Maplewood Hobby — Local services in Maplewood

Not a lot of parking, it was my first time in the area, so I ended up circling around and parking on the main street.

The shop is more focused on wargaming than anything else. Although, I did see a pretty good selection of Tabletop board games, and models. A good amount of Warhammer related stuff. A very large amount of unpainted and prepainted wargaming stuff from various eras. A large selection of terrain for wargaming and or dioramas, a bunch of wargaming magazines.

A small bookshelf loaded with core rulebooks for various TTRPG, such as D&D5e, Pathfinder and bunch of others. So, basically enough for the basics of most TTRPGs although I didn't see modules or much supplemental stuff.

I also saw a section of paints for miniatures. As well as a painting station I believe.

It was packed when I went, people playing Warhammer, and an WW2 wargame (not sure which), so it was hard to get to certain areas. Staff seemed very knowledgeable.

The shop is very difficult to navigate, very cluttered, and very tight, but there were a ton of players. They had 3 tables going and 8-9 players. So, I was...

I attended storytime on Thursdays here for a while. I have never bought anything here besides water from the vending machine, but the shop appears to have many selections for painting and miscellaneous crafting things. The shop feels a little tight to navigate through when there are people playing with the landscape and figurines downstairs. Upstairs, the event space is not incredibly clean and does have broken chairs, but it is adequate for five tables of storytime Dungeons and Dragons. The single bathroom does not feel very clean and funnily always has a lot of paint and brushes inside. Overall, it is a little rundown and can get crowded, but the people are friendly and I understand that there are many things to do or buy. Parking can...

I highly recommend Maplewood Hobby. I just started getting serious into painting and got my first airbrush. I live upstate NY and have been having an issue finding Vallejo Airbrush paints. I have been forced to order online paying huge shipping fees and not being able to really see the colors. Was visiting family close by Maplewood and stopped by. This place is great. A real old school hobby shop. The owner was so friendly and helpful. My wife had to pull me out as I could literally have stayed there all day. If you are nearby or even if you are not go there and support this great...