Marbles: The Brain Store

the store is cool and the employees are very helpful.
¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend

Braaaains.
Brainy games. Zany games. Devious mechanical puzzles. Find it all here in the middle of the mall.
Lots of games to demo means you can spend an afternoon here. Employees were friendly and helpful, and one of them came by and asked if I wanted to fire a wooden catapult (loaded with a little jelly ball) when I was standing in front looking at it. Answer: «of course!».
The store’s a little small, but there’s lots of stuff crammed in here and something to enjoy for everyone!

Not only are they fun, these are great for adults to exercise their brains and great for kids in their development. Our next house, we are going to fill our den with these games.
I envision our future kids bringing their friends and playing these games at home! Especially our future teenage daughter. She can bring her boyfriend and play these games till his curfew.

Made a mistake reviewing this place for another. Not sure how to remove review (as it was for a different place entirely.) I’ll just leave this the way it is until I find out more.
In other words, have not been to Marbles before…

I was looking for a gift and I had hoped there would be samples of most stuff. There wasn’t much so I left.
It would have been good to not have to figure out an adult gift which didn’t require additional players.
I ended up getting great gifts next door at Fireworks.
There were 2 employees in the store but neither seemed particularly interested in customers.

The staff here is super friendly and will give great suggestions, which is especially helpful when you’re trying to find a gift. They have thorough knowledge of all the games they carry and you can test a lot of things out in the store too! They don’t have a huge selection, but they do have quite a few things I’ve not seen in other places… and I’m a bit of a game fanatic. All in all definitely worth the stop!

This store is great we love games and got a ton to take back with us. Staff was new what they were talking about and stopped to play games with us. If you have kids stop at this store.

Looking for games that are good for your brain? More than just a great kids store or a place to buy a creative, useful gift, this is a great spot to treat yourself, too! I had first noticed a Brain Store at Bellevue Square Mall and then just happened upon the one inside Westlake Mall, much closer to my home. Drawn like moths to a flame, my boyfriend and I came in here to look at the games and see if there was anything we couldn’t live without. We’d have spent even more time in here if it weren’t for the crowd. I suspect this store is pretty new and because of it’s location –sharing the same roof as the famed Monorail — I think most of the people inside were tourists. I’d love to come back when it’s not so packed and spend more time testing games and seriously considering buying one.

While walking in the rain on a cold January evening, I saw a faint glow in through the watery haze. MARBLES: THE BRAIN STORE. I’m a self proclaimed puzzle & board game lover, so why have I never heard of this store?
My friends and I spent at least 45 minutes in here trying out nearly all the games they had out on display. The employees working that night were super friendly and kindly asked if they may show us how to play a bunch of the games too, how nice! (They also didn’t hesitate to correct us when we were playing the games wrong…)
In summary, they have all kinds of games categorized by the type of puzzle or logic needed. There’s a cute penguin themed color matching game for kids (and adults), a giant sized labyrinth with interchangeable plates, variations of your classic Rubik’s cube, and of course, jigsaw puzzles. I circled the store at least four times, and I guarantee that they’ll have a game to please anyone you know (and if not, sorry, but that person is just no fun). We were there for awhile so we ended up purchasing Forbidden Island (you should try it out!) and we ended up playing for 2 hours once we got back to our hotel. The games are a bit pricey, but I feel like they’re going for retail price. The store does have a membership system so you’ll get rewards after spending a certain amount of money there. Stop by if you have some time, fun times for all!

We drove by here the other day and I thought it looked like such a cool store so we came back to give it a try tonight! The store seems to be mostly focused on board games and puzzle games.
They had games like Forbidden Island, chess sets, and lots of puzzle games like special sudokus, but this definitely wasn’t the place to go if you’re trying to find serious strategy games like Agricola, Puerto Rico, even Settlers of Katan. More of a casual game kind of place with games that appeal to a larger audience. But, at the same time, you weren’t finding Apples to Apples here either. There were a lot of unique games I hadn’t seen before, but on the more casual side.
The store was pretty small, but they had some cool stuff. The best thing I saw was the chocolate bar tetris lol — I love chocolate and tetris so it was just perfect! I felt like everything was pretty expensive. We got a game and a puzzle and it cost a total of $ 70 — I wouldn’t have expected it to cost that much.
Overall — cool store.