Dark Future — Local services in Portland

There is simply nowhere else in town to buy quality vintage used RPG books and materials that compares to Dark Future.

One or two other stores sells used games, but dark Future specializes in it.

It's like travelling backwards in time to a very specific type of hobby/game store in the early 1980s that would not seem out of place in a first season episode of Stranger Things.

If you are looking specifically for a copy of module DL-7 "Dragons of Light" (...AND WHO ISN'T?!?) this shop might just be the ONLY place in town you're going to find it.

Dark Future also has a big and active discord server for all geek...

Tucked beside the vegan burger altar that is Black Water, Dark Future is a glorious collision of vintage and current RPG esoterica plus a trove dungeon synth tapes. Joe, the caretaker of this curated chaos, was rebagging a “skating wizards RPG” in an Einstürzende Neubauten shirt when we arrived—because of course he was.

We picked up a dungeon synth cassette, a locally made RPG archetype zine, and watched someone claim a copy of Toon! first edition. That’s not a transaction. That’s a folk ritual.

Black Water may feed the body. Dark Future feeds the campaign. Come...

My favorite Indy TTRPG spot in town. A plethora of zine and small press stuff, tons of used material, and super knowledgeable and inviting owners.

The stock tends to lean more toward trad stuff (big names as well as OSR/NSR), but PBtA and FitD games make occasional appearances as well. A great selection of Liminal Horror, Mothership, DCC and the like.

They even have cassettes with mood setting audio available. Super rad.

I love that we have so many different flavors of game stores in town. This one feels the most like the kind of place I...