Gaming Stores in Greater Seattle

[Kyle Baird]

So I've been wandering around the past couple of days and haven't had any luck. Are there any good gaming stores in the Seattle area?

[Andrew Vallas]

Gary's Games near 85th and Greenwood is a great store with lots of Reaper miniatures and a full selection of Pathfinder products. Friendly place too.

[Morgen]

I'm sorry but I can't resist!

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[Timitius]

Morgen wrote:

I'm sorry but I can't resist!

>LINK!<

AWESOME.

In Seattle....yes, Gary's Games, and that Gamma Ray Games is pretty darned cool too. And down in the Market is Golden Age Comics, which DOES have gaming stuff too.

Over in Bellevue, you've got Dragon's Lair and Uncle's Games.

In Redmond, Games and Gizmos.

[William Sinclair]

There's American Eagle Hobby at 12537 Lake City Way Northeast
Seattle, WA, and the Game Matrix in 8610 South Tacoma Way
Lakewood, WA.

The Game Matrix was featured in Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising.

[SunshineGrrrl]

I can highly recommend Dragon's Lair in Bellevue. Seem to be great people. Never feels creepy. The store is clean and a decent selection. No pathfinder minis which make me cry, but I've mentioned that to them.

Also if you just need dice or a book or boardgame, Uncles is pretty decent. They are kind of a local chain I think and don't carry a lot of hardcore gaming stuff, but they have the basics and seem to like shiny things, so they have a good selection of dice.

[SunshineGrrrl]

Oh, and the comic book store below the pike place market has "some" gaming material. Mileage may vary.

[William Sinclair]

SunshineGrrrl wrote:

Oh, and the comic book store below the pike place market has "some" gaming material. Mileage may vary.

I'd heard of this place but was never able to find it, or Pike Place Market, for that matter. Kept running into traffic issues trying to get downtown.

[Auspician]

Squeek and I did a tour today of the major gaming stores in Bellevue and Seattle, and here is what we discovered:

Gary's Games and Hobbies at 8539 Greenwood Avenue North in Seattle is by far the best we've seen. They have a tremendous selection of products for every tabletop game imaginable, both new and used. They had more than half of all the Pathfinder Adventure Path books ever released in stock new, as well as more than half of all other supplements. Their used area contains a treasure trove of material from 1st Edition D&D, AD&D, 3rd and 3.5 Editions, Pathfinder and 4e material. It also contains a wide variety of books from other publishers under open gaming license, totally worth checking out.

Dragon's Lair at 14725 NE 20th St Suite A in Bellevue had a reasonable selection of new products, including some Pathfinder materials, but what is really nice is its four open gaming tables. Each has four chairs, but six people could easily be accommodated at the table. This FLGS also has the benefit of being the closest to the hotel, only 4 miles away.

Gamma Ray Games in downtown Seattle had a lot of promise, but very little inventory. I was surprised that they were not even aware that PaizoCon was going on this weekend, and they already have their gaming area reserved for Magic on Friday, Warhammer on Saturday and Board Games on Sunday. They are closed on Monday. They also had the highest prices we found on dice, minitures and books (they few they had). Apparently they haven't gotten any new Paizo books from any of their three distributors in over a month; this was the reason given why the low supply of Pathfinder products. I'd recommend avoiding this shop during PaizoCon, both for being in a bad part of town and for little to no inventory.

I hope this information helps!