The Board Room — Local services in South Charleston

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Pros- Great selection of advanced boardgames/Quite a few sit-and-play used games/Clean store/Good Drinks/Friendly customers/Local Events

Cons- Owner is rude and indifferent to new customers when asked questions/TCG stock is lacking here in favor of Hurricane location/Tight, uncomfortable play areas.

PROS

As far as a wide ranged selection goes Board Room has a fantastic, diverse stock of advanced board games and party games. This comes with the caveat that you're not gonna get many cheap games here. Most advanced board games cost 40-50 dollars or more. That's not Board Room's fault though, that's just anywhere. I've probably bought 800 dollars in board games here in the last couple months and it wasn't that many of them.

However, if you want to try out many of the games before you buy, or you just don't wanna spend that money on something you'll break out once, they have a shelf full of used games that you can play. These have passed through the hands of those who may not be considerate, so some are missing pieces, but it's still a good way to get an idea.

As far as game shops go, it's clean and not at all grungy or cluttered. While there are alot of shelves that take up room, most are along the walls or in their own sections.

They do sell beer on tap here and light snacks.

The community I've met here has all been fantastic, friendly, and generally open people.

They do host local events such as launch parties, Digimon/Lorcana tournaments and Magic Game Nights.

CONS

This is probably my biggest issue with the Board Room and is what stops me from coming back here regularly. I'd probably be doing the events and tournaments here constantly but now I just kind of drop by if there is a game I want for my weekly game night. The Owner. We have had 3 interactions with him, I'm a friendly guy, my wife is an extremely friendly person, and rarely do I get met with such indifference. The first time I went to the shop he was there, I tried to introduce myself with a "Just wanted to say hi, I'm so-and-so" and relieved the flattest "okay" I've ever had in my life before he just walked away. Next time was for a Lorcana event. My wife went up to ask if her name had been called for seating cause she was in the bathroom and apologized. He stared at her for a full 15 seconds like she was an alien, before replying with a huge attitude and acting like she was the biggest bother in the world. He asked her name, she said it, he glanced at the computer "said I don't think so" then just started shouting names as she thanked him and walked away. And the third time, admittedly I didn't even try. I bought a board game from him cause he was working the register, asked him if I could use my reward points, and he sighed and typed in the email, tapped the card reader machine for me to put my card in, grabbed a bag, put the game in, handed it to me, and didn't say a word. Not a "have a nice day" or anything.

I'm a pretty understanding, laid back guy so I get being a store owner is stressful, hard work and I don't know if that's the reason he doesn't give my wife or I the time of the day, but it's off-putting. TCG/Geek shops are supposed to be a place to go to spend money you shouldn't be spending on things you don't really need yet are still happy about. Luckily I don't suffer from social anxiety or low self esteem, but I know alot of people who do that enjoy game shops and I don't think he fosters a very good environment to help with that.

Next Con is that many times when I go in there asking for specific products, such as Magic Commanders, Pokémon collections, and Flesh and Blood, 9/10 times I hear "we don't have it here but our Hurricane location does". More annoying that anything but there could be a reason when it comes to foot traffic between stores.

When playing events it's very shoulder to shoulder and back to back. There isn't alot of floor space for tables so they can fit about 4 fold up ones besides the permanent ones they have.

(All this is based on personal experience and opinions. Feel free to...

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