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Calgary Gaming

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Calgary plays. Calgary competes. Calgary builds.

An open ledger of the Calgary gaming scene. The board-game cafés with the late kitchens. The Friday Magic nights. The fighting-game tournaments on the second floor. The arcades that still take quarters. The LAN centres, the escape rooms, the trade-in shelves where you found that one cart.

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Cafés indexed
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Game stores
25plus
Tournaments / month
40plus
Arcades
8
The Database

The Calgary gaming ledger.

All curated, all Calgary, all linked.
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Board-game cafés
Sit-and-play
Calgary cafés with rentals, libraries, late kitchens.
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Game stores
New + used
Modern releases, trade-ins, retro shelves, TCG inventory.
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Tournaments
Live calendar
TCG, FGC, esports — schedules and brackets.
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Arcades
Pinball + barcade
Calgary's standing arcades, pinball halls, and barcades.
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LAN cafés
PC + console
Hourly rentals, ranked-play rigs, console party rooms.
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Escape rooms
Puzzles
Calgary's top-rated puzzle rooms, ranked by group size.
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Meetups
The scene
D&D nights, wargaming clubs, Magic playgroups, dev meetups.
The Wall

Calgary gaming memories.

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Gaming 101

The Calgary scene, plain-spoken.

Explainers · external sources
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The Sentry Box, and why it's a Calgary landmark.
One of North America's largest game stores by floor area. Forty-plus years on Macleod Trail. The board-game education of a city.
SOURCE · The Sentry Box
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Friday Night Magic, decoded.
How a Calgary FNM works — formats, entry fees, the friendly stores vs the competitive ones.
SOURCE · Wizards of the Coast
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How a board-game café actually charges.
Cover charge by the hour vs by the head. Library access. Bring-your-own rules. Reservations vs walk-ins.
SOURCE · Calgary cafés
04
Calgary's con calendar.
OtaFuse, Calgary Expo, Comic + Entertainment Expo. What each one is actually about, and when to buy passes.
SOURCE · OtaFuse
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Buying retro — the Calgary shelves.
NES through GameCube, Nintendo handhelds, the trade-in math. Stores that test before they sell.
SOURCE · Local retro shops
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Calgary's indie game studios.
The studios making games out of Calgary. Past releases, current hiring, the Inceptor incubator.
SOURCE · Calgary Technology
The Scene

Calgary game places, by room.

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The Sentry Box
Macleod · landmark store
Forty-plus years. Board games, wargames, RPGs, miniatures, used books — the city's gaming attic.
sentrybox.com →
Sticks & Stones
NW · board-game café
Library of 800+ games, full kitchen, late hours. Family-friendly room.
sticksandstonesbgc.com →
Dickens Pub
Downtown · TCG + pints
Magic, Pokémon, Flesh and Blood. Weekly events, live music nights.
dickenspub.ca →
Game Knight
NW · board-game café
Cover-by-the-hour, big rentable library, regular tournaments.
gameknight.com →
EB Games (multiple)
Citywide · video games
New releases, trade-ins, the corner of every mall. Convenient, not curated.
eb-games.ca →
Westside Games
West · retro + new
Tested retro inventory, fair trade-in math, friendly counter staff.
westsidegames.com →
Escape Hour Calgary
Multiple · escape rooms
One of Calgary's largest escape-room operators. Multiple rooms, multiple difficulties.
escapehourcalgary.ca →
Calgary Expo
BMO Centre · April
Western Canada's largest comic & entertainment expo. The con weekend of the Calgary calendar.
thecalgaryexpo.com →
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