Side Quest Books & Games | Caroline

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📚 SFF books & indie TTRPGs 🕰️ Tu/W/Th/Su, 12-6 | F/Sa, 12-7 🌎 @bow.market 💕 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
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🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈 JUNE CALENDAR!! 🏳️‍🌈🦄🌈 It’s PRIIIIIIIIDE!! And we have SO MANY QUEER EVENTS!! Highlights: 🦄 A live D&D show with @jedediahberry @casskhaw @lenorawoodswrites @makana_yama 🦄 A free game of Imagine Queer Worlds with @worlds4all for Free RPG Day 🦄 One sapphic book club with Idolfire by @grace_curtis_posts , and a gay book club with Lost Book of Lancelot by @glynner85 🦄 A big queer TTRPG night with @bostongaymers 🦄 The first of 3 monthly game writing sessions for @fistfulofcrits ’ Romantasy Game Jam Pardon us while we cry in queer pride 🥹 Can’t wait to celebrate with all of you!! Yours in rainbows, Caroline & the Side Quest Crew
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🌸🌺🌻🌷 MAY EVENTS! 🌷🌻🌺🌸 We are SO READY to get out into the world and create magic together again! Join us for one of our 6 games, 2 books clubs, or other fun and nerdy events we’ve got going on in May. See you out there, loves! • • • @bow.market @unionsquarems #mayevents #indiebookstores #flgs #ttrpgs #fantasybooks
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1 month ago
👋 Welcome to Side Quest! 👋 Figured we’d re-introduce ourselves! We’re a woman-and-queer-owned fantasy shop at @bow.market in Somerville, MA. We have magical books! Tabletop roleplaying games! Nerdy knickknacks! All from underrepresented folx! We have a packed calendar full of book clubs, game nights, charitable events and more. Follow our Eventbrite profile and join our newsletter to stay up to date with everything we’ve got going on! Hope to welcome you in soon 🤓 Yours in epic fantasy, Caroline & the Side Quest Crew 🐉⚔️🧙🦄🛸✨
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3 months ago
🤓 NEW GAMES! 🤓 Our #TTRPG section was NOT to be outdone this week — check out all the incredible new/new-to-us games that just came in! Cozy solos, some Cyberpunk, SEVERAL cat games… it’s a good time to be a gamer 😉 Come on over for a browse! 💜
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🥵 NEW RELEASES 🥵 Y’all the new releases this week are UNMATCHED! Carl #8, new Veronica Roth, Long Live Evil #2, new Ann Leckie, AND special edition deluxe hardcovers of the Shepherd King duology?! WE MUST SIMPLY PERISH! Holler if you want us to hold any of these for you before they’re gone 😅 Yours in that new-book smell, The Side Quest Crew ✌️
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⚔️ Lady Knight Night w/ Custom Chainmail Jewelry! ⚔️ Y’all. The one and only @meloriamaille is joining us with a custom chainmail jewelry bar for our Lady Knight Night on Saturday, May 23! We’ll have the deluxe paperback of The Knight and the Moth, we’ll drink some mead, we’ll roll up some lady knight character sheets, and generally have a big ol’ sword-wielding time. Tickets at our linktree! See you there 🫡
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7 days ago
🌞 Sun’s out, used books out! 🌞 And we’ve got a cute new rolling shelf and everything! Open 12-7 Friday, and we’ll be open 12-7 during Porchfest tomorrow too! (We’ll keep our door closed so it’ll be a nice quiet respite in the eye of the storm 😉💜) See you soon!
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10 days ago
🌻 New this week! 🌻 We are SPOILED this week — @fonda.lee ’s new fantasy is here, along with the next Murderbot, the paperback of @authorcstarling ’s Starving Saints, and this new-to-us solo TTRPG with immaculate vibes called Deify?! Be still, our beating hearts! Come escape the rain (and, ya know, reality) by getting lost among our shelves 💚
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11 days ago
🏳️‍🌈🦄 WE HAVE A BRAND OKAY 🦄🏳️‍🌈 Sometimes folks come in and they’re like, “do you have a queer sci-fi/fantasy section?” And then we just… gesture at most of the store 😅 @bow.market
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15 days ago
⚔️ We’re chatting with @fistfulofcrits !! ⚔️ Ever since Steph from Fistful of Crits released Sworn++Heart, a 2-player TTRPG based on T. Kingfisher’s romantasy novel Swordheart, I KNEW we were gonna have a lot to talk about. So now we’re talking! Across the ocean! And you can come be part of the conversation, either in person at the shop or online! We’re gonna talk about game design, inspiration, advice, and Steph’s currently-running Romantasy TTRPG Game Jam. Join us at 10AM Eastern Time on Saturday, May 16. In-person ($5) and online (free) tickets are at our linktree. See you there! 💜
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17 days ago
❤️ BOOK LAUNCH FOR LEVEL UP FOR LOVE! ❤️ We are SO THRILLED to be hosting the launch event for @lenorawoodswrites ’ next novel, Level Up for Love. We ADORED Roll for Romance, and can’t wait for everyone to get their hands on the next toe-curlingly delightful and nerdy story from one of our faves! Each ticket comes with a signed copy of the book, plus some nerdy swag. Lenora will do an author talk with us, take audience questions, and then personalize books! The event will also feature signature drinks, and the Upstairs at Bow photo booth will be available to help you commemorate the night. Come celebrate with us! Details: Tue, Sept 8, 7-9pm At @upstairs.at.bow Tickets at the linktree in our bio LEVEL UP FOR LOVE Sparks fly as two former college rivals are forced together for a new D&D campaign—clashing both in and out of the game—in this fusion of contemporary second-chance romance and fantasy from the author of Roll for Romance. In college, Reagan Riley and Wesley Locke were constantly at each other’s throats, competing to be the best in their video game design program—until Wesley ghosts her after their unexpected hookup, severing their ties for good. Six years later, Reagan has set aside her game design dreams, opting instead to stay close to her family in Connecticut and channel her creative energy into D&D. When her longstanding group falls apart, she and her sister join their local game store’s new advanced campaign—only to find the demanding Dungeon Master at the helm is none other than Wesley. In the game, he is Vadrien, a merciless, power-hungry vampire lord, and Reagan is Sindra, the sword-wielding lady knight who will stop at nothing to cut him down. When a game design opportunity opens up in the real world, Reagan and Wesley find themselves doubly pitted against each other. But as their buried spark reignites and Reagan starts to question why Wesley left all those years ago, can they find a way to play nice—and are they playing for more than just to win? ❤️❤️❤️
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18 days ago
💜 Happy new release Tuesday! 💜 Tons of new & recent releases hitting the shelves today, and thank goodness — we’ve definitely got room after all the action on Indie Bookstore Day! (Don’t worry, and more sappy post coming on that.) Come check ‘em out, especially our ✨signed copies!!✨ Enjoy the sun, Caroline & the Side Quest Crew
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