ShoeBox Games & Cafe

Hours: Shoebox Games & Cafe is a friendly neighborhood games store open seven days a week. It offers a casual, friendly environment for epic games with seating for over thirty people. The shop provides snacks, daily events, and tournaments. Customers can find out-of-the-way board games, Dungeons & Dragons tomes, Gunpla, and cards for Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic: The Gathering, and Dragon Ball Super. The staff are consistently described as amazing, very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, and eager to assist, even when busy. They create a pleasant experience where people feel like family and always have a blast. The store has a great and very cool Pokemon card collection and other singles. Prices are noted as great, fairly good, and decent on average, though some local stores may have slightly more competitive pricing. The location is decent. The store is popular and can get busy, sometimes feeling stretched thin for space during events, but the staff communicate this well. As a newer business, it is doing excellent. Some growth is possible, particularly in improving the online experience, as the current website is limited and an online catalog for singles is desired. Overall, it is a great place highly recommended for anyone who likes tabletop games, whether competitive or not.

1. Calgary, Alberta