Like many other businesses, Other Worlds Games has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. As the owner and manager of Other Worlds Games in Portland, OR, I am starting this GoFundMe Campaign to help the store get through this dangerous and difficult time by reaching out to the community that has grown to trust us and that we (myself and our staff) have grown to love so much. I am also reaching out to those who may have known us over the last 13 years and moved on but appreciate what we provide to the lives of the youth that frequent our store. For all the kids who come in and pick up their first comic, who make new friends playing Magic, or discover the worlds of D&D.  I am asking for your help as we struggle through this unbelievable time and hopefully recover from this coronavirus crisis.

We have been forced to stop all of our community events and close our doors to full sales ability. So as not to endanger my employees, I have not asked any of them to come in and have been working all the hours I am able to continue providing curbside service. But this only works so much and it keeps myself from shuttering in for my own safety. Overall, this has significantly impacted the store’s revenue. Any and all funds I can generate from this campaign will be used to help pay our rent, our employees, other fixed costs, distributors and other operating costs. Importantly, it will help me to pay and retain our wonderful staff of employees. Our landlord is being generous during this time but they too, have landowner costs that must be paid.

When we are allowed to host events again, and if we can outlast the shutdown, we will need ALL our staff back as we try to return to offering our regular weekly Magic and D&D events and hopefully resume our kid’s Summer camps, which I suspect we will ALL desperately need as we try to return to some sort of new normal. After all the home-schooling that will be going on for the foreseeable future, the kids will NEED a place like ours, and the parents will also need a place they can trust their kids to go.

Other World’s success has always depended upon COMMUNITY. Today we need that community more than ever to continue to survive. Help us get through these difficult times with your donation. To me, this business has always been about the kids. 

Thank you for all your kind and wonderful support over the years.