This is a recently opened gaming shop in Sumter, along the frontage road, just past Wesmark. I…read morestopped in to check it out because I've been wanting to get into tabletop gaming with my daughter. It's a fairly basic setup, with a small display/sales area - an assortment of loose dice, some M:TG tourney decks, card protectors, and a display case of singles - and about a dozen tables set up for play. The first time I went, on a Sunday, it was pretty empty, but my daughter and I returned on a Saturday and they had a full house. They hold tournament play and there are periods of open play, and one of the owners (I forget their names now; my apologies) mentioned they were going to be setting up a Friday night video game thing. Everyone here seems to be great and I look forward to spending more time with these folks. Game on!

Great gaming store. Friendly helpful staff. Was greeted warmly and asked if I needed help.read more

A waste of time, every time. Absolute failure of a store…read more Let me say, I wanted to love this store, it looks like a million bucks, appears to have a big selection of products. Once you get inside, you're facing off against scalper-level pricing, confused employees, and an absolute unwillingness to perform any level of customer service. I'm tired of coming here for broken arcade games, jacked up sky-high prices, confused employees, and broken promises. This was truly the last straw, if this business has any sense of customer service, or integrity, I'd welcome them to reach out to me to make this right. Most of their selection is kept "in the back" where you can't obtain pricing without having them make a big production about the trouble they're going through. I called in asking if they had a specific product for sale, Riftbound (This is 11/5, Riftbound Released 10/31) I was informed they had product, and plenty of it at $6 per booster pack. I drove out to the store, excited, only to arrive at the store to be told that they were not allowed to sell any product until tomorrow, and I should come back. I told them I understand that the event is tomorrow, but I called in, spoke to someone, drove all the way down to the store, could we possibly come to an arrangement where I'd be allowed to buy a limited number of packs, or pay today for pickup tomorrow? The answer was no, and that if I wanted product, despite being told to come down, that they had it available, was that I would have to come back, pay for the pre-release event and then maybe they'd be able to sell me product. The last event I attended here was a catastrophe, nobody knew what was going on, it started late, the whole event was a haphazard mess. Let me go on further to state that I went to a pre-release event at their competitor, The Side Deck, and not only did that go over great, I was treated like a customer, a friend, even, I felt welcome, I was sold product (limited, but I understand that.) The pre-release was organized, friendly, and a great experience. Short of this business taking a chance to reach out to someone who used to be a very valuable customer, I can't do it anymore, I am tired of the hassles, the confusion, and being dragged out for nothing. I will be updating this review one week from today (11/12/25) to let people who see this know whether or not the store reached out to make this right - if they choose to do so, awesome, this will be updated, and I will accept that accidents happen to the best of us, and fences can be mended. The right thing to do would've been to offer to sell me a limited amount of product. (I understand if there is a release coming, product can't be sold in bulk, but selling a few boosters would've been the right answer.)

When I travel for work, I like to visit local game stores to see what they have (the FLGS in my…read moreneck of the woods has a very small selection). I was totally blown away by the amount of board games, war games, RPG's, and TCG's they had available. Not to mention a ton of accessories and expansions. Also, a wide selection of collectibles (my wife might not shop for board games, but she'd love the Jim Shore figurines). Everything was very reasonably priced as well. I wish I lived closer because the space for gaming was huge, and the staff was extremely polite and friendly as well. I'll definitely be back!

Everything about this place is spectacular and the employees are super kind and easy to communicate…read morewith.

Place is definitely a comic bookstore but the staff is highly unfriendly. My kid went in looking…read morefor a few comic books and the staff were extremely rude. The two gentlemen at the counter very loudly said "I hate when randos come in and especially kids" and looks directly at him. Only person in the store is my kid. My kid is 17 and wanted to purchase some comics. Truly a poor way to treat someone who frequents other comic stores. Just won't be going to this one. I advise not to go and spend your money in a place where they don't want random people walking in.

I feel like this place has a lot to offer, and I've only scratched the surface of it. For example,…read moreone of the times I came here there was a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament happening. I'm guessing they probably host a lot of events, which is pretty cool! If you're like me and don't know much about board games, I definitely recommend coming here. I first came here at the advice of my sister, because I wanted to try out board games for the first time. They have a shelf filled with games specifically meant for customers to try out for free. Thanks to these playing a few of these games, I discovered that I like co-op games the most. The thing I love most about this place is that they have a full service cafe. They offer a variety of coffee and tea choices, and they even come up with their own custom drink recipes. Definitely ask the staff for one of their personal recommendations. The best part is that their drinks are super affordable. Seriously, skip Starbucks for sure and come here instead for your daily dose of caffeine. Staff is friendly!

Absolutely incredible staff, especially Matt!! So unbelievably kind, great selection of cards and…read moremerch, and pricing is fair. We're a pokemon family and Matt made a point to keep an eye out for the cards we were searching for. He made our experience a truly exceptional one, and we are super grateful to him and the Side Deck family. Go there! Support this team, you won't regret it.

Great little shop with a very friendly owner and nice selection of games, paints and cards. Looks…read morelike they also had some drinks on tap for your local gaming sessions. Prices were fair and options were plentiful. Met a few friendly people on my visit and would return to this nice local store. Only thing keeping it from 5 stars for me was a lack of used, consignment or out of print games. I know that's a rarity so it's not a negative, just worth noting.

Just recently made my first visit into this store and was quite pleasantly surprised by it. I was…read morenot expecting most of what I saw. A friend brought his MTG cards to town and was looking for someone to play. Being an old "veteran" of sorts, I took the opportunity to play again for the first time in 10 years. The process was easy. In fact, I'm not sure if my friend even asked permission or paid a fee. We walked in and grabbed an empty table and started playing. It was a Saturday afternoon and before long the place started to fill up with people. Some guys came in with a game called Urban Insanity that they were demoing. Kind of a modern/post apocalyptic rendition of the more well known Carcassonne. We ended up jumping in on a game of that. Before I knew it I saw beers floating and passing around. There were other tables popping up with all sorts of other games going on. People setting up what was bound to be an intense game of Warhammer in the far corner. Another guy quietly painting figures with his headphones in. A great cacophony of noise from all of us playing Urban Insanity. And another amalgamation of tables near the front of the shop that was getting kicked up about some other games. It was like watching a movie and I realized this was a pretty happening, fun place. There are actually taps here - so that's where the beer was coming from. Quite the surprise to me. Lots of snacks and non-alcoholic drinks to choose from too. Magic the Gathering and other table top games go without saying, but I was also pleasantly surprised by the extensive board game collection they have available for purchase from here. I feel a draw in my soul to eventually come back for another event to highlight a new game some time in the future. Looking forward to it!

Very nice store!! Great selection of tcg goods. Lots of Pokemon singles with friendly service.read more

Always helpful staff available and a large clean area for events and free play with friends. They…read morerecently added two themed private rooms that are a really fun addition. The stock is well spread and kept up with.

Shop local. Lots of games and puzzles and wizards and more!…read moreFriendly staff and prices are reasonable.

Good atmosphere. Gaming tables. Good prices.legos, models., D&D, Pokémon, magic the gatheringread more

Unbelievable service. Super welcoming and FAMILY FRIENDLY environment. Not just for Magic or D&D,…read morebut for any game imaginable, the owner, Timothy knows the rules and can help you with game play. The games are priced very reasonably too! Stopped by the store while visiting family, now a regular destination any time I'm in town. Couldn't recommend more!

Been going here since high school and I love it. It's the place that got me into dungeons and…read moredragons

I love the store because they have a full selection of older game systems from the 2600 forward…read more We needed a remote for our Wii and they had multiple options. Excellent staff and prices. Check them out for your retro gaming needs.

Best card shop around they got a little of everything for everyone and good trade in value for a…read morecard shop nice staff