Games & theatre

Two theatres. Two arcades. One very long evening.

Slot G1 · Wide · 16:9The Vault entire — screen on, arcade cabinets glowing, pool table racked in the foreground. Blue hour so the windows read deep blue, not black. Tripod, practicals only, no flash.1920×1080 · AVIF + WebP + JPEG fallback · ≤250 KB at 1920 · file: games-vault-wide

A group of twenty always splits. Here it splits into two rooms, not a queue.

Each cabin has its own dedicated games and theatre room. Not a corner of the basement with a dartboard — a proper room, built for it, with a full-size pool table, arcade cabinets, a hundred-inch screen and seating arranged to face it rather than politely around it.

There's karaoke in both, which gets used more than anyone admits beforehand. And a poker table in each that stays permanently set up, because putting it away is how a game ends.

The Long Room at Aubade is the brighter of the two, with windows on the morning side — better for the afternoon. The Vault at Nocturne is properly dark, which is what you want at eleven o'clock.

What's in each room

  • Full-size pool table
  • Arcade cabinets, several to a room
  • Hundred-inch screen with proper seating
  • Karaoke
  • Poker table, permanently set
  • All of it twice over — one room per cabin

Why this is the reason to come in February

January, February and July are the three months people forget to book a mountain — the first two because it's cold, the third because it's hot and the beach exists. All three are good here, because almost nothing about a stay depends on being outside.

  • Two saunas and two hot tubs, best used when it's freezing
  • Two theatres and two arcades for the hours in between
  • Two kitchens and two long tables for a group that isn't going anywhere
  • Midweek rates in the quiet months, and two-night minimums

For a company, this is the evening

The part of an offsite people actually remember is not the session. It's what happens after it — and here that doesn't require anybody to get in a car or find a bar in a town they don't know.

  • Screen the deck review, then screen something else entirely
  • Two rooms, so the pool players and the talkers don't compete
  • Nobody drives
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Slot G3 · Detail · 16:9One arcade cabinet face lit almost entirely by its own glow. Their light is the most photogenic thing in the room.1920×1080 · AVIF + WebP + JPEG fallback · ≤250 KB at 1920 · file: games-arcade-detail

Questions people ask

Does each cabin have its own games room?

Yes. Each of the two cabins has a dedicated games and theatre room with a full-size pool table, arcade cabinets, a hundred-inch screen, karaoke and a poker table.

How big is the screen?

A hundred inches, in each cabin, with the seating arranged to face it.

Is there anything to do here in bad weather?

Two games and theatre rooms, two cedar barrel saunas, two hot tubs and two full kitchens. Almost nothing about a stay depends on being outside.