Bud's Place Games

Bud's Place Games is a card and tabletop game store at 8033 Parkway Dr in Leeds, Alabama. It carries Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! alongside board games, and it keeps evening and weekend hours, with the doors closed Monday through Thursday. That schedule suits players and collectors who come after work or on a weekend afternoon.

What's on the shelves

The three card games are Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, each with its own section of the catalog. Beyond cards, the store stocks board games, dice, card sleeves and Dungeons & Dragons items. The board game shelf runs from 7 Wonders and 7 Wonders: Duel to Azul, Camel Up, Canvas, Carcassonne and Arkham Horror LCG 2nd Edition.

The store sells a large selection of Magic singles online and offers separate online deals. Payments are accepted through PayPal and Venmo.

Events

The store runs organized Magic events and sells event entry as its own category. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan prerelease ran across all three days of the weekend of November 10 to 12, with entry priced at $65. No standing weekly play night is confirmed.

Hours and getting there

The store is at 8033 Parkway Dr in Leeds.

The local scene

Leeds has two other shops within a couple of blocks: Player One Games, about 0.1 miles away, and Saturday Vintage Comics, about 0.2 miles away. Farther out are Bob's Comics in Birmingham at 7.4 miles, iDaGamer in Trussville at 7.8 miles and ePLEX Magic City in Birmingham at 11 miles.