Fan-Quest Comics and Games

Family-run since 1990, Fan-Quest Comics and Games is Yuma's original comic and game shop, with Magic and Pokemon packs plus free play tables on 32nd Street.

Diane Hillegass and her brother opened Fan-Quest in 1990 as a place for Dungeons & Dragons and BattleTech players to gather, and it has been Yuma's only locally owned comic and game store ever since. The Suite 1 storefront at 850 West 32nd Street is small and family-oriented, with free play tables that fill up for game nights on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Comics are the backbone: Marvel, DC, IDW, Dark Horse, and indies, with a free pull-and-hold service and special orders for anything not on the rack. On the card side, Fan-Quest stocks sealed Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon packs and boxes, plus Cardfight Vanguard and Force of Will. Note that the shop does not sell singles; more than one five-star review adds "I wish they sold singles" as the only caveat. RPG books, X-Wing and Warmachine miniatures, board games, and comic supplies fill the rest of the shelves.

What makes Fan-Quest distinctive in Yuma is its community footprint. The store runs monthly charity drawings and an annual charity auction that support Penny's Pantry and the local Humane Society, and it's a registered Wizards Play Network store that welcomes casual Magic play at the tables. Google flags it as women-owned, and the 4.7 rating across roughly 155 reviews reflects consistent praise for the owners' patience with new players.

Plan around the evening schedule: closed Monday and Tuesday, 4PM to 9PM Wednesday through Friday, noon to 9PM Saturday, and 4PM to 9PM Sunday. The shop asks customers to use its Facebook group rather than page messages for questions. For a Yuma card shop that has been part of the town for three decades and still sells Pokemon cards in Yuma the old-fashioned way, by the pack, this is it.