Your Local Game Store

Your Local Game Store is a hobby game shop in Mint Hill, North Carolina, built around table play as much as retail. Beyond Magic: The Gathering, One Piece Card Game, Disney Lorcana and Digimon Card Game, it runs a full week of organized play that takes in Star Wars Legion, Dungeons & Dragons, HeroClix and Warmachine, along with a game library, rentals and consignment. It suits card players who want a regular night out, parents looking for a supervised kids' game, and tabletop players who want a room to book.

What's on the shelves

The card side of the store centers on Magic: The Gathering, One Piece Card Game, Disney Lorcana and Digimon Card Game. Magic: The Gathering gets a Commander night and Star Trek prerelease dates. The store also carries board games, RPG books and miniatures, and takes preorders for upcoming releases including Star Wars: Legion, Pathfinder and Cyberpunk product. Preorders can be placed through online forms, by email, by phone or in person.

A pre-owned section sells board games, RPG books and sometimes miniatures, all on consignment. Toys and collectibles are not taken. Each item carries a condition report with its extras, condition and price.

The seller sets a single non-negotiable asking price, sets are never split, and an item gets at least 60 days on the shelf. When it sells, the seller receives store credit for 80% of the asking price about four business days later. Consignors bring up to ten items at a time, with a form for each item. A buyer who finds the item does not match its condition report has 3 business days to return it with the receipt and condition card. The store does not buy used games outright for resale.

The game library can be played free in the store or taken home as a one-week rental priced at 10% of the game's retail cost. A game that retails for $39.99 rents for $4.00, and the rental fee counts toward buying that game. Customers can ask for a base game the library lacks, and the store will open a copy for rental.

Weekly play

Kids D&D for ages 8 to 12 runs every other Saturday at 11:30 AM and 3 PM for a $5 entry fee, and Paint Day fills the first Thursday of each month from 2 to 8 PM at no charge.

Organized play and events

One Piece Card Game and Gundam events register through Bandai TCG+, the store's confirmed organized-play program. The fall calendar includes a Pirates Party 2026 Vol.3 2-vs-2 on October 31 at 6 PM, a Gundam GD06 release event on November 7 at 1 PM, and a One Piece EB-05 release the same evening at 6 PM. The Digimon Evolution Cup 2026 Vol.4 is set for January 2, starting at 1 PM, also through Bandai TCG+.

Magic: The Gathering players have the Star Trek prerelease on November 6 and 7, and a Learn to Play session for 13 Omens on October 31 from noon to 4 PM. Commander nights register in the store through Eventlink. Star Wars: Unlimited players have a Twin Suns night on Fridays at 6 PM, and Learn to Play Magic and Learn to Paint sessions turn up on the monthly calendar.

Store policies

Tables are free to play at and open to everyone. Reserving a table costs $5, paid when the reservation is made, and it holds for up to 60 minutes past the scheduled start. Parties running later can call to extend the grace period, and a cancelled reservation can be rescheduled.

Private rooms are available for regular games or parties, at $25 Monday through Thursday and $30 Friday and Saturday. The cost can be split among the group, and weekly games can qualify for a discount.

House rules are plain. Players should stay home when sick and keep up personal hygiene, and anyone for whom body odor is a problem may be asked to leave. Children must stay table adjacent to their parent or guardian, and if the parent is in a room, the child is there too. Yelling, running and disturbing other players or their things are out, and anything beyond a quick reprimand is handled outside.

Hours and getting there

The store is at 300 E John St, Suite 110, in Mint Hill, North Carolina.

The local scene

Several other hobby shops sit a short drive away in Matthews: AAA Collectibles Inc at 0.2 miles, Mad Jack's Records and Comics and Trailside Games and Hobbies at 0.4 miles each, A. Pennyworth's Comics at 0.8 miles, and Mac's Heroes & Villains Comics & Collectibles at 1.4 miles.