Board game stores, game cafés, and game bars across the US. See what each one sells, whether they serve food, and when they run game nights, trivia, and other events. Every store links to its own site, and we re-check each one about every two weeks.
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A long-standing Merrimon Avenue game shop that stocks hundreds of board games along with roleplaying games and miniatures wargames. The whole upper floor is a gaming space where groups meet for tournaments, campaigns, and casual play.
Last checked 2026-10-21
Board game café · Snacks and drinks · Beer and wine
A downtown board game café with a library of over 700 games sorted by category and difficulty. The counter serves coffee, sandwiches, snacks, and desserts alongside local craft beer and wine, and the week fills with Magic nights, a board game club, designer playtests, and a Sunday trivia brunch.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A family-run game store in Boone with comics, card games, miniatures, roleplaying books, and board games. Open tables are free, there are board games to borrow in the shop, and the weekly calendar runs from Friday Night Magic to Warhammer and an open board game day on Mondays.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game bar · Full menu · Beer and wine
A game tavern in Cary with a big board game library of classics, modern hits, and heavy strategy titles. The kitchen serves sandwiches, flatbreads, and salads, the taps pour local beer, cider, and mead, and there's an esports area with TVs for console play.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game café · Snacks and drinks
The Cary location of a local board game café, open from morning on with coffee, food, and a library of more than 850 games. It also hosts regular game nights and tournaments.
Last checked 2026-10-21
Board game bar · Snacks and drinks · Beer and wine
A downtown Chapel Hill beer bar for gamers, with 30 or so rotating taps, a big wall of free board games, and no table fees. Card players fill the place most nights for Commander, Friday Night Magic, and other locals, and there's a downstairs card room. Pizza from the shop next door is welcome.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game café · Full menu · Beer and wine
A board game café and wine bar in southeast Charlotte with a rental library of more than 100 games, big tables, and private rooms you can reserve. The menu runs from coffee and breakfast to sandwiches and charcuterie boards, with wine, beer, and cocktails too.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
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A game store in a historic building in downtown Concord, open since 2018. It carries board games, puzzles, miniatures, and card games, with a Tuesday board game night, Wednesday D&D, Warhammer on Mondays, and an upstairs space for youth games.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
Board game café · Snacks and drinks · Beer and wine
A big board game café in the Gibson Mill market building with a library of more than 1,000 games to play for a daily cover. Staff teach games to newcomers, the bar pours craft beer, and the food hall next door supplies meals. Thursday nights bring open play and D&D, and Mahjong has a strong following.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
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A family game store across from Concord Mills that has been open since 2016. It carries board games, card games, roleplaying games, and miniatures, and it runs groups for each of those crowds.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
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A comics and games shop near Lake Norman that carries everything from Golden Age back issues to new trades. Alongside the comics there's a broad shelf of board games and roleplaying games, Warhammer and other Games Workshop lines, and several trading card games.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
Game store · Beer and wine
A big comics and games store in a 12,000 square foot space, with deep comic back-issue stock alongside board games, RPGs, minis, and Magic singles. The calendar runs nearly every night, from Monday board games to wargames, Adventurers League, and kids' D&D on Saturdays, and there's beer on tap.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A downtown Durham game and toy shop that leads with board games, plus puzzles, dice, RPGs, and plushes. It puts real thought into welcoming neurodivergent, disabled, and queer players, and runs mahjong lessons, speed puzzling contests, and card game meetups.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game bar · Beer and wine
A meadery and bottle shop in a basement on Broad Street with a library of more than 300 board games to play over a drink. Game rentals are free on Mondays and Thursdays, and groups are welcome to make a night of it.
Last checked 2026-10-21
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A downtown Elkin game store selling board, card, and roleplaying games along with miniatures, comics, and graphic novels. It sets aside rooms and tables for free play and hosts roleplaying, card game, and board game sessions.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game café · Snacks and drinks
A new board game café in downtown Fayetteville with a big library of games to play. A day pass covers your table all day, and the counter pours locally roasted coffee and espresso drinks.
Last checked 2026-10-21
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A Gaston County game store with a deep board game shelf, plus card games, miniatures, and roleplaying supplies. Its play space hosts D&D, Warhammer, Magic, and board games, with Magic play in several formats all year.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
Game store · Snacks and drinks
A Greenville game and comic shop with shelves of card, board, and miniatures games, plus RPGs and manga. Miniatures game nights and card game tournaments run through the week, and the staff will help match you with a new game.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game café · Full menu · Beer and wine
A board game café, taproom, and game shop on Dickinson Avenue with a library of hundreds of games that's free to play. The kitchen serves a full menu alongside coffee and local craft beer, and there's a separate room for parties and group bookings.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A veteran-owned game store near Cherry Point that has served Havelock gamers since 2004. Warhammer, Battletech, and other miniatures games lead the shelves, alongside RPGs, card games, and board games, and free tables with mats and terrain are open for play.
Last checked 2026-10-21
Board game café · Snacks and drinks
A board game lounge in downtown Hickory with a library of more than 200 games to play on a walk-in basis. It also sells games and accessories and hosts private game events. The entrance is in the alley behind the shops on the square.
Last checked 2026-10-20
Board game café · Snacks and drinks
A specialty coffee shop and tabletop game lounge in Holly Springs. Guests can grab baked goods, toast, sandwiches, or salads and settle in at a table with a board game, card game, or RPG from the shelves.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A card and game shop in Kitty Hawk that opened after the area's last game store closed. Magic, Pokémon, and Lorcana fill most nights, with D&D campaigns on Saturdays and a weekly ladies' game night built around board games.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A Matthews game shop with board games, card games, RPGs, and miniatures, plus a demo library to borrow from on Monday board game nights. The rest of the week leans on card play, with Friday Night Magic, Saturday Lorcana, and Sunday Pokémon league.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A game store with a big library of games you can play in the store for free or take home for a week. If you rent a game and like it, the rental fee counts toward buying a copy. Most nights bring card game leagues, miniatures, or D&D, and there are rooms and tables to reserve.
Last checked 2026-10-20 · events calendar
Board game café · Snacks and drinks
A board game café with a library of more than 850 games to play, plus coffee, food, and drinks. It also hosts regular game nights and tournaments.
Last checked 2026-10-21
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The original Game Theory store, in the Duraleigh Corners shopping center near Cary and NC State. It carries board games alongside miniatures, roleplaying games, and trading cards, and it has a large gaming area for tournaments and organized play like Adventurers League and Pathfinder Society.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Board game bar · Snacks and drinks · Beer and wine
A downtown Raleigh game lounge and bar with a library of more than 400 board games, card games, RPGs, and party games, open evenings and weekend afternoons. It pours craft cocktails and local beer, and a D&D session 0 runs every other Tuesday.
Last checked 2026-10-21
Board game café · Full menu · Beer and wine
A board game café and restaurant in North Raleigh with a library of several hundred games and staff who teach them. The kitchen serves lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch alongside local beer and cocktails, and mahjong lessons and open play run through the week.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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Sanford's downtown game store, opened in 2021 by friends who met over D&D. It carries card games, RPGs, Warhammer and other minis, and board games, with a demo library to try before buying, a front play area, a back event room, and a private room to book. It also hosts a yearly fest of tournaments.
Last checked 2026-10-21
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The newer Game Theory store, serving Wake Forest and North Raleigh. It stocks board games, roleplaying games, miniatures, and trading cards, and its big play area hosts weekly game nights, tournaments, and organized D&D and Pathfinder play.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Game store · Snacks and drinks
A big Wilmington game shop with a free play space, a large library of demo games, and snacks and drinks at the counter. Card games fill most evenings, and there's a free board game night on Thursdays plus weekly RPG nights.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
Game store · Snacks and drinks
A Wilson game shop and coffee bar built around Warhammer, with board games, card games, and video games on the shelves. There's room to paint miniatures, play a few rounds with friends, or sit down with a coffee.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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A Winston-Salem shop for card games, miniatures, and roleplaying games that also stocks family board games like Catan. Free tables and a game library to borrow make it an easy place to sit down and play, and it hosts a yearly charity Magic tournament.
Last checked 2026-10-21 · events calendar
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