D20 will offer board games and table-top gaming along with craft beers and other drinks. It will not have televisions, but will have more than 300 board games and table-top games available, along with a library of Dungeon and Dragons books available for role players, Sparks told us last month.
“This will be very different from any other bar in Dayton,” Sparks said.
The gaming phenomenon has accelerated and has been embraced by local pub owners. The “Hole in the Wall” bar in Dayton’s Oregon District has been offering free arcade games for three years, and the trend picked up steam with last month’s opening of gamer-friendly Bar 145/Reset in the Austin Landing development in Miami Twp., and the development of Canal Street Arcade & Deli, coming soon to the former Canal Street live-music space in downtown Dayton.
The “D20” in the new Kettering bar’s name refers to a 20-sided die (singular for dice) used in some role-playing games. It is moving into a 2,500-square-foot space that previously housed a women’s fitness center and a cell phone store.
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