The Brooklyn Strategist

Highlights

• ✨Vibe

  "Always a friendly and pleasant experience"

  — Josh Weihnacht

• 📚Selection

  "Love the new location on Pierrpont. Huge upgrade"

  — Roy Shasha

• 🧠Staff

  "Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, good food, fair prices."

  — Carel VDL

• 🎟️Events

  "Great store 👏👌👍..Need an, event trophy of the year for magic the gathering."

  — Kassim Weaver

• 💵Prices

  "Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, good food, fair prices."

  — Carel VDL

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Hours

• Alex Bertram ★★★★★

  We visited The Brooklyn Strategist on our first night in New York while exploring with my son, who loves card games, D&D, and all things tabletop. It was easily one of the highlights of our trip. Jack, Will, and Francesca were outstanding. They took the time to walk my son through different games, dice, and the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer with genuine enthusiasm and care. They made him feel completely welcome and part of the community. The space itself is fantastic, with a dedicated game room full of friendly, engaged players and a truly inclusive atmosphere. You can tell this i

  3 months ago

• Jeff Zhu ★★★★★

  Awesome store! Hosts a lot of community events, and has a great collection of board games-- helped me pick a copy of something I was missing day-of. Staff was super friendly.

  3 months ago

• Eli Geller ★★★★★

  If you ever wondered where Brooklyn keeps all its board-game energy, creativity, and low-key competitive intensity—look no further than The Brooklyn Strategist. This place is basically the beis midrash of board games. People don’t just “play” here… they analyze, they strategize, they negotiate like it’s a UN summit, and then they smile and ask if you want to play another round. I stopped in recently, and I have to say—what an awesome vibe. The shelves are stacked mamash from floor to ceiling with every game you’ve ever heard of and at least 200 you haven’t. You’ll see little kids learning che

  5 months ago

• Agate Avetisyan ★★★★★

  Great place. One of the best places to meet amazing people, spend quality time. So many great games, and the guy who was working there is just brilliant. He explained so many fun games, played even with us. Food and snack were great too!

  2 years ago

• Greg Johnson ★★★★★

  Stellar gaming shop, with an expansive selection of games and an enormous amount of playspace! I was in town visiting from Vegas, and heard about these guys, so I decided to pop in and check them out. Ended up chatting with one of their employees (Alex, if I recall), about Warhammer, Kill Team, their gaming tournaments and myriad other stuff unrelated to gaming. He made a few great recommendations to me, sadly they don't ship and I didn't have room in my luggage for new games so I had to settle for some dice and a coffee from their excellent in-store cafe. Overall a warm, organized, inviting L

  3 years ago

• Shneur ★★★★★

  Nice 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. It's $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 aweso

  9 years ago

• Mo Stephens ★

  DO NOT BUY GAMES FROM HERE - they do not honor the return policy that is stated on the receipt. They will look for any opportunity to deny your return - even if the game is fully packaged and unopened and within the return period. In my case the plastic was slightly ripped in one corner which was enough for them to claim I tampered with it…

  8 months ago

• Adam Liang ★★★★★

  Came here for the first time for an MTG prerelease and had a great time! The store was clean, well organized, and the staff were friendly. They had good prices and had a great store policy to have product for actual players of the game instead of annoying scalpers. Highly recommended and will be coming back for future events!

  11 months ago