Griffon Bookstore — Attraction in South Bend

I see there hasn't been a review in a little while, so because I just visited a few weeks ago, I feel I should lend Griffon another great review. I'm a board gamer; I enjoy Axis and Allies, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Risk, Monopoly, etc., and this store had almost any game I could imagine I'd want.

The purpose of my friend and my journey was to pick up TransEuropa, a simpler strategy game than the ones I listed earlier. Griffon not only had the game - for a better price than I could find anywhere else - they also had TransAmerica! Of course, we couldn't NOT look around, so my friend and I perused more and fell in love with the bookstore. The plethora of games, expanse of bookshelves, and knowledge of the owner nearly overwhelmed us (in a good way!).

And from perusing, we ended up getting another board game and a few books. You better believe I'll be back soon.

In short, go; experience what this bookstore has to offer. It's wonderful that South Bend has a gem like this in its...

Use to come here all the time and buy board games. I always dealt with a woman and had no problem but the old gentleman has been there the past few times I’ve gone. Today I wanted to sell some games and I brought 10 games in that totaled over several hundred dollars in retail value. Of course I recognize that I’m not gonna get anywhere near retail but the amount I was offered was a waste of time and insulting. He was wanted to offer $50 for 10 games. If you know about board games the average price of a game is $40–$60 so he wanted my ten games for the cash price of 1. Of course we told him no then he had the nerve to offer us $40 for 3 of the games and expected to give us $1.57 each for the remaining 7 😂 what a waste of time. I’m all about supporting local businesses but from now on I’ll stick to Amazon where their games are...

This little gem is nestled in downtown South Bend. Hundreds and hundreds of games, great varied and obscure collection. Used books at great used book prices but heavy on military history and philosophy and not a romance novel in sight. Except for Dover classics. Speaking of Dover books, if you love their paper doll books or their little tiny sticker books, you can get those here. Also find game pieces, materials to customize D&D characters, old Viking ship model kits and an impressive display of military helmets on display from every era. Griffon seems to embody the essence of true Geekdom. Military strategy, RPG and eclectic decor such as pinned butterflies makes this bookstore more of a destination and a browser's dream, and less a cookie cutter bookstore. Established in 1976, I hope it stays open another...