In-store pick-up
Yes
The Brooklyn Strategist in Brooklyn
Categories
Location on the map
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, US
Service options
In-store shopping
Yes
Delivery
No
Health and safety
Mask required
Yes
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible car park
No
Planning
Quick visit
Yes
Payments
NFC mobile payments
Yes
Phone: +1 718-576-3035
Site: http://www.thebrooklynstrategist...
Site: http://www.thebrooklynstrategist...
Opening hours
- Monday:9AM–11PM
- Tuesday:9AM–11PM
- Wednesday:9AM–11PM
- Thursday:9AM–11PM
- Friday:9AM–11PM
- Saturday:9AM–11PM
- Sunday:9AM–8PM
Comments (59)
If youre looking to purchase a game, the staff is friendly and knowledgable.If youre looking for an indoor activity in the neighborhood and are sick of going to bars, this place is great. $10/person for 4 hours of access to their games library. They sell reasonably priced beers and snacks and dont expect tips (which is wild, let us tip you!) and the staff is flat out wonderful.One of my favorite places in the neighborhood. Good vibes all around.
Love this place! Id highly recommend stopping in here over online and retail giants like Amazon or Target for all of your board game needs. The staff is friendly and soo helpful for picking out games for your group, no matter th makeup (serious or party-style, they offer excellent suggestions for all)
Celebrated my birthday here with some family. And we all had such had a great time! Everyone was helpful and nice there. Food service and check in line (same line) was a little slow and gets a bit congested. Not as many options as we hoped for but we made do. They were missing a few nostalgic games. We couldnt believe they didnt have uno cards. We felt like we shouldve bought our own if wed known. Nice place though, we will definitely come back.
A great space for people to get together and play games! An infinite amount of games and great staff members. Food and drinks too. $10 to get in and limited space.
Decent selection of games for sale, but the big draw is for their games library - comprehensive, with a ton of table space available. Unfortunately, table space is at a premium in NYC, and the cost to sit down for a few hours and play can be quite a bit for a larger group. Great for dates. Competitively, the crowd for Magic and X-Wing events are phenomenal.
An excellent shop that is building community and goodwill, DAILY. Great staff and the fact that they host so many live-play events at no-cost is truly a blessing.
Really friendly staff, well lit, clean, good food, just overall good vibes. Reminds me of the local comic book store from when I was a kid. Cant wait to go back next week for more games.Edit 10/10/17: Just started getting in to Star Wars Destiny and one of the employees gave me probably 100 common cards from his own collection just to help me get my own started. This crew really is the best.
I was getting hobby clippers and they guy at the desk tested them and told me to get a different pair because they were sticky. The other worker told me how to fix them up if this pair ever got sticky. Wonderful store and workers. Will come again.
The Brooklyn Strategist is a local institution, beloved by avid tabletop gamers and even causal gamers. With a strong local following and a warm atmosphere this place is a great place for your next session. At 10$ a head and food and drink offered as well , while the food isnt to die for its not what most patron come for anyway and a good hearty ale is a welcome convenience to many games. The downside is that on busy nights with a bustling store often times it may be hard to here your DM with over a dozen groups going on at once. That being said that atmosphere is so fun, a dragon could be slain on table 3 while a noble is propositioned on table 7 and did you just overhear that table 1 is about to be wiped out by a lich. So that minor caveat aside overall a great place to game.
A great hangout for gaming with a special emphasis on family gaming, lots of parents and kids were there when I arrived (everyone behaved... :) ). Cool industrial decor. I ordered up an Arlin Cord Panini... ham, bacon, cheese and a spicy chipotle mayo. Only $7 and easily big enough for 2 to share (speaking as a 6’ 250lb guy)! Also a frothy, smooth latte... delicious! A little Gigamic Quarto for a fun game to cap it off. Wonderful and enthusiastic staff. Great place!
Seriously a great deal for a great time. At $10 per person for up to 4 hours of play, Brooklyn Strategist is hard to beat. Cant even get a movie ticket for that price.Unlike other venues which may appear to have a comparable concept, the Strategist is a true game library lounge. Here you wont find the greasy cards and incomplete game sets at other establishments that are more about booze and food. Instead the BkS has well lit tables and a vast selection of great board games, and the best part--super knowledgeable staff who will help you select the right games for your evening according to your desired intensity, duration, experience... Ashley was very great in informing our decisions and giving us a sense of new games before we plunged into the sometimes time consuming task of reading the instruction manuals.We played Ur, Ascension, and Qwirkle tonight.They also allow you to BYOB and have a binder full of local restaurants that will deliver food. The snacks and coffee and tea they have in house are decent in price and taste. We had a lime coconut cookie and a choco chip one, both baked in house.If you love strategy games this is a great place to try a new one before buying it; and if you do decide to purchase it the store offers very competitive prices often undercutting Amazon/B&N for certain games.Great for birthdays (kids or adults!).
Fantastic place to hang out and play some games. Theyve got a ton of board games and card games and even run tabletop RPGs a few times a week. The snacks and drinks are a little pricey but otherwise its great.
I have gone to the strategist many times, and have been overall pleased with the place. I would have given it a 4 star review. However, after what happened today, I am forced to give it a 2 star review.Today there was a magic standard showdown event. For those of you who dont know what that is you basically play a competitive card game for special booster packs in this case. The whole reason I wanted to play today was for the special booster packs. I called twice beforehand just to confirm the event, and both times they said that it would happen. When I went in today, arriving a few minutes early, I was told that it would happen, however one of them then mumbled under their breath that they were out of the special prize packs. Neither of the employees I had spoken to beforehand had mentioned that. I then asked what the prize was and they said booster packs, and when I asked the price it was the same price as the matches for the special booster packs. In order to make up the the difference in quality of packs they gave out 30 packs total. However, in the end only 4 people got packs, the top half of the group. The rest of us came in, paid $12, and got nothing. While this could happen in the usual standard showdown, its much less likely as if you win a single match out of three you get a pack, whereas in this you either need to go 3-1 or be the one luck 2-2 person that got packs.I feel cheated out of $12 because while I did have fun, I did not receive the promised packs for the money I paid.One of the employees mentioned afterward that they soon plan on switching how they give out packs, so that you get them based on how many matches you win, rather than your ranking, which I think will be a big improvement.
Great place to play and learn how to play games. The staff are very friendly and looking to help. Right when I walked in hear, I was encouraged by a staff to try new games and they will teach me how to play. They taught me a few games and finally thanks for teaching me Onitama.
I went into this place thinking it was a place for adults to play hardcore wargames, like RISK. Nope. Bunch of kids playing Magic cards. Kids were playing Magic cards back when I was in grade school. Everybody was giving me the hairy eyeball, like they never seen a juggalo before. This. Sauce. Was. WEAK! And those kids with their Magic cards are never going to get laid if they go on like that. Forget this place. Theres some bar in Greenpoint where they have RISK and no freaking kids. And beer, though its kinda a ripoff. Ill go find that place again.
Dropped in while I was in town for a Friday Night Magic. They were quite welcoming to an out-of-towner, and they have a nice play area. The players and staff are pretty active on their Facebook group, and were able to answer my questions before I showed up. Will definitely battle at the Brooklyn Strategist next time Im in town!
Great local community gaming spot, with things to do for people of any age. Very family friendly, and has a back room for private games/events. Come check out the Warhammer scene!
Amazing food. Amazing products. Great Dungeons & Dragons nights. The Premium RPGs are deff worth it. Or just show up with some friends and rent a table!
Great store 👏👌👍..Need an, event trophy of the year for magic the gathering.
Pleasant calm atmosphere with a great variety of games to play.
Perfect place for board game shopping and playing! If you arent a board game fan I believe you will become one here. Staff is great and friendly!
A fun place to relax and enjoy some games by the hour. Huge selection of board, card and other types of games to choose from and everyone is friendly and helpful.
The counselors are really mean. (Except for one) Also the counselors treat the older kids really bad and the younger kids are treated really well when they do something bad. I honestly think that Brooklyn strategists is horrible place for children.
Very cool environment to hangout and the staff is very friendly. They have nice snacks and lots of games to play.
Bought a card game here, it was missing a card (apparently an essential one, it was needed for the tutorial) and they would not take it back because it was open. If I had known it was missing a card, I would never have opened it. Or paid for it.
Great space, lots of games, friendly staff! Helped us learn new games so we could make the most of our four hours
Do not send your kids here for Magic unless you want them to get bullied by antisocial middle age men with no people or social skills. You may traumatize them for life.
Friendly, community-oriented game store. Great staff and prices on board games are competitive with those online.
Really fun place to go out with friends or family. Great atmosphere and nice selection of games.
Amazing spot with amazing staff who are very knowledgeable. Love spending time playing games here and definitely worth the commute from Manhattan!
Great place for adults and games, worse place for kids birthday party, Magnolia was all party making the kids shut, no a very good kids person, kids ended having a bad time because of her and calling dads to pick them earlier.
One of my best friends works here. Its an amazing fun place, and the staff are treated really well.
Fun fir the whole family! Great staff. Great game selection.
Awesome place to play 40k. They have plenty of tables, terrain and players to game with
Chess outside on court st.!!!
Awesome place awesome staff!!
Absolutely great for Pokemon tcg and mtg Fridays
Great place for kids and adults! Ask for Naidre - shes awesome!
Very helpful ! They helped finds the correct games for my needs!
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Played MtG, Ascension, Stratego, and the afterschool is great.5/5
It was great I would give it a billon stars-milo 5/5.
It was just so good to be back.
Amazing staff and great prices.
Always a friendly and pleasant experience
Great place to go to just relax and enjoy.
10/10 IGN -Retro broad game-Too much water
Awesome
Nice hobby shopping
Total reviews rating 4.6
59 Reviews for The Brooklyn Strategist 2023:
Review №1
2022-07-07Excellent! I really, really, REALLY wish that this place was closer to my home; if it was, I would come frequently. A huge collection of board games with staff happy to accommodate and recommend games if you are new.If you plan to go, you should probably visit when there is no summer camp session. This is because the inside of the store becomes very crowded and you will have to play in the courtyard, where insects, mainly ants, crawl around the tables and chairs.There is also a place to buy snacks at the front, but we didnt not get anything so I cant say anything about the price or quality of refreshments. The price is fair, being $10 for four hours per person.
Review №2
2022-01-23THE gaming store of NYC. Always stop in here when Im around just to soak in the atmosphere of a classic gaming store, people playing games at every table, a small cafe and games and gaming accessories to browse and check stock on. The only place I was able to find a copy of Azul on the entire eastern seaboard, glad to happen across the copy I picked up here
Review №3
2022-02-28Great atmosphere. They have most things that you would expect from that kind of shop + many active guests playing everything from RPG through card games to Warhammer.
Review №4
2022-05-17This is probably The Friendliest Local Game Store I have ever walked into and had the pleasure of playing games in. Staff is super polite and helpful, and they have a great selection of product!The people who play here also get 5 Stars! Never been involved with a more friendly, welcoming community within a FLGS, and Ill be back lots!
Review №5
2022-03-28This place is simply fantastic. They cater to a wide range of gamers, the staff is knowledgeable and super friendly (and they events they run are top notch). If you have any interest whatsoever is gaming, check this place out!
Review №6
2022-06-23My family and I called to make sure they was open on a specific day due to my son graduating and we thought it would be a great idea to come to this place. We had called ahead to let them know what time we was coming as well. As we get there it was dark inside( they was open) , we wasn’t greeted at the door. The young lady came and basically asked us what we was doing there. Now as an African American, this young lady didn’t know how to treat us. As she barely spoke to us , was rude, went to go whisper to these other two guys on their computer who didn’t acknowledge us who definitely worked there. Me and my family decided to leave and as we was standing outside we see white folks going in there and was greeted kindly. We will be making more phone to speak on these problems.
Review №7
2017-02-03Nice place to play games with 2 or more friends.They have hundreds of board and card games for 2 or more players ranging from easy to difficult strategies games.Its $10 per person for 4 hours.Tables can sit 4 to 6 people.2 attached rooms so there is plenty of seating.They have beer, drinks, tea and pastries for sale.One can also bring their own drink or snacks.2 bathrooms available.Staff are super freindly and knowledgeable in the games so they help u to understand to play a new game. (Cord helped us).They also host tournament games.Open late hours.Plz give a thumbs up for my awesome review. 👍☺
Review №8
2019-08-03Fun way to spend an evening with friends. They have a great selection of board games and drinks. Prices are reasonable.
Review №9
2021-01-16Great place to find the perfect game. You can also rent a table and borrow a board game to play with friends. They have D&D and other RPG nights as well. I absolutely love this place and their friendly, knowledgeable staff. If you have kids, check out their camps and after school programs.
Review №10
2021-12-11Excellent selection and great staff.Appreciate Travis for going above and beyond in helping us set up and play a game we chose for the first time!Looking forward to coming back.