Three Best Game Stores in Central Illinois

A comment on my moving to Florida post yesterday got me thinking about the game stores I have frequented the most while living here in Central Illinois. All three offer gaming in the store which is really how I found them. I’ll miss the Armored Gopher the most since it is the local shop here in town. Dave the owner, helped me with setting up for my first convention where I ran my own game using pathfinder rules. I had a blast playing games hosted there. The other two shops, Capital City Games and Gryfalia’s Aerie have offered World Wide Game Day events and RPGA events over the years, and have always been great hosts. I’ll miss traveling to them also.

The honorable mention is Justforfun Games in Peoria, one of the players that visited my house here in Urbana runs games hosted at JFF, the guy is a pretty good GM, so I thought I would mention his haunt too, even though I have never been to Peoria.

Armored Gopher Games
1502 N. Cunningham Ave. Ste. E
Urbana IL 61802
217-344-GAME (4263)

http://www.armored-gopher.com/

Capital City Games
1305 W. Wabash Ave. Ste. L
Springfield IL 62704
217-793-5229

http://www.capitalcitygames.com/

Gryfalia’s Aerie
309 N Main St.
Bloomington, IL 61701
309-828-9196

http://www.gryfaliasaerie.com/

Honorable mention:
JustForFun Games
2601 W Lake Ave
Peoria, IL 61615
309-686-7720

http://www.justforfungames.net/