic\u201d events every Friday at 6 p.m. For those interested in Magic the Gathering, there is an online version of the game called \u201cMagic Duels\u201d available for iPhone, PC and Xbox One to learn the ropes. My Mom\u2019s Basement also offers a free welcome pack for those who\u2019ve never played but it\u2019s first come first serve.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also sponsor \u2018Dungeons and Dragons\u2019 on Wednesdays. That is the number one role-playing game in the world currently. We offer games, books, dice and all the accoutrements that go with it,\u201d said Haynes. \u201cWe\u2019re also entertaining other games that are gaining in popularity like \u2018Yugioh\u2019, \u2018Pokemon\u2019, a game called \u2018Force of Will\u2019 and other board games and card games.\u201d<\/p>\n
For those who have never played these games before, My Mom\u2019s Basement is a friendly and welcoming place to come in and learn.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve pretty much always got somebody here that\u2019s willing to sit down and play and teach, so just walk in the door,\u201d said Chad Harrington, Western graduate and My Mom\u2019s Basement staff member.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually have games for people to come in, sit down and play. We have demonstration games. People don\u2019t want to spend $80 and find out it\u2019s a crappy game. They can come down here and say \u2018I\u2019ve always wanted to try that\u2019, pull it off the wall and see if they like it,\u201d said Haynes.<\/p>\n
Haynes also stressed that My Mom\u2019s Basement is a social place where people can get together and play. Coming with a group of friends is encouraged.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of these games get a bad reputation because there\u2019s a whole thing of \u2018nerds are so secluded and reclusive\u2019,\u201d said Haynes. \u201cThey have this really bad reputation of being non-social and that\u2019s not the truth at all. All of these games, you have to be social.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t believe the kinds of people who want to come in and sit down,\u201d added Harrington. \u201cThere are people from all walks of life here. We have firefighters, paramedics, people from all walks of life can get together and join in some kind of a fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n
My Mom\u2019s Basement opens at 12 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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