Kadow is able to cultivate an immersive atmosphere thanks to his years of experience in the entertainment industry.
When he’s in a campaign, he plays the Burly Bard, the comic relief of the table whose primary function in battles is distracting enemies with the “vicious mockery” move, making them more susceptible to attack. The Short Rest Tavern's name comes from Dungeons & Dragons lore, a game that owner Mark Kadow has played for over four decades. You can choose to roll a big die to get $1 off the random drink it lands on, off a list of 20. The soundtrack is immersive, and diverse: one day you might be listening to the game soundtrack of Zelda, another might be seagulls’ caws on repeat. They have a couch straight out of your best friend’s living room, flanked by maps of Middle Earth and Greyhawk, the first-ever world in Dungeons & Dragons. They have a vibrant social calendar, with “Tucson’s toughest trivia” on Friday nights, B-movie Mondays, and Board in the Bar meet-ups on Tuesdays where you can choose from a wide selection of demos or learn a new featured weekly game. It’s the Short Rest Tavern, the board game speakeasy in the back of the Tucson Games and Gadgets store where you can get 25 different varieties of mead and play a Dungeons & Dragons campaign at the same time. For $100, you can drink it out of a custom mug, with mug club privileges like discounts on games and drinks, but also street cred.
Mead is on tap, along with local beers and cider. Lamps dangle from the ceiling framed by decahedron fixtures. The place we’re here to talk about is in the way back, untouched even by the mall’s skylights. Tucson Games and Gadgets is also home to Short Rest Tavern at the Tucson Mall.
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