Boardwalk Board Game Lounge Taking Kids On Imaginative Journey This Summer With Dungeons & Dragons Camp

This summer, the Boardwalk Board Game Lounge is gathering young adventurers to open their imaginations for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Summer Adventure Camp in downtown Peterborough.

Boardwalk Board Game Lounge co-owners Dylan Reinhart (left) and Connor Reinhart (right) are brothers. The Lounge is fully-equipped with a kitchen and bar and HOSTS TOURNAMENTS/GAMING events on a regular basis. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Children aged nine to 13 can come and play D&D with other kids at this event, regardless of experience.

Camps can run as short as two days and as long as five.

Each D&D Camp has kids guided by a Camp Leader/ Dungeon Master to design a character and take that character on a quest through unexplored fantasy lands, according to Dylan Reinhart, Boardwalk Board Game Lounge co-owner.

“It’s tricky to learn to play D&D,” he explains. “It’s not like a Board Game where you can open the box and just start playing. Dungeons & Dragons really thrives when you have an experienced player at the table acting as Dungeon Master.”

Dungeon Masters in D&D play a dual role: presenting the world to the players and adjudicating the rules as the characters explore it. Reinhart says the game teaches children a wide variety of skills and helps them apply them in D&D and in real life.

“We’re using everything we know about teaching people Board Games and my background as an Outdoor Educator to design a camp that will provide a fun and unique experience while also giving kids the chance to practice real-life skills like teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, critical thinking and even basic math,” he said.

By the end of camp, kids will leave with a set of dice, a miniature representing their character, and memories of their experience.

The camp has 16 sessions starting on June 5 with the last one running from Aug. 17 to 21.

Registration and the schedule can be found on the Boardwalk’s website.

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