Side Quest: You Can Play These Games

Want to experience the thrill of competition for yourself? Just a few hundred feet from Pioneer Courthouse Square (and one story below ground), you’ll find Glowing Greens Indoor Mini Golf, the perfect place to challenge your friends to a round of putt-putt under the blacklights.

If neon pirates aren’t your thing, Wicked Axe Throwing is also on site, offering the chance to show off your hatchet-hucking skills. Or, if you seek a more cerebral sport, there’s also Mental Trap Escape Room, which has two puzzle experiences on offer — “Hotel: No Vacancy” and “The Fortune Teller.”

Around the corner, the fun hits another level at Punch Bowl Social, the sprawling amusement emporium on the third floor of Pioneer Place mall. With a massive bar and New American gastropub fare, it’s the ultimate playground for grown-ups (Fridays and Saturdays are 21+ from 10 p.m. to close). Test your mettle at ping pong, billiards, floor shuffleboard, giant Scrabble and Jenga, corn hole, interactive Dartsee boards, and four retro bowling lanes.

Can karaoke be competitive? We’ll leave that up to you, but Punch Bowl Social also has rooms to rent for groups up to six as well as open mic nights that are just calling for your best rendition of “Purple Rain.” Now, assemble your crew.