During these times of isolating and social distancing, we at Mox Boarding House are coming together to keep the campfire lit and the feeling of community in everything we do. This Sunday, August 9, we’re partnering with Mox Boarding House to host Gamers Engaged with Food Lifeline, a charity stream raising money for Food Lifeline.What to expect at Gamers Engaged with Food Lifeline?Gamers Engaged will feature streamers from across the video gaming and tabletop spheres including Magic Caster Cedric Phillips and game designer Mike Selinker, all coming together to support Food Lifeline. Our goal is to raise $15,000, which will provide 75,000 meals for food-insecure families.Why we need your help to support Food LifelineWe’re so excited to work with Food Lifeline, a non-profit serving western Wa

Hello Friends! We hope your holiday season is off to a good start! Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, and you’ve scoped out the deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we’d like to bring your attention to a day that is near and dear to our hearts at Mox. Today is #GivingTuesday, an international day of charitable giving to highlight the important work that happens year-round through non-profits around the globe. Giving Tuesday also marks the start of an important time for Mox- it’s Giving Tree season!What is the Giving Tree? Our Giving Tree is a tradition we started at our Ballard location in 2012. We wanted to highlight the tremendous work that many of our local non-profits are doing every day to support families and individuals in need, while also providing an opportun

Tonight’s the big night! Cassius Marsh and members of Wizards of the Coast are coming to Mox Bellevue for a Modern Horizons Charity Friday Night Magic supporting the amazing work at Boys and Girls Clubs King County! The FNM starts at 5:30, and due to popular demand, we’ve added extra spots to sign up. Seats are going fast, so sign up at the event page A.S.A.P!But don’t worry if you can’t attend the event in person, we’ve got more ways for you to get in on the fun! All you have to do is watch the livestream on Magic: The Gathering’s Twitch page and look out for special giveaway links in the chat between rounds. We’re giving away prizes like Foil Urza, Lord High Artificers signed by Cassius Marsh and an Uncut Foil Guilds of Ravnica sheet! No purchase is necessary to enter; Just watch the str

An amazing day of games and giving just flew by, and all the majesty of the circus was on display at this year’s annual day of games and giving, The Gauntlet: Cirque! The dust has settled and we’ve packed up the tent and we’re so proud of each team who participated and raised money for this year’s beneficiary, El Centro de la Raza. There will still be money coming in over the next few weeks, but as of today The Gauntlet: Cirque! raised $117,342, surpassing our goal by more than $47,000! Between our sponsors, donors, participants and volunteers The Gauntlet: Cirque! had more support than ever in the event’s six-year history.All the fun under the big top This year’s gauntlet was a highlight in Engage’s history. From the front of house activities with face-painting and balloon twisting t

We’re approaching the end of Modern Horizons preview season and the excitement level for this set is getting dangerously high. New cross-format staples, new Modern archetypes, Slivers and Ninjas and Bears, oh my! So you want to play it? How about playing it with Seattle Seahawks’ Defensive End Cassius Marsh and spellslingers from Magic: The Gathering R&D? What if we threw in special prizes and all proceeds went to the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County? Seemed like a pretty good idea to us, too. On June 14 at Mox Boarding House Bellevue, Card Kingdom and Wizards of the Coast are partnering to host a charity Modern Horizons sealed FNM! The event will start with an attendee meet and greet with Cassius at 5:30 p.m. with the tournament firing at 6:15 p.m. Entry fee is $50 and every dolla

Now in its sixth year, The Gauntlet has worked with several amazing organizations as beneficiaries, but this year we’re proud to work with one of the best around. On the heels of passing our goal with 5 days until our teams show up in Bellevue, it feels like a good time to introduce and highlight why we chose El Centro de la Raza for The Gauntlet: Cirque!An idea is bornBorn out of hard times in the early 1970s, a small group of students and staff peacefully occupied the historic Beacon Hill School outside of downtown Seattle, laying the foundation of what would become El Centro de la Raza. Translated to “The Center for People of All Races,” they wear their hearts on their sleeves and aim to provide a feeling of home for all people interested in making a better world for each other by educa

Welcome one and all, to the greatest day of games and giving on earth! You are invited to watch as gamers compete in thrilling feats of tabletop gaming and show off their pub trivia prowess for a great cause in this year’s Gauntlet!On May 19, Mox Boarding House’s Engage committee will bring together gamers from far and wide and help them give back to our community, and this time The Gauntlet is heading under the big top with this year’s theme, Cirque! The Gauntlet will bring together twenty teams from around the Pacific Northwest in a six-week fundraiser, culminating in an all-day gaming marathon where they’ll compete in rounds of Parade, Photosynthesis, a special round of trivia and a showstopper designed to be a treat for participants and onlookers alike. They’re competing against each o

Hello Friends! We hope your Thanksgiving was cozy, and that you got your fair share of pumpkin pie. Everyone deserves pie. Thanksgiving marks the start of an important time for all of us at Mox Boarding House- it’s Giving Tree season! This is the time of year that we look forward to celebrating the generosity of our community by hosting our holiday Giving Trees at both of our locations. Our Giving Tree is a tradition we started at our Ballard location in 2012. We wanted to highlight the tremendous work that many of our local non-profits are doing every day to support families and individuals in need, whilst also providing an opportunity for our patrons to give in a big and meaningful way. Each year, our in-house giving program, ENGAGE, picks a local non-profit to be the benefic