Knighthood Games — Local services in Cookeville

Knighthood Games? More like Knighthood Lames!

My friend and I have been playing Mtg together for over ten years, and I have never bought cards online as I believe in supporting the local card community and businesses. A while back I found this store which is an hour and forty five minute drive from my home but I made the trip many times and recommended the store as the best store in middle Tennessee for Mtg cards.

I heard today that the store changed its practice of how they sell their cards and that you scan a QR code and browse the inventory on your phone. That is probably one of the worst decisions Knighthood Games could have made.

What is the concept? I walk in and then look down at my phone for hours? Let’s hope I don’t get distracted or my battery dies. Does the business offer free charging for my phone? If my phone dies while I’m the middle of browsing am I just out of luck and can’t buy the cards I want? Why do I need to worry about my phone when going into the store, what kind of business makes a leap like that?

If my phone is the medium of which to buy cards then what is the incentive to not buy on a bigger site that has a much larger inventory? If I live twenty minutes away, why even use the gas in my car to drive to a smaller online inventory? It all seems that laziness must be the root cause of such a bad concept. Do jewelers force the customers to browse online, what about gun stores? No all of those businesses have a behind the glass practice why can’t what used to be a fantastic place continue to do the same?

Unfortunately I don’t believe I will ever get my questions answered because I won’t ever make the long drive again. Yesterday they would be the top of my list but now they are the bottom. Knighthood Games? More like...

We visited this "mom and pop" local collector's store while on vacation. After the first visit, my son wanted to return several days later while the rest of us were hiking (he did so).

Generally, this is a small store that focuses on trading cards (sports, and esp. Magic The Gathering). The owner (who was very friendly to me during my visit) noted that he doesn't sell comics any longer, but has a long backlog of pre-2000 (10's of thousands) that he sells in the store at $1 a piece. Several bins in the store will filled with these comics. The store sells some memorabilia, typically focused on sports, as well as some boxed games (Steve Jackson Games Munchkin, for example) and other items.

The decor is dated, but has a friendly atmosphere, and the prices on most items are generally reasonable to good, and cheaper than I'd find near home, likely due to the local college (Tennessee Tech.) a block away providing a larger customer base.

During the non-summer months, I can see that parking could be an issue, but if you're into Collectible Card Games (esp. MtG), I'd recommend dealing with that by advanced planning and...

They had a great selection and the staff were super friendly and helpful. We got a great tip on Dixit (can’t wait to play the proper game), which is that you can use the Dixit cards in Mysterium to increase the difficulty. The person sharing that was clearly into the games, cared about the time we’d have playing, and loved what he was doing. They had the D&D stuff we wanted, good advice for that as well. As a person who doesn’t know a lot about most of the stuff in the store, I think a really important tip is that you could come here and find something for that person on your list whose deal you don’t quite get. Learn some basics about what they’re into and the staff could make you the gift giving hero. And, there are plenty of collectible things so you could get something awesome without knowing which expansion packs they need or anything super...