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Not into dancing? Want to give introverts a great wedding activity? Making board games available is a win-win wedding dance alternative.

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Custom XKCD wedding dice

Remember the first time I showed you guys the perfect gamer geek wedding favor. Well OBT member nibo took the idea of customized wedding dice and made it even geekier! How do you ask? By the addition of XKCD! Nibo explains, “We wanted some d6s and d10s for our gamer friends who are coming to […]

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Jessi & Dave’s sincere celebration of fellowship and love & potluck wedding

We’re pretty unconventional, so we did it “us.” My bouquet came from the farmer’s market, my mom picked the flowers for the tables at the side of the highway, our centerpieces were board games, my husband wore hemp pants and a simple shirt; we didn’t have attendants, a cake, toasts, bouquet toss, etc.

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Oonagh & Dylan’s collaborative, creative, black-tie wedding with eco-considerations

Dylan and I walked down the aisle together (me in a $199 gold tutu) towards my Dad (a judge) who was marrying us. We wrote our own vows that had ended with me launching myself on Dylan with emotion before we were officially instructed to kiss.

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Miranda & Josh’s river running wedding & rainy day reception

The Offbeat Bride: Miranda, Juvenile Court Employee Her Offbeat Partner: Josh, Web Developer Location & date of wedding: Wedding: Lochsa Lodge in Northern Idaho; Reception: Miranda’s Parents’ Backyard in Boise, Idaho — Wedding, June 11, 2009; Reception, June 13, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: One of our favorite places on earth is the Lochsa […]

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Jami & Jamie’s backyard game night wedding

Jamie and Jami’s wedding is what happens when love meets game night in a big ‘ol backyard.

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Dice wedding favor: the ultimate gamer favors!

Offbeat Bride reader Julia-Gulia and her future husband are big gamer geeks. So when it came time to come up with wedding favors, they thought, “What better favor for our gamer geek wedding than personalized custom wedding dice?”