In addition to providing recreational enjoyment, riding in go-karts and playing miniature golf are excellent ways to prepare children for a future filled with high-speed car chases and malevolent windmills. Gear up for the future with today’s Groupon: for $14, you get a $30 fun card for activities at Wilsonville Family Fun Center.

Wilsonville Family Fun Center boasts 6 sprawling acres teeming with competitive karts, thrilling pintsize rides, and competitions waged on artificial and virtual playing fields. A breeze lifts the hair of riders zooming in go-karts ($7/driver; $3/passenger) and mini golfers dueling with clubs on the shrink-rayed 18-hole course ($7/golfer). A Sky Trail ropes course ($5.50) harnesses gravity-defying navigators, and motorized bumper boats ($7/driver; $3/passenger) splash into one another with inflated joy. Eight batting cages pitch baseballs and softballs at speeds ranging from 40 mph to 70 mph ($3 for 25 pitches), and climbers send their pet monkeys up a 28-foot rock wall to learn from their technique before attempting the ascent themselves ($5.50/climb).

Inside the fun center, warriors duck laser beams in the fog and flickering strobe lights of the Lazerxtreme arena ($7). The Max Flight Cyber Coaster ($5.50) simulates the twists and turns of a coiling tracks, and the Frog Hopper ($3) slides straight up and then bounces downward as riders sprout warts and start wondering if they are princes in disguise. Wee ones age 3 and older bounce in the Kidopolis Playland ($5.50/child; free for adults) or take advantage of 100 flashy games that reward skill and dexterity in the on-site arcade.