Book and Game Emporium - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Scott Carter

I primarily stopped by for comics, which are here but somehow not fantastic. The photos, and what I found from conversation with the owner, indicate that at one point comics and back issues were a highlight of the store.

When I went, I primarily went in search of older DC and Marvel comics. Surprisingly, there is an entire room dedicated to back issues with a separate area with what appeared to be collections and what is usually higher end issues. What I found what unfortunately a high degree of disorganization, namely that someone or several someones have come through after the owner alphabetized things and just wrecked it. After about 20 minutes of browsing the short boxes I simply gave up... a large amount of things were out of place and I couldn't easily find what I was looking for. The owner gave me the impression that they had gotten out of the comic scene and transitioned primarily to TTRPG and other avenues of revenue.

It's worth a stop if you're in the area, but you may not find everything you are after if you are a comic collector.

Amber Barlow (AmberOfEndor)

Great team of staff. Extremely knowledgeable and they're happy to help you find what you need. Reasonable prices, plus gaming tables set up.

Came here on a whim a year ago, now a loyal customer and fan of RAK art print mini's by Robert! Can't find much of anything to say that's negative. Its usually very peaceful there and every customer seems respectful.

Highly recommend Book and Game Emporium!

M.K. Blacke

Super organized, nice, helpful staff, tabletop night every thursday! Even a shop cat named Store Cat!

Cori Craft

We stopped in just to look around to see what we could see. Wayne was jovial as well as incredibly helpful. He happily answered all of our questions and showed me lots of things he thought we’d be interested in. He also introduced us to the senior shop cat who’s deaf, blind, and very sweet.

Nick George

It's always great to come here, because it's not quite like your averagle local game store. It's not unfamiliar when you walk in, but it's definitely not normal. Between their used books room, along with the novelty cars there, the comic book room, the board games room, the pop figure shelf, the TTRPG book shelves, the miniatures, the MTG card packs behind the counter, the chess boards, and just the all around mesh to help make everyone feel welcome. I cannot recommend this place enough.

Ozias

This is a really cool out-of-the-way store. There's way more comics than there are games, and the staff is very nice and welcoming, and encouraged me to come back any time, or to start my own game group if I wanted.

Their board game selection has expanded a bit, which is great. If they had a bit more popular board games (Mysterium, Eclipse, Pandemic, Codenames, etc) it would be perfect.

As of now, it's still a wonderful place, and I highly recommend stopping by.

Chelsea Robinson

Full of fun little treasures, and the staff are very friendly. It looked like there were some fun collectibles, older boardgames, and a nice selection of sci-fi novels, as well as some artwork and dice sets.

Andrew Weber

The location looks a little run down from the outside, but it has a lot to offer inside depending on your tastes. The owners seem very friendly, and they offered us to come over anytime to play a board game on site. The board game selection is limited. Warhammer and comics seem to be the big draws here.