TerraCrux Games

TerraCrux Games is a tabletop game store at 760 Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma, with easy access to I-705. It carries board games, card games, role playing games and miniatures, and it doubles as a gathering spot for casual play, tournaments and organized events. The card-game side covers Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Star Wars: Unlimited and the One Piece Card Game, so it suits players of several games and families who want a mix of board and card options under one roof.

What's on the shelves

Five trading card games are stocked: Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Star Wars: Unlimited and the One Piece Card Game. Magic has a dedicated single-card operation, and Magic singles can be bought from the store's stock. Beyond cards, the store sells board games, role playing games, tabletop miniatures and accessories. Gift certificates are available for anyone shopping for a gamer.

Events

Events are ticketed and tied to set releases. A recent One Piece release event for the OP-17 set ran on a Friday at 6 PM. Every participant received promo cards and promo packs and had a chance at winning a rare Luffy card. Boxes of OP-17 were offered for purchase after the event, in order of sign-up in the Bandai TCG+ app, while supplies lasted, so players needed to register in the app.

Magic releases get the same treatment. For the Reality Fracture set, the store scheduled prerelease events across a weekend, plus a separate event with a box as the prize the following Saturday.

Star Wars: Unlimited players have also had Homeworlds prerelease events at the store, so release weekends are the dependable times to play competitively.

Hours and getting there

Customer parking is free in the stalls and garage next door, which matters in a downtown location.

History

The store has been operating since at least 2013. It was founded by its president, and it has grown a small team of staff who are gamers themselves, with tastes ranging from Dungeons & Dragons and Crisis Protocol to Arkham Horror: The Card Game and Betrayal at House on the Hill. Painting miniatures is part of the store's culture, and the team accepts applications from people who want to work there.

The local scene

Downtown Tacoma has several other game and comic stores close by: SHOP Comics4kids INC. in the same location area, Destiny City Comics about half a mile away, Defiant Fox Games about 1.3 miles away, and Tacoma Games and Elegant Octopus Games at about 1.4 miles. For card shows, the Twin Oaks shows run about 7.2 miles away, with dates on October 31 (Twin Oaks Sports Cards and Collectible Shows) and November 8 (Twin Oaks Card Show). The Gold Star Card Show, a Halloween edition, is about 39.7 miles away on October 31.