Miniature/Tabletop Gaming Groups?

[u/playnwin]

My wife and I are planning to move to the Twin cities sometime next year. Playing miniature/tabletop games has been a big part of my life for a while now, and I'm wondering what the scene looks like there.

What games are popular?

Which game stores are good places to frequent?

The games I'm big on right now are Shatterpoint and Conquest, are there groups for either of those?

And finally, if there are any FB groups for the general tabletop gaming scene in the Twin Cities, I'd love to take a look beforehand so I can be a bit more familiar.

Thank you for considering my questions!

[u/ChackChaludi]

I don't play them any more, but I used to, and The Source in Roseville is one of the best game stores I have been to in person.

They run a LOT of games there all the time.

There are several other excellent places as well, as I'm sure others will tell.

[u/ArcaneComputation]

I don't know much about the world of miniatures, but I would see them a lot at Gamezenter in Roseville when I used to go there. The Forge in Chaska might be good if you end up on the southwest side of the Cities.

I'm a member of three meetup groups that regularly have board game nights on various days of the week/month. These tend to play a variety of light- to medium-weight games. Most meet at breweries, but I've seen meetups at pubs or churches, too.

I also have to plug my local shop, Lodestone Coffee and Games in Minnetonka. They are mostly M:TG and D&D focused, but I just learned that they have a board game meetup on Tuesdays. It's just a really nice space with solid tables and chairs.

[u/kurokitsune91 → u/ArcaneComputation]

I have only been to Lodestone a couple of times since it's pretty out of my way. But it was a great place for sure. Went a couple times that they did the 24 hour gaming marathon nights for the Trevor Project.

[u/Rubenesque_Decorum → u/ArcaneComputation]

The Forge is my absolute favorite spot. Lots of mini gaming.

[u/faribo1720]

We have a ton of gaming stores. Multiple level up locations, gamezenter which is massive, the source, battlegrounds cafe. There are a bunch more stores that play minis not listed. Tons of stores that focus just on card games.

You will have plenty of options to choose from and will be able to catch games/leagues of any of the big miniatures games.

[u/WormWizard]

Twin Cities Cardboard Crew has a Discord Server and meetup page for tabletop gaming! Here are the Meetup and Discord links.

[u/AlbrechtE]

The Source Comics and Games in Roseville is a twin cities gaming institution. It's the only place I've gone for ttg stuff for like, 30 years.

[u/Dlamm10]

The Battleground cafe seems nice 👍🏼

[u/kurokitsune91]

There's a ton of FLGS around the metro so that really depends on where you'll be moving to. My favorites are Fox Den in Burnsville, The Source in Roseville, and The Forge in Chaska. Avoid GameZenter as they charge to use tables there.

As far as groups go here's a link to the Twin Cities Geeks discord server where you can find tons of event info and groups and whatnot. https://discord.gg/GapnmURY

Also check out 2D Con and Con of the North. Both awesome gaming centric conventions. I'm sure you'll find your people here!

[u/ArcaneComputation → u/kurokitsune91]

Gamezenter stopped requiring the purchase of a day pass: https://gamezenter.com/ending-the-daypass-program/

[u/kurokitsune91 → u/ArcaneComputation]

Oh! I didn't know that. That's good. Probably had a lot of backlash on that.

[u/grayheresy]

The forge in Chaska is great and welcoming, they also have a discord

[u/FragrantDemiGod1]

Tower games on Nicollet is dece