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About Us

We offer a family-friendly place to play your favorite games with friends both old and new. 

Whether you're dropping in for a quick purchase, or to check out a new game in our library, we'll do everything we can to make your experience enjoyable.  Planning an evening out with friends or family?  Make a  reservation and we'll make sure your table is ready when you arrive.

For miniatures players, we provide a wide variety of terrain pieces and battle mats, allowing you to tailor your gaming experience while you’re spending time in our shoppe.  We have rules advisors and game experts available to help you learn new games, or answer rules questions along the way, and can provide loaner armies for you to experiment with new games or factions.

Our wargaming tables provide an 8ft by 4ft playing area, making them perfect for even the largest games.  We can even drop inserts on top, allowing players to bridge two tables together for either 16ft x 4ft or 8ft by 8ft battlefield.

We also provide space for assembling, customizing, and painting the models you've purchased from us.  Our hobby area includes hobby trays and painting palettes as well as a basic selection of paints, tools and brushes available for in-store us.  

Of course, if you need something more specific, we offer a large selection of paints, tools and other modelings supplies for sale in our retail section.

For skirmish players, as well as our board game and card game enthusiasts, we have multiple restaurant-style rectangular tables for 2- and 4-player games, and four 8ft x 3ft tables for larger games.

Of course, all of our tables can accommodate a range of Role-Playing Games for you and your party.  You're even welcome to use our wargaming terrain to help shape your adventure!

You can always drop in when the shoppe is open and grab an available table.  If you have an event planned for a particular day, you can also use our online reservation system to pick a specific table and reserve it in advance.  Tables may be reserved for a few hours or a full day, depending on your needs.

All of our board game and card game tables, as well as two of our full-sized wargaming tables are fully wheelchair accessible.

Our retail space features a huge selection of games, accessories, and supplies from distributors from around the world.

Our board games shelves are packed with the hottest games listed on BoardGameGeek, the newest releases, and niche titles both old and new.  We have dedicated sections for Cooperative Games, Party Games, and Historical Games, and are constantly improving the organization of our massive board game selection to make it easier for you to discover new titles. 

Our Miniatures area includes product from Games Workshop, Atomic Mass Games, and Fantasy Flight Games, as well as smaller publishers.  We also stock a variety of bits and bases, and other hard to find modeling supplies.  

We carry paint lines from Citadel, Army Painter, Duncan Rhodes' Two Thin Coats, Monument Hobbies, and Vallejo, and specialty products like Water Effects Kits and color changing paints from GreenStuffWorld.

Our RPG shelves include the most popular systems like Dungeons & Dragons, and Pathfinder, as well as smaller systems from a variety of independent publishers.  To round your RPG experience, we also carry the full line of WizKids unpainted minis as well as their pre-painted “blind box” sets for both Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons.

Looking for game mats to flesh out your Role Playing or Miniatures gaming experience?  We have themed mats in all the common sizes, including 3×3, 3×6, 4×4, and 4×6.  We also offer a variety of wet-erase mats printed with hexes or squares, and a wide range of adventure tiles for just about any game system.

“While we try to stock everything our guests might be looking for, if you can't find something on our shelves, we're always happy to place a special order for you.  For most orders, we don't require a deposit or payment, and can usually get the product to you in less than ten days.”

Dave Lopata

Head Meeple

We also stock the hottest collectible games around, including Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, My Hero Academia, Pokémon, and others!  Beyond the games themselves, we offer deck boxes, card folios, and sleeves from Dragon Shield, Ultra Pro, Ultimate Guard, and several other manufacturers.

Wondering how to get into one of these games?  We offer Learn-To-Play sessions for many of our collectible games.  Just check out our Reservation System to find a time that works best for you.

You can also find our weekly card game events on our shoppe calendar.  We host weekly casual tournaments for both Magic: The Gathering and Flesh and Blood, and host prereleases and other special events for a variety of games.

 

Of course, no game shoppe would be complete without a selection of dice, so we stock dice sets from Chessex, Easy Roller, Q-Workshop, and Norse Foundry.  We also stock specialty and loose dice from Koplow, Chessex, and other companies.

Additionally, we carry dice trays and cups from a variety of manufacturers, so you're sure to find the perfect accessory for your gaming table. We even offer made-to-order leather dice trays; just ask a Staffer for more details.

Beyond dice, we also offer a variety of token sets, as well as loose tokens and meeples – in wood, plastics, and metals.  

Whether it's adding a new color to your Catan set, or finding the perfect size and color of cube to use in the a board game you're prototyping, we have imported a wide selection of board game bits from Germany to help you augment your gaming experience.

Meet our Crew

The Staff of Meeple Madness is dedicated to ensuring your time with us is as awesome as possible.   If you need anything at all, just let us know.

Ben

Ben

Leader

Ben spends much of his time behind the scenes - managing our event schedules, working with our distributor partners to get cool stuff on our shelves, and working to make sure it all looks good and is easy to find when you're shopping with us.

Favorite Game: Vampire Rivals

 

Shelley

Shelley

Leader

Shelley partners with Ben to ensure our guests have a great experience when they spend time with us.  She is often found leading Learn To Play sessions to help folks find new hobbies, and works with Mike to ensure our terrain is in great shape.

Favorite Magic Format: Commander 

 

Cam

Cam

Crew

Cam leads the charge on cleaning and organizing, and partners with Ben to display our products beautifully.  Cam also shepherds our Yu-Gi-Oh and Lorcana Communities, and is always happy to help guests find a new favorite hobby. 

Favorite Board Game: Kabuto Sumo 

Chandler

Chandler

Crew

Chandler leads much of our community-building and event-creation efforts, with a particular focus on our Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic the Gathering scenes.  Additionally, Chandler oversees and grows many of the newest product lines in the shoppe.

Yu-Gi-Oh Status: Premiere Duelist

 

Jacob

Jacob

Crew

Jacob brings a wealth of creative talent and energy to the shoppe, developing many of our One-Shot Adventures.  Additionally, Jacob designs several bespoke event materials including Dice Trays and RPG Standees.  

Favorite RPG:
Through the Breach

 

Lucas

Lucas

Crew

Lucas leads our efforts in our Magic: The Gathering scene and partners with Tate to nurture our growing UVS community.  With a passion for TCGs, Lucas is a Pokémon Professor, Magic Rules Advisor, and Judge for Yu-Gi-Oh and UVS.

Favorite TCG:
Universus

 

Tate

Tate

Crew

Tate partners with Lucas to shepherd our UVS community and has taken the lead in supporting our Star Wars: Unlimited guests.  Tate is also highly focused on making sure the shoppe is cleaned to the highest standards. 

Favorite Mechanic
Deck Building

 

Mike

Mike

Provisional Crew

Mike is our go-to crew member for all things hobby related.  With great attention to detail and a passion for building and painting miniatures, Mike is a friendly and knowledgable resource for all your hobby needs.

Favorite IP:
Star Wars

Dave Lopata

Dave Lopata

Owner

Lover of all games but master of none, Dave works mostly behind the scenes – developing backend systems and processes, working with distributors and other business partners, and driving  the longterm strategy of the shoppe.

Favorite Crew Member: Priya

 

Priya Lopata

Priya Lopata

Owner

A casual game player with a passion for people and process,  Priya drives the day-to-day operations of Meeple Madness by overseeing our hiring process, building and implementing our HR policies, and shepherding staff development.

Favorite Cat: Vladi

 

Chance Lopata

Chance Lopata

Owner - Shift Lead Emeritus

Our very first employee, Chance has been with us since the beginning.  From receiving our first shipments in our dining room, to creating many of our policies and procedures.  In his spare time, Chance develops software tools for the shoppe.

Favorite 40K Army: Tau

 

Our Soundtracks

Gaming in the shoppe always goes better with great music.  Here are some of the playlists we love.

About the Music

Legally Sourced, Curated Family-Friendly Music

In case you didn't know, businesses like ours are required to have a special license to play music in the shoppe.  We currently secure our licenses through Soundtrack Your Brand. Their service covers our ASCAP and BMI licenses, and makes sure the artists are paid for their work.

Our playlists include curated songs selected by our staff layered in with a mix of standard playlists available from Soundtrack Your Brand.  Do you have a favorite song or Spotify Playlist you'd like to see added to our rotation?  If so,  let us know!

Game & Movie Night
Evenings

A selection of songs from popular video games, movies, and television series, ranging from old school Videogame Orchestra titles like Chronos Trigger and The Great Fairy Fountain to tracks from the Sci-Fi series The Expanse.  It also includes tracks from classic movies like The Never Ending Story and The Princess Bride.

Afternoon Goodness
Most Afternoons

A curated list of some of Dave's favorite songs including tracks from indie musicians Marian Call and Jonathan Coulton to power pop sensations Fountains of Wayne and a whole host of other family-friendly music.  Keep an ear out for songs from Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers, and a few classics from Kenny Loggins.

Infinity The Game
Wednesday Nights

With tracks like Star Eater from Daniel Deluxe, and a selection of music from Michael McCann, Zircon, and other far-future sounds, this playlist is a great backdrop to our weekly Infinity nights. 

The playlist goes well with any far-future setting including Shadowrun or Cyberpunk Red.

Cameron's Picks
Most Days

As soon as Cameron heard he could add music to our playlists, he sat down and put together over seven hours of his favorite songs.  These are blended in with our other playlists throughout each day.

Indie Update
Most Afternoons

Curated by John, this playlist features songs from Whitney, My Morning Jacket, and Okkervil River.  Full of earworms, this playlist runs most days when John is working the shoppe.

End of Night
About 30 minutes before Close

A playful set of songs to remind our guests that we're getting ready to close.  Featuring classics like Happy Trails, Closing Time, and I Need Some Sleep, we play this each night about a half hour before we close.