Lewis Game Shop

Lewis Game Shop is a game store at 220 7th St W in Monticello, Minnesota, in a space of more than 10,000 square feet. It carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering and the One Piece Card Game alongside board games, video games, tabletop roleplaying supplies and collectibles. It also runs rentable play rooms, which makes it as much a place to stay and play as a place to shop. It suits card players who want room to spread out, and anyone with a pile of games or toys to sell or trade.

What's on the shelves

Cards are one department among several. The store carries Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and One Piece, and the rest of the floor is broad: more than 10,000 video games, retro and modern, along with consoles and accessories. Board games run from Settlers of Catan and Monopoly to Wingspan, and there are puzzles built around characters from Mario and Star Wars. Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder players can find rulebooks, dice, miniatures and accessories, and Warhammer buyers can pick up miniatures, paints, brushes and hobby supplies.

The collectibles wall is hand-picked and includes Funko Pop and other vinyl figures, action figures from the '80s and '90s and today, and plushies from Pokémon, Mario and Five Nights at Freddy's.

Buying, selling and trading

The store buys, sells and trades video games, card games, toys and collectibles, and will appraise items on the spot. It takes in nearly everything it sells, so a collection that has outgrown its owner has a place to go. Inventory rotates, with new arrivals weekly.

Events and play

The store hosts events daily and offers free play every day of the week. The event lineup covers Pokémon tournaments, Magic: The Gathering events, One Piece nights, Dungeons & Dragons, board game nights and video game competitions. A dedicated space is set aside for miniature painting and board games, and tabletop communities for Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40k meet in the play areas. Rooms with TVs also host anime watch-alongs and other streaming events.

Room rentals

The Monticello store rents three rooms, with payment taken on the day of the reservation. The party room also comes with eight TVs and a 104 inch projector for movies and slideshows, and the TVs can be set up with consoles and specific games on request. A popcorn machine is available on request, along with concessions from the main floor.

Hours and getting there

The store is at 220 7th St W in Monticello, next to Cub Foods. It is open six days a week and closed Sundays.

Wednesday is the late night, running until midnight.

History

Lewis Game Shop began in Saint Cloud in 2011, selling and trading items the owners had crammed into their apartments. The early focus was video games and consumer electronics repair. Magic: The Gathering came a few years later, followed by Dungeons & Dragons and Pokémon. Video game tournaments, Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart among them, built an early community.

The Monticello store opened in 2019 as the first location dedicated exclusively to Lewis Game Shop. It outgrew its original site and moved to its current space by Cub Foods in 2023, a move that made room for the larger play areas and the TV rooms. The business also keeps a Saint Cloud store.

The local scene

Monticello has other hobby stops close by: Mikes Coins & Collectibles is about half a mile away, and MN Sportscards is about 1.3 miles away. Magic Mushrooms In The Crystal Garden in Big Lake is about 3.5 miles out, Kremer's Toy and Hobby in Albertville about 7.8 miles, and Hot Toys and Collectibles in Buffalo about 9.7 miles. For a bigger floor, the PokeConnect Card Show, about 42 miles away, next starts on November 6, 2026, and the Maplewood Mall Christmas Card Show, about 41 miles away, starts on December 18, 2026.