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An 18-hole haunted-house mini-golf course downtown with rocking chairs, transforming portraits, and a private ping pong lounge for the rematch.

Forty classic cabinets, twenty-five pinball machines, and the largest pinball collection in Western Canada, in atmospheric Trounce Alley.

Nearly forty pinball machines, beer, and pizza in Chinatown, where competitive instincts emerge one quarter at a time.

Downtown's most licensed way to throw sharp metal at things, with a scoreboard that'll tell you everything you need to know.

Victoria's downtown climbing warehouse where the staff are famously patient and nobody looks graceful for the first twenty minutes.

Horror rooms on Broughton, detailed sets, a 45-minute clock, and the scientifically fastest way to stop being strangers.

Over 13,000 square feet of climbing terrain in Central Saanich, with certified instructors and the world's most naturally occurring flirting.

Old Town axe-throwing with Whistler pedigree, local craft beer, and a coach who'll turn your bounce into a stick.

Greater Victoria's only ten-pin house drops the lights on Thursdays and weekends, because gutter balls look better under neon.

The last five-pin alley in Greater Victoria, a block off Beacon Avenue in Sidney, where lighter balls mean twice the laughing.

Two and a half hours of guided pottery-wheel work, a lopsided keepsake fired by the studio, and sessions that fill fast.

Two ice surfaces and Everyone Welcome drop-in skates in the Gorge-Tillicum area, with rentals for a cheap, cheerfully wobbly date.

Twenty thousand square feet of trampoline mayhem where overthinking your texts is physically impossible.

Eight hundred-plus simulator courses, drinks you can order mid-swing, and axe throwing in the same building when golf gets boring.