Gaming Community & Stores in and around Luxembourg!

In the last month I have been researching the local Luxembourg Gaming Community and what it has to offer. I have found a few stores of interest with active gaming days and genres. The predominate gaming genre here in the area is Games Workshops, Warhammer.  There is very little other gaming in the area that I have been able to find out. However my wife and I did do visit several gaming stores in Luxembourg, Trier, Metz, and Saarbrucken. Each has its own pros and cons as well as my own opinion on them.

First up is the gaming stores in and around Luxembourg City.

Spielbar Luxembourg

30 rue Felix de Blochausen 

Luxembourg, Luxembourg L-1243

This gaming store is the only one that I could find in Luxembourg City and it is very new. It was opened in the fall of 2017 and offers the predominate game of the area Warhammer.  The owners are quite nice and their facebook is updated regularly. It is a small space for gaming and has a good selection of retail merchandise. If I need to pick up some painting supplies in a pinch this is the place for me.

Games Tower

33, rue de la Gare Mersch 

Mersch, Luxembourg L-7535

Games Tower is located about 20 mins north of Luxembourg City in a little town called Mersch. This gaming store is also predominately Warhammer. It does have a large selection of card sleeves/card protection systems and a very small selection of X-Wing merchandise. The coolest part about this gaming store is that is has a huge playing space. There are several rows of tables and you could theoretically have about 10-12 tabletop games going at one time. Next up on the list of gaming stores are those in Trier, Germany. Spielbar Trier Walramsneustr. 2b 54290 Trier, Germany This gaming store in Trier is well rounded in terms of mercandise and gaming space. I was not overwhelmed by the Warhammer game here. It has several other games such Infinity, X-Wing, and Star Wars Armada, etc. It also has a large selection of board games, however they were all in German. In the basement there was a medium size area for gaming that could host about 6-7 games at once. The store had a huge selection of terrain for many game genres. Games Workshop Moselstr. 6, Treviris Passage, shop 1a  54290 Trier, Germany What can I say about this store, it is the bread and butter games store for Warhammer. The guys here are awesome and if you are into Warhammer this is the place to be in Trier. Interesting enough it is right around the corner from Spielbar Trier. Moving on to our visit to Metz France and Saarbrucken, Germany. La Caverne Du Gobelin 11 Rue des Clercs 57000 Metz, France When researching the local gaming community I noticed that this store has 2 open locations. One in Metz and a second one in Nancy. They previously had a location in Luxembourg, but is has sense permanently closed its doors. This store does carry X-Wing and Armada, but none of the games are in English. They have a good selection of painting and modeling supplies. This store is very unique as it has a very large selection of Board Games.  They also feature a large gaming area in the back of the store. Dragonlord Games Mainzer Str. 39 66111 Saarbrucken, Germany This store by far is the best of all of them that I visited in the area. It had some English language games vs French or German. The carry X-Wing, Armada, Infinity, Warhammer, Magic, etc. They did carry the Spartan Games lines of Firestorm Armada and Dystopian Wars. After talking with them I found out they intend on stocking them again plus Dropzone & DropFleet Commander games from TTCombat in the near future. I did end up buying the new Star Wars X-Wing Starter set for my wife and I to play while all of my furniture and models are being shipped from the United States to Luxembourg. I have mixed feelings about all of them and none suit my needs even though Dragonlord Games has more of what I play. However, to get what I am looking for I will more than likely have to stick to ordering online and trying to build a gaming community around the games that I like to play. Happy Wargaming!

Valley of The Sun Gaming Stores

While on vacation today in the Phoenix Metro area I decided to check out 5 of the areas gaming stores. I will list them in order from best to good.

1. Imperial Outpost Games
2. Empire Games
3. Game Depot
4. Desert Sky Games
5. Play or Draw

Each gaming store has its pros and cons and I will try to elaborate on my experience. The prices at each store is about the same so one is not better than the other for prices.

Imperial Outpost Games

4920 W Thunderbird Rd, Glendale, AZ 85306

Outpost Games by far had the largest selection of games and tables to play your various board games, card games, and skirmish battles.  The store is enormous; it actually as two shops one for board games and table top games and another for card games separated by their gaming tables.  The staff was very helpful, friendly, and ready to help you find anything you need.  I will definitely be calling this store my new second home.

Empire Games

1766 S Greenfield Rd, Mesa, AZ 85206

This store was my next favorite store.  They have a large following for Spartan Games Firestorm Armada and Plaentfall.  They staff was very friendly and eager to help.  They have about 20-25 gaming tables and card table for you needs.  This store has the largest selection of WarHammer supplies that I saw in any of the stores.  Even though I don't play at all.

Game Depot

3136 S McClintock Dr #11, Tempe, AZ 85282

Patty at game depot was very helpful and friendly.  They have a good selection of gaming supplies.  This was the only store where I was able to find Flames of War supplies.  It also has a large gaming group called Arizona Desert Rats FOW gaming group that calls this place home.  They do rotating tournament called Shifting Sands.

Desert Sky Games

2531 S Gilbert Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85295

This was the last store that I visited today.  It had a good mix of gaming supplies and some comics for good measure.  There are several tables to play here too.  The guy running the store while I was here was very helpful and friendly.

Play or Draw

965 E Van Buren St #116, Avondale, AZ 85323

This was my least favorite store.  They had very little gaming supplies that I play and all of it was locked up in cabinets and no one could find the key when I asked to look at an item.  They were not very helpful and were more interested in playing with their cards than trying to help out a customer that was going to drop almost $200 in Star Wars Armada stuff.  This store is more dedicated to card games such as Magic or Pokemon.  There are several tables to play here too.