Kings Games

Fantastic store, the guy behind the register who I’m assuming is the owner or manager, was incredibly helpful in my search for a bunch of singles for a variety of games, and was super nice while I took my time looking through a bunch of binders. The selection on singles seemed to be pretty huge, covering Magic, YGO, Cardfight Vanguard, and I think they had a few binders for Force of Will as well. They had playsets of every card on release day for the latest Magic set, which was super great, and they had a boatload of boxes of foreign product which was priced incredibly well. I didn’t have a chance to play in an event or check out the event area, but they host SCG events so I’m assuming it’s likely well laid out. They also have an internet café area which looked cool and had very reasonable prices, and a gaming area where you could rent a TV and a game for a pretty reasonable price. There were a few groups gaming while I was looking at singles and it seemed very neat as an add-​on to an already cool store. Hoping to visit again and play in an event here, and if I do, expect an update to this review.

Kings Games Is A Fun Place Where People Can Have A Fun & Enjoyable Time With Their Friends Or Families Whether It’s Card Games Like Yu-​Gi-​Oh!, Magic The Gathering, Pokemon Etc., Board Games Or Maybe Some Video Games. Kings Games Is Also A Internet Café Where People Have The Option To Surf The Web, Play Online Games Etc. This Place Is My #1 Locals Since My Old Locals «Animation Odyssey» In Coney Island Unfortunately Got Washed Away By Hurricane Sandy. The Pros About This Place Is That It’s A Cool Place To Hang Out, The Staff Are Pretty Helpful & Nice. It Also Has A Good Variety Of Cards To Choose From The Card Games That They’re Promoting. The Cons I Would Say Is The Tax That They Charge On The Trading Cards And The Video Games That They Sell In Their Showcase & The Bathroom On The 1^st Floor Is Pretty Nasty But Overall Not A Bad Place To Hangout. So If You’re In Brooklyn, Be Sure To Stop By Kings Games And Give It A Try.

Great place for nerd and geek shopping. Loads of tcg cards and board games. Also the staff there is super friendly. Definitely check this place out.

An interesting place. Came here to meet some people to play board games and learned that computers and video games are available by the minute, hour or day at reasonable rates…

One of the best yugioh shops everywhere, they have a large inventory and its organized. Lots of cards are cheaper and employees are very helpful. Come here if you need cards!

These fat fuck nerds have no respect. I use to go to kings games but the way they act they’ll never have new customers. I prefer the stand in Ave v l. Manger is great and have cool stuff. F kings games

Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Not a huge selection for board games, but lots of selection for the tcgs. Could be a little cleaner, but thats a game store for you ;-)

I used to come here when I didn’t know any better.
Their internet works well and their computers run quickly. ish. That used to be enough to make me happy, and after I hadn’t been there for a while it’d left a pleasant memory of the place.
Then, a friend and I had some time to kill on Kings Highway and I suggested we stop by Kings Games.
I get it. It’s mostly a card games store and neckbeards are part of the package. I get that they spill things on themselves, don’t always bathe, etc. I also get that they tend to have money to spend, so having the snack bar easily accessible to them just makes sense. But for the love of GOD, clean the keyboards and the counters, because I shouldn’t have to wash my hands after touching a keyboard I paid to use.
If the keyboards aren’t cleaned, I don’t want to know how often the computers themselves (or the bathrooms) are.
Two stars for having a good selection of games and the place at least not smelling like day-​old food. If you’re used to LAN cafes like Cybercraft or Local Battles, this isn’t it.

Kings Games is primarily a trading card game store that promotes Magic, Yu Gi Oh, and other trading card games. They sell and buy cards, and have small and large scale tournaments.
It is also a internet café, with about 12 computers. As well as the new and old consoles with games.
I personally do not really play trading card games. Kings Games shines not in their products but in what service they provide, which is a meeting place for all kinds geek to congregate. Dungeons and Dragons groups, board games nights, tournaments, and just a large space for assembling a large array of many different geeks with differing passion for specific shows, games and interests.
This kind of atmosphere promotes the discovering of new perspectives on old games and learning about new and fun games, shows and movies. The business does a great service to all of geekdom.

Best selection and reasonable prices for Yugioh cards in all of New York State.
Zack the manager who helped us knows his stuff (Yugioh, Magic) Super friendly staff. The main floor has a vast select of single cards, collector tins, booster packs. deck sleeves, pro deck boxes. Upstairs the entire floor is dedicated to tournaments average 50 – 100 people.

The prices are standard for magic packs, 4 bucks. Anyone selling them cheaper must be able to afford it. These guys know their stuff, the owner is an MtG champion, and has had input on Ascension (chronicle of the godslayer).
Prices are also competitive for board games, you’ll probably be able to beat some prices on amazon, but shipping will usually even it out, here you just pick up what you want. And if they don’t have it, they can usually order it. Everyone is knowledgeable about almost any game being played here, always helpful and really nice. They aren’t nice if you are a d-​bag/​rude/​or mean to other customers.
I’ve been coming hear for 2 years and I consider every dime spent there well used.

Fairly roomy by NYC standards, and they have MTG PTQs fairly often so it’s necessary to go there, but they are out of the way, not particularly clean, and the singles prices are absurd — often as much as 5−10x as online prices. Not a great place at all.

When my son’s friends come to visit from other neighborhoods, Kings Games is a good alternative place to hang out together other than our house, the park, the mall, or the pizza place. It’s particularly good when they want to play a certain game that none of them owns at the moment. Last time, they paid $ 7/​hour to play Super Smash Bros and Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. They can meet other local kids who like similar games and exchange gamer tags. So this review is for the non-​competitive gameplay experience, nothing to do with tournaments.

This store frustrates me to no end. For NYC, the space is pretty incredible, spanning 2 stories and featuring plenty of tables to fit simultaneous yu-​gi-​oh and magi the gathering tournaments. Overall, the store is well organized, updated with current product, and clean.
However, the seemingly greediness of the owners keeps me from ever fully supporting this store. As far as singles go, this store has a good selection, even reaching a far back as some dual lands and pieces of power. Yet they will not negotiate at all on their prices. Even when the card is in poor condition, they refuse to take anything less than retail value, and they ignore any efforts to show them that some of their cards are priced as highly as 3 or 4 times the amount at which you could buy them from an online vendor. To a degree, I can understand the higher prices of a brick and mortar store, and would be willing to pay a slightly higher premium for the convenience of getting the card immediately as opposed to waiting for it to be shipped, but I do not appreciate being rudely dismissed with the response «I don’t care about starcity’s prices — they have nothing to do with mine». Last time I was there I had a list o $ 40 or so dollars worth of cards (at online prices) that I would have been willing to pay around $ 60 for, but gave up any reasoning with them after they refused to work with my offers of $ 2 for $ 1 cards that they had priced at $ 3-​$ 4.
Additionally, they have a strict policy that you must spend $ 5 to enter the upstairs gaming area. This is an understandable policy used to avoid freeloaders taking/​dirtying up their space while not actually bringing on any revenue to the store. However, I feel policies like this should be used with more discretionary, and that age should perhaps play a role. For example, I came to one tournament on a Saturday afternoon to catch up with some friends. I tried to go upstairs but was told I couldn’t go upstairs until I spent $ 5, which would be fine HAD I NOT SPENT $ 90 earlier that week. I tried to argue my case and frustration but still was denied entry. Since then, I’ve chosen to spend my money elsewhere.
I honestly want this store to succeed, but it’s these overwhelming frustrations that make me give it a 2’star rating despite the fact that I like the space, the people who play their, and that they hold frequent events across several formats. I just wish they would respect their players a little more. Perhaps then I wouldn’t mind spending my money there instead of cringing everytime I think about signing up for another of their events.

Attended a Pre-​release event in April. Arrived late but staff allowed me to join the event. Staff is nice and helpful from my interaction with them. Earlier in the day there was «stealing» from one player to another player. Good thing this was caught and the person who stole is now banned from the store and the staff even apologized to the person who had his things stolen.
For my first time going to this store it was a good experience. For my event the organizer would post a sheet up to the wall and make an announcement that pairings were up for the tournament. The room with the tables is moderately sized but not large enough to not be aware of an announcement where you can’t hear or see a tournament posting.

I recently went to this store to participate in a tournament. I was late but they let me pay to enter anyway. I waited for the next round to start, but was never informed. As a result I missed my chance to participate in the tournament. I explained this to the person that I paid to enter, but refused to give me a refund or store credit.
I am never going back to this store again!

Rude staff. This type of people are the reason why I would not live in Brooklyn and people think Manhattanites are rude.

Nice layout. Not. Nice singles prices on Magic. Not. Nice job with prize support, Gray Matter. NOT.