Tower of Games - Western Branch

Western Branch's hub for Magic and Pokemon players in Chesapeake, with long open play tables, weekly tournaments, and cases of singles and sealed boxes.

Off Forest Haven Lane in the Western Branch corner of the city, Tower of Games skips the cramped-back-room feel that defines a lot of game stores. The floor is wide and bright, built around rows of long play tables that fill up most evenings. Glass counters up front hold Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering singles, and the shelving behind them runs deep with booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, and a board-game wall that can swallow an afternoon.

The calendar is what gives this Chesapeake card shop its pulse. Monday nights are reserved for Pokemon, Saturdays draw a steady Magic Commander crowd, and sanctioned tournaments like the spring Pokemon Cup pull players in from across Hampton Roads. Drop in on an event night and the place reads less like a store and more like a clubhouse where regulars know the staff by name.

Hours run generous and late. Most weekdays the doors stay open from noon until 10pm, Fridays push to 11pm, and Saturday is the marathon, 11am to 11pm, before a calmer noon-to-8 Sunday. That after-work, after-school window is when the tables are busiest, so collectors who want quiet browsing time tend to come early in the afternoon.

Beyond organized play, the shop handles the everyday side of the hobby: buying and selling singles, trade-ins, sleeves and deck boxes, and enough snacks and drinks on hand to keep a long draft going. Whether you are hunting Pokemon cards in Chesapeake, building a Commander deck, or just looking for a table and some opponents, the Western Branch location has become a dependable anchor for the local scene.

Parking is easy in the shared lot, and the open layout makes it newcomer-friendly, the kind of place where a first-time player can sit down at a learn-to-play table without feeling out of their depth.