Games of Martinez - Martinez, California

Gabriel Sanchez

First time coming into this store. The whole atmosphere is welcoming everyone is super helpful and the prices are fair.

Alison Tercero

Came here while visiting my brother in town and the store has a really nice collection of dice. A little low on figurines when I visited, but Heather was so nice at the front!! They immediately clocked me as someone that would enjoy textured dice and helped me pick some beautiful dragon scale dice. I'll definitely be back when I'm in town again.

Hajni T. Cheek

Nice store with an endless selection of RPG cards, dice, and various items. They have tables too to sit down.

Scott Becker

I went to Games of Martinez for a One Piece TCG Prerelease event for OP06. I registered in the Bandai TCG+ app weeks earlier for an event with a 32 person cap, and it said my application was successful.

I got to the shop over an hour early because I live far away and forgot to bring my Don cards for the event. I walked in and was greeted by an older man who I assume was the owner or manager. I told him I was here for the prerelease but needed to buy some Don. He didn’t know what Don was and admitted he knows nothing about One Piece, referring me to an employee. That employee also had to ask me what Don was and said it would be fine to use any card instead. I purchased some DragonShield sleeves and left until the event was about to start.

I walked back in and they announced that it was time to line up to get our packs. They called out three specific players who would not be able to play because they were on the waitlist and the event was full. I was not one of those players, and my application has always said “successful,” so I lined up.

I got to the front of the line and the employee handling registration had trouble looking me up. This took roughly 2 minutes. After that, he told me that the event was actually 16 players instead of 32, despite what the official app says. According to him, I was actually on the waitlist of the 17-32 players.

So supposedly the event is kicking out half of its players, yet I saw nobody else getting kicked out. Before I could ask for clarification, the same older man from before walked up and said in a very rude tone, “Is there a problem here? This is taking way too long.” I said that yes, there is a problem, the official app is saying that I’m in the event and they are saying I’m on a waitlist. The employee said that the shop didn’t receive enough prerelease materials for 32 people, so it was 16 now.

Why was this not mentioned when I was in the store over an hour early? Allocations were known well before that point. The shop is also clueless about One Piece in general and should not be running events without any information. It makes me inclined to believe they made a mistake or, worst case, could be holding back product at the expense of those of us who signed up properly. Bandai allocates a certain amount of prerelease kits based on the tier of store, so I’ll be reporting this issue to Bandai. If it’s an allocation issue on Bandai’s end, so be it. But if they actually were allocated the correct amount, this is a big problem.

Regardless of anything else, it’s not OK to treat customers like they are an annoyance when you are turning them away for something like this. If everything was just an allocation problem, it should have been communicated properly and earlier than at the counter when I’m ready to play. Competence and respect for players are missing at this shop, and I regret choosing them as my priority for prerelease.

Jose Lopez

One of the better card/hobby shops I've ever been to. They have a cool single card checkout method, where you search up your card on a little computer in the back and send the order up to them and they pick it for you. Tons of mtg pre-cons and many other card related items. They have stuff for Magic the gathering, Pokemon, Warhammer, and Dungeons and dragons. Side notes: Nice staff, clean store, fair pricing, they don't buy singles at the moment.

Taz R

Just started going here to play Dungeons and Dragons. Staff are all super friendly, great selection of games and accessories available. They also have a range of drinks and snacks. I'm not sure who picks the music here, but they also have pretty great taste!

Mario Capizzo

Clean, lots of play space, and a huge selection.

They have a lot of old Games Workshop product that belongs to older editions and still at full price (books, cards, etc) which is kind of disappointing because a new player could easily end up paying full price for something that’s useless to them.

Samantha Herzig

Very knowledgeable, friendly staff and a great selection of games, cards and miniatures! The shop had just recently opened when I went in, and the staff were kind and excited while explaining the events they have planned for the future. I certainly didn't encounter any hostility or rudeness. The friend who I was with mentioned that she hadn't played D&D in a while but would like to get back into it, and the staff was very helpful in pointing out good resources to start with and where we could find them in the store (when they were fully stocked). Can't wait to keep shopping there and (hopefully) play D&D there when the pandemic ends!