Magic: The Gathering at Gryphon's Nest
At Gryphon's nest, Magic is about having fun.
We've all been there. You're at a Magic: The Gathering event and maybe you feel overwhelmed by the players around you.
We have worked hard to build and foster a community of core Magic: The Gathering players who are interested in having fun while slinging spells. Commander and casual builds are our favorites here at Gryphon's Nest, and we have a small, regular group of players that swing by the shop on Fridays and Saturdays. Our Magic Specialists on staff are also always happy to play a game or two if they're not too busy minding the store, or even run a demo to teach newbies the ropes, so please, stop by. We would love to have you join us!
What events do we have lined up? Usually, we run a booster draft every Friday evening for Friday Night Magic, and we have Commander on Saturdays. Around the release of a new expansion, we also run prereleases and other special events to celebrate all the new cards. Check out our schedule for more information!
Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League
Every week on Saturday and Sunday, gamers of Sebastopol gather to roll dice, attack the darkness, and level up in one of our Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League campaigns. Joining the Gryphon's Nest Adventurers League is really very simple. All you have to do is register for an account on Warhorn. This is the service that we use to help players reserve their seat for games happening that weekend.
After that, all you'll need to do is bring some dice, a character sheet, and a great attitude! Our event schedule on Warhorn is updated once a week with the list of modules available. If you have any questions regarding our Adventurers League, we encourage you to contact us.
In addition to our in-person games, we’ve been known to occasionally host games online via our Discord server, which really kicked into gear during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to connect online when we weren’t able to meet face-to-face.
Digital and Physical Bundles
We’ve partnered with Bits and Mortar to provide PDF copies of select tabletop roleplaying books along with the purchase of a physical copy! If you buy a book from a participating publisher, ask the staff on duty if it qualifies for the promotion. If it is, we’ll email you a digital copy at no additional cost to you! Participating publishers include but are not limited to Chaosium, Cublicle 7, Evil Genius Games, Evil Hat Productions, Frog God Games, Kobold Press, Magpie Games, Modiphius Entertainment…basically, a whole bunch of smaller, indie-type companies. (But not Wizards of the Coast, the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons—or at least, not at the time of this writing.)
Tabletop Games
Here at Gryphon's Nest, we have a fantastic selection of tabletop games. From competitive to casual, we're here to offer you the very best there is for your tabletop experience.
What is a deckbuilding game? It’s a game where you start with a deck of simple, weak cards, and over the course of the game, you buy new cards that are shuffled into your deck. By the end of the game, you’ll have a customized deck where each hand of cards that you draw will (hopefully) be significantly more powerful than the ones you started with. This genre was first popularized by Dominion in 2008, and has really taken off in the past 15 years. Nowadays, there are a ton of awesome deckbuilding games to choose from. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order!