Mad Hatter's House of Games — Local services in Lubbock

I've been going to Hatter's for a few years now. The staff is kind and knowledgeable and I often see them even playing games with other customers when the shop isn't too busy. It creates a wonderfully inviting environment. There's tons of places to sit and play games with a friend or large group without feeling like you're in the way of other customers. They've somewhat recently started filling out a side room with more product, making an already big store seem giant. Even being a longtime patron, I'm in awe almost every time I go and always find something new. If I have trouble finding something, staff is always happy to help or make recommendations.

It's not unusual for customers to spend hours here; pre-pandemic, I'd come nearly every weekend for 5-6 hours at a time just to play cards or work on something for a TTRPG. It's rarely too noisy to get into the zone and just work on stuff and staff has never made us feel bad for not buying anything. They'll even come over and chat with us about what we're working on and seem very genuine. The inviting atmosphere even encourages other patrons to come around and start chatting.

This really is an amazing place to come by yourself, with friends and to make friends. I'm looking forward to many more years of patronage and much more frequent trips once vaccinations...

The condition of the building is awful. Inside it could seriously use some dry wall repairs and a few coats of paint. The areas that had carpet need replacing entirely. The place also always has a pervasive unpleasant smell. The tables and chairs set up for gaming have seen better days. I personally do not hang out or play here because I dislike touching the tables and chairs. It is unfortunately the very picture of the gross uber nerd shop/hangout. All of that being said, the place is well organized and has plenty of space for meeting up and playing MtG or D&D with friends. They also hold tournaments on site. They have a large inventory of collectibles, dice, gaming books, cards, board games, and other assorted gaming accessories and tools. While most of the items for sale can be purchased more cheaply online, I do believe in supporting local businesses, and I try to shop here whenever I need something table top gaming related. I just wish Hatter would fix up the place and clean it every once in a while. Seriously, a good floor cleaning would probably help a ton with the smell...the place smells AWFUL. Like B.O. and...

I grew up with mad hatter's House of games through the different owners over the years and somehow they have stood the test of time and are in Even build bigger building than they were in previous store ownerships!

This isn't always will be the place to go in Lubbock Texas and Central located near Buddy Holly easily the best place to come to family friendly with plenty of space for social distancing during covid.

Mad hatter's has been there as a place for me my friends and family to hang out over the last two decades and then some.

Before covid they were regularly hosting some of the largest tournaments for Yu-Gi-Oh and tournaments for sanction play for man city as well as other various card games.

And the largest selection of board games in all of a 6-hour radius of West Texas easily.

hatter has a heart for people and is one of those exceptional people who comes in and brings positive energy to the entire building and as the owner exceptional leadership even during these tough times of isolation.

highly recommend them as deep place to visit if you're ever passing through Lubbock Texas you will not be...