Black Diamond Games is a unique store in Concord Ca. They specialize in strategy and family oriented games. The store is at 1950 Market Street, Suite E; in the same strip mall as Fry’s Electronics. You can give them a call at 925-681-0600.
Black Diamond Games has some of the old classic style war games like Advanced Squad Leader that I wrote on earlier. Black Diamond Games also carries most of the popular (and not so popular) role playing games, and collectable card games that kids like.
My kids have gotten into a popular series of games from Games Workshop they carry at Black Diamond Games called War Hammer and War Hammer 40K. These are miniature fantasy battle games. War Hammer is a fantasy game reminiscent of medieval fantasy or Tolkeinish type worlds with elves, dwarves, etc. . . War Hammer 40K is a Science Fiction oriented game. With both systems the players buy, build, and paint models to field as part of their army. Where can you get these kits and paints? Black Diamond Games of course.
It is not all about battle and war there are many popular and fun family games to found at Black Diamond Games. You can get a copy of Monopoly, but you can get Monopoly anywhere, try some fun Euro Style Games like Settler’s of Catan or Ticket to Ride.
But how do you learn to play these games? Who do you play with? Well Black Diamond Games has a huge playing room where different games can be played, tournaments are held, and people can just get together. If you are a tired parent like me there are a couple cozy chairs up front you can fall asleep in. They have quarterly used game auctions where they also auction of slightly damaged games at huge discounts.
If you are in the area drop by and take a look.
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