Games For Us — Local services in Mauston

What an absolute gem of a game store. I am a collector and I love hunting for games. I frequent Mom & Pop used games stores and have been in many across multiple states through my time. I stumbled on this store driving through Mauston. My wife and I decided to take a spontaneous road trip with no set destination and had driven up from Iowa. I was quite happy when I saw the store front from the street and quickly parked so I could go inside.

This store is huge. They offer everything. Console games for just about everything dating back to Atari, card games like Magic, collectibles, and even an area for people to play games, including a few arcade cabinets.

Newer games from PS2 era on up are out displayed on shelves for you to browse through. Older games are catalogged on a touch screen setup which you can browse through by console and are in alphabetical order. Clicking these games brings up a box art, and information about the game. Additionally it informs you if the game is Loose, CIB (Complete), or New and you are able to see information from Pricecharting directly to see the current values for each game on the market.

My only gripe (and this is just being a total nitpicker) would be the convenience fee charged on top of the going market rate for a game. For example I purchased Metroid Zero Mission loose for the GBA. Going rate on pricecharting is $43, they charge an additional $4.00 on top of that. That is a very minor gripe though, because this is a small locally operated/owned business and I understand that having such a convenient system has it's costs, so ultimately I was more than willing to pay the fee because of that fact. Ideally you want to get the game right at market value from a customer's perspective but I am more than happy to pay for the convenience to help out a small business. Also, by the time you'd pay for shipping online from somewhere like Ebay you're paying more anyways... so the convenience of getting it in store is worth it in my honest opinion.

I wholeheartedly recommend this store. The owner lady (sorry I forgot your name!) is extremely nice and very helpful. I think you guys have an awesome little store and truly wish you all the best! I was very happy to find a game that has evaded me for quite some time and it was a pleasure to support a...

We had our son's 14th birthday party with Games for Us yesterday and we wanted to express how fun our hostess made it! Her name was Nicolette. We have a big family of 9 children (2 under 2) included! She made the entire experience great for everyone including the adults. She checked in with me several times to see if we were ready for this or that and ran the party so smoothly. All of the children kept saying how fun she was and how kind. I appreciated her patience and how energetic she was. You can tell she really loves what she does and it makes a difference! I now have 4 children wanting their parties here too! Hopefully with...

Terrific experience. Came in for some boxes to sort common cards and a little insight on Magic as I'm trying to take the game up. Service was super friendly and informative, even gave me and thd girlfriend a few starter decks to try the game out.

Their stock covers most hobby obsessions, from used games and some DVDs, to tcgs (mostly wizards products, sadly no Yu-Gi-Oh) and tabletop rpgs. Their prices are fair, hovering around market average with a few steals tucked away here and there. All in all one of the better hobby shops I've...