Game Parlor

Store closed permanently on 11÷25÷15. Unilocal says I have to add more text to make this long enough to post, so I’m typing this, but the store is closed and gone for good.

While Game Parlor has the typical «scent» most comic book stores have, it’s a great spot to find board games, comic books, and like-​minded friends to play games with. They had Arkham Horror, which was exciting. And also pre-​ordered Dead of Winter through them. This is such a cool spot for events, and the staff has always been very helpful and friendly. It’s hard to go in here and not feel happy and excited with memories from youth.

Although I never personally was a patron of the GP, I know many who were. It’s a shame that the «Nerd’s» of the world will no longer have a place to congregate. I’m sure they’ll find another damp, dark, place to inhabit. Much like Bats. This breed can often be seen dwelling in storm drains and Highway underpasses. What ever you do. Do NOT approach a Gamer/​Nerd with either soap or water or direct light! Any of these items can cause severe behavioral outbursts such as high pitched screaming, flailing of the arms and legs in an uncontrollable manner, and in some cases, self urination and defecation can occur. I recently happened to go by the GP the other day, after the store had closed. And no less then 40 – 50 Nerds were observed wandering the parking lot in a zombie like state. Walking into objects, mumbling incoherently and what appeared to be like involuntary random seizures of some sort?
Anyway. To the owners of GP. I wish you a healthy and fun retirement for your future.
Don’t worry about your «Nerds» you leave behind. They will eventually wander off and find another locale to inhabit.

This place has a lot of merchandise, if you play warhammer you’re in heaven, there’s so much warhammer merchandise. They also have a good variety of newer comic books, and other games. They do events almost every day including playing magic tournaments and warhammer nights. Any employee will be bale to tell you what’s going on and I believe they have a calendar in store.
I come here to get the latest comics in the series I collect and supplies such as comic book boxes, boards, and bags. Overall the store has a very welcoming and relaxed vibe. I recommend this place if you’re looking for different games, supplies, and newer comics.

Didn’t really have any modern board games. The board games they had here seemed like 1980s or 1990s classics… nothing too spectacular. I mean of course they did have SOME modern board games. but most of them were outdated ones. Also the place smelled odd. Like sweat or something.

It’s a game store, that’s good. It’s big, that’s good. They have tables for events, that’s good. They charge full retail, that’s not so good, but I would put up with it if not for the other problems. Somehow, they have a big store full of merchandise, and no selection. If I want to find a copy of a trivia game for a TV show that’s been off the air for a decade, I know where to go. If I want to buy expansions for a game that’s been out of print for almost as long, I know where to go. I asked the guy who designed the game, there are no more copies of the base game to be had, but game parlor has the expansions for it. If I need a joystick for my IBM PC XT (obsolete when I graduated high school, in the 1980’s), they have it, at full list price. I loved Confrontation, but the manufacturer wrecked the game, sold it, and it died, give it up, no one is going to buy it. If the box is sun faded, it’s a waste of shelf space, clear it out and stock something someone wants.
I’ve stopped even going in the store, even if I am right there. The other game store, closer to me, has less shelving for board games than I have in my basement, but I can’t seem to get out the door without spending $ 150. When I go to games parlor, I can’t find anything I want. There must be a strategy to what they have in stock, but I can’t figure it out.

The store is pretty expansive. There was plenty of room to play any number of things. The day we were there, they were hosting a D&D event. Most of the shop is dedicated to RPG (Role Playing Games) and all the stuff you know for that.
There is really only one wall of regular board games. Many of the games looked interesting, but had either faded lids or covered in dust. Prices are pretty moderate.
They also had a wide selection of cards for those who collect cards for those games.

Very nice and very large game shop. I think the largest one I’ve ever been too. They have a ton of stuff, the staff is friendly and the place is very clean. If you re looking for a game to buy or join, this would be the place for you.

Wow… you could explore this place for quite some time. They carry a huge amount of merchandise. As a board gamer, the selection was large, but not great. They have a few of the big name staples (Ticket to Ride, Smallworld) a handful of recent titles (Marvel Legendary, Gravwell) and a bunch of older games. If you are not at all enamored withy the cult of the new, this could well be your Mecca, but I did not find anything of particular interest.
However, there was a large and very active gaming area. There were more than a dozen folks playing war games and various tabletop games when I visited (on a Tuesday night).
Overall, a cool place to explore, but for my tastes, it was a much better place to play games than to buy games. If you are a war gamer or an RPG’er you may have better luck.

Great place, great staff, and you can find anything related to gaming that you want. Love the atmosphere for play there. Highly recommended if you’re into Magic, Warhammer, or board games!

Game Parlor’s selection is huge. HUGE! From CCGs, tabletop, miniatures, books, source guides, board games… they’ve got a massive, MASSIVE selection. But I also think that’s sort of the downfall. They have a TON of merch, and a lot of it is old, outdated and kind of stale.
This isn’t a bad thing if you’re a collector looking for that missing piece, but it can making navigating or finding things a little difficult as you tend to have to sift through things quite a bit. I know that sounds like an odd negative, but it’s a bit of a pro and a con at the same time. The store tends to feel a bit cluttered at times.
Staff have been friendly for the most part, but they definitely know their stuff.
They offer great deals on booster boxes for CCGs — 10% off any full box, 20% off any box for pre-​order. Not too shabby, though you can get a lot of their merch much, much cheaper online. I still enjoy supporting local shops, however, and stop in from time to time.

Solid game store. If you’re looking for card games like Magic, it’s got a good inventory. For board games, especially Euro games, the inventory seems very static. I was thrilled when I discovered this store a few years back, but the last three times I’ve been in, the same games were in the same places on the shelves. The staff is friendly and helpful, and I highly recommend you go and check it out. With more games and more variety of games, especially some of the new Z-​man games, or Rio Grande games, it would definitely receive 4 stars.

I barely saw this place considering every other place in the plaza had half lit signs.
It’s out of the way and I doubt I’ll return but looks can be deceiving.
The storefront looks small but all you need to do is look left (they could have two front doors if they wanted). It’s a huge store with everything: board games, figurines, comics, tabletop accessories, and everything in between.
Besides that there isn’t much else. The games are outdated (see pictures), the staff was scarce, and the prices were set at market price – even though you can get everything cheaper online.
I feel bad for people in this area that don’t have as many options but there’s always Amazon.

Really fun place to play HeroClix, with really great judges. They have one on Sundays and one on Tuesdays (a HeroClix night, and a different judge, AND a different prize kit), and both of them are awesome. The players were a seriously great bunch of guys, and I’m notorious for slamming comic shops for having dirty/​smelly players. This is definitely a will come back for me, and I hope others will now give it a shot.

Game Parlor is my favorite place to hang out and play board games. The owner, Cindy is the friendliest person you will ever meet. She makes it a point to get to know her customers. She greets and tries to help every person that walks in the door. The first time my husband and I visited the store while Cindy was working, we ended up staying an extra half hour just talking with her.
The rest of the staff are also friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable. Even the regular customers are happy to help other customers. They have a large gaming area with lots of large tables for board and card gaming, and a separate area for war gaming. There are lots of events for CCGs, Heroclix, board games, and war games, so the tables can fill up at night. I may not always find something I want to buy when I go in, but they are happy to place an order for me. They also offer a loyalty program where you earn points for every purchase and can use the points on a later purchase.
I really appreciate the great customer service and friendly atmosphere. Also, I really like Cindy and all the people I have met at Game Parlor, so you might have to take my glowing review with a grain of salt. I was a big fan of the Woodbridge store before it closed, and I am a big fan of the Chantilly store now.

Very Impressive gaming store, about the best I’ve seen! Large, clean, well lit, very organized, but not at all like a generic chain. Custom display cabinets and gaming tables add to the uniqueness. Huge selection of games, reference material Everything seemed to be shrink-​wrapped so good for quality, not so good for looking but they will open them for you. Serious large capacity gaming area (not just couple of card tables in the corner) Some comics, back issue mostly but it’s a game store after all. There do seem to be some «vintage» games and materials but I tend to think of that as more of a benefit then a detractor.

I’m have two conflicting thoughts when it comes to the Game Parlor. On one hand the staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and space is excellent, and there are always a ton of events going on. There aren’t a lot of places in the area that have significant wargames and RPG space.
On the other hand the stock kind of sucks. I used to play a lot of RPGs at the Game Parlor around 2004. I stopped in not too long ago and the stock was exactly the same. I mean, the same copies of books that had been there in 2004 were still on the shelves (at full price). Tons of unloved third-​party D&D 3e products in stock. Not that much newer stuff (I was a little surprised they had no Chaosium Call of Cthulhu products, even though they had a section for them). 4e D&D was not well represented. If the old stock had been more interesting products (old Shadowrun, AD&D, GURPs, etc) I would have been excited, but most of it seemed like old stock that hadn’t been bought because it just wasn’t very good .
Whenever I go to a game store I usually drop at least $ 30, if for no other reason to support a brick-​and-​mortar store. Last time I went to the Game Parlor I couldn’t find a single thing I was interested in. That’s pretty much a first for me, having frequented various game and hobby stores for the last 15 years.
As a place to go and play games and meet other gamers in the area it’s great. As a place to go and buy games it seems pretty dated. That’s a shame, because I really do want to spend money at the Game Parlor. I want to spend it on new and interesting things and not dusty remnants, though.

Very active game store with a very large and diverse product line for every stripe of geek from casual gamer, to d&d, to miniatures, to comic books, to wargames. Mark up on products is modest, but worth it to keep such a venue open. The heart and soul of the place is the gaming areas in the back. Great space to «try out» a product with a group before buying it for yourself. Always have groups engaged in play at these tables it and really helps to give the store a sense of community and some vitality. Its much different than the small closet sized game shops I frequented back in the 80’s.

This is a fantastic gaming store. Its has minis, board games, CCGs, role playing, old computer games, etc. It also has a nice selection of comic book. I am primarily a Magic: The Gathering player and speaking from that perspective this store quite nearly has it all.
Its is bigger, cleaner and friendlier than any of the other major gaming stores in the DC metro area. Its only drawback is that it doesn’t host any sanctioned events. For that you generally have to go to other stores (such as Dream Wizards or Animé Pavilion, Thanks for Playing, etc) but none of them compare to this one in comfort, space, cleanliness and even drivability. This store is easy to access from 28, 66, 50 or 7100. and only about 15 minutes from the beltway.
I highly recommend this store. as a ‘gamer’ going on 20 years now this is a great store.

This place looks like a very small, narrow store at first glance — but looks can be deceiving! I finally got in here to check the place out and I was astonished by what I found!
When you enter — the store is a bit narrow — but after a bit it opens up to a large room! And there is a lot of gaming going on here! They have a bunch of tables set up for folks to come in and play games of every type! I wandered about to watch — some were playing card style games (but not your traditional playing cards), games with miniatures — whole armies! Board games, strategy games, role playing games, and more. There must have been fifteen different groups of people playing games when I entered — folks of all ages — young and old alike! Some folks had brought food in with them — one table, two guys had a pizza they were eating while playing.
They offer a wide range of games and stuff for sale: old school board games, cards, role playing games (lots of Advanced Dungeons & Dragon (AD&D) stuff), Warhammer, miniatures, model paints, comic books, graphic novels, and a whole lot more!
The place brought a smile to my face — took me back in time a bit. I will definitely be coming back to pick up some games in the future.
NOTE: On the way out — on the inside of the front door — there was a sign taped to the door that prohibited folks from bringing Chinese food in from the restaurant directly adjacent next door — I wonder what that is all about?!!