Cascade Games
Also known as: Cascade Games, LLC
Cascade Games is a Portland, Oregon firm that designs and runs organised-play programmes, tournaments and fan events for trading card and tabletop game brands; it does not make casino games. Its site documents card-game events it ran at San Diego Comic-Con and TwitchCon from 2024 to 2026 and a Star Wars: Unlimited judge programme launched in 2024.
- Headquarters
- Portland, United States
- Ownership
- Cascade Games, LLC (Portland, Oregon, United States); founder Tim Shields.
- Products
- organised play and event management for card and tabletop games
- Also known as
- Cascade Games, LLC
- Website
- cascadegames.com
History
Cascade Games, LLC describes itself as a boutique Portland, Oregon firm whose team has built communities around games for nearly 30 years; its site names Tim Shields as founder. The company designs organised-play programmes, advises game publishers on budgeting, sponsorship, marketing and fan engagement, and plans and runs events from local competitions to international championships, saying it has run tens of thousands of events in the US and Europe.
Its posts from 2024 to 2026 describe the trading card game events it organises at San Diego Comic-Con, including Magic: The Gathering schedules and prereleases, as well as card-game events at TwitchCon in 2024 and 2025. In August 2024 it opened a judge community for Star Wars: Unlimited, saying more than 2,500 people had expressed interest by 1 August.
Notable
- Runs organised play and tournaments for trading card games, including Magic: The Gathering events at San Diego Comic-Con (posts from 2024 to 2026).
- Launched a Star Wars: Unlimited judge programme in August 2024.
- Based in Portland, Oregon.
How well established
The company's business, location, founder and recent events are documented on the official site. The official site does not state a founding year or a registered address, and nothing on it refers to gambling or casino content.
