Gamma Ray Games — Local services in Seattle

Been running a weekly board game night here for about a year. Their bench tables are big enough for games like Scythe or ROOT, but I would call and make a reservation if you plan on having 6+ people. Their smaller tables work for Codenames, Splendor, or similarly light 2-4 player games.

Selection of games is fine, we always bring our own copies so not much to say on that.

Staff is always chill. Easy to converse with and you never feel like you’re bothering them.

Food is limited to panini press type stuff, but drinks are solid and there’s plenty of non-alcoholic options for those not interested in beer or wine.

Pinball machines always seem to be working, but that’s not really why we go.

Overall strongly recommend for board game +...

Nice atmosphere and good service! A small food menu and snacks as well as beer are available. There are games you can borrow and also some to buy. They have monitors on the walls that play fun SCIFI and fantasy movies with the sound off(e.g. Dune, Blade, etc) as well as a wall of pinball games.

To use a table for gaming requires the table order a minimum of $20 which is really really cheap considering you can stay quite a while.

I don't know how they stay in business with this model but I'm really glad they're there. I hope they stick around because it's nice to have a place to go on the Hill that isn't a loud bar...

Raygun is on the social end of the game shop spectrum with most of the space dedicated to long community tables. Mixing table top gaming with an arcade atmosphere is something I'm into and haven't seen done before. DM snuffed your PC? Hit the pinball! They don't have an in depth offering of purchasable game equipment but they've got your basics: dice loose/sets, magic cards and land station, playmats, and a single bookshelf of "greatest hits" style games. Protip... If you're picking up dice you're likely to get hooked up with an upcycled Crown Royal dice bag 🤣 the benefits of being a bar...