Equilibrium Game Store

It’s a nice hole in the wall game store. The staff are friendly and will help answer your questions the best of their ability. It’s definitely more magic centered since it’s their biggest revenue. So if you play magic, it’s worth checking out. The only thing they can improve on is their start time. I understand that some people come in late and it’s nice that they will hold the event up until they arrive but If it’s just one person… I can understand if it’s a big group coming down since I can get more games in.

The owner invites his friends over and just hangs out. The gamers are loud and pretty hostile. Good selection just bad atmosphere

Came in cause my brother wanted to check it out and we literally had no idea what we were walking into. We walked around a bit and a guy approached us and was so friendly! He invited us to Wednesday game night! Such a great place to check out! Definite recommendation!

They had lost $ 100 of my store credit, when I showed them evidence of our agreement they refused to honor our agreement. I am now speaking with a lawyer after hearing I am not the first person this has happened to.
Go to black diamonds games instead. They’re also local in Concord. Message me if you want anymore details.

My friends run a pathfinder game there on Saturdays and regardless of how many people are there for the Yu gi oh tournament they keep the same place open to them every Saturday, they are great for anything table top!

I am a regular at the store. I have had exceptional service by the employees and they have open gaming! I highly reccomend this store, especially if you want to play games out of the house, you can almost always find an open table. :)

I highly recommend this store if your looking for alternative board and card games such as Magic the Gathering, Zombicide, Battle Star galatica, and RPGs like Pathfinder and Dnd. It has plenty of table space for large groups, the owner can order almost anything you need, and its like a big family if you come here enough. I’ve known the owner for close to five years now and will be happily coming here for many more. (:

I’ve been come here over the last few months and its an awesome place. Used to go to black diamond games all the time where they charge $ 130 a box… also they aren’t personable and they over charge on everything that has to do with Magic and probably every other card game they carry. If you want a place with more of an adult setting. No annoying kids that you want to punch. This is a place where they get to know you and value your business. Huge room to play in, and every week there seems to be more and more players. Typical Standard tournaments are on Tuesdays & Thursday 7:00. Thursdays roughly 10 – 16 players show up to play, FNM is Draft, and Saturdays will be Standard single elimination winner of each round wins a pack! Tuesdays are dead for standard but a few guys show up just to see if people will show. If they don’t, exhibition matches begin. Yu-​Gi-​Oh is ridiculous on Saturdays I don’t play myself but when I stop by the shop to buy some cards on the weekend and I am BLOWN AWAY. Yu-​Gi-​Oh players this is the shop to go to on Saturdays and play tournaments, the last few weeks have had from just a visual perspective about 25 – 30 players and the room still looks empty with the space they have. Also they have a lot more MAGIC singles to buy (Compared to local shops). They carry practically everything you need to nerd out properly and have fun. Also they carry board games and have nights that others come and play. Keep in mind that it’s not the employees faults that people don’t show up on days that they plan to have an event… Trust me I know it sucks I’ve been skunked a couple times myself but now they are slowly evolving regularity with their events. This place is awesome, I can come here and chill, play, talk to people my own age and no one that works there is a dick or a douche like they are at Black Diamond Games. If you feel that way about the employees at Black Diamond Games then this is the place you wan’t to come to from now on.

Went to three tournaments at Equilibrium. Prerelease for M2014, a Born of Gods PreRelease, and a Born of Gods Release Draft (tonight).
The 2014 tournament we attended was a midnight pre-​release, but it didn’t actually start until after 2am. I ended up dropping around 6am because they had 60 minute rounds which they didn’t keep track of very well, so some of them lasted an hour and a half.
The Born of Gods PreRelease was a Saturday at 1pm. However, when I had called the shop previously they told me it was at noon. So my husband and I showed up at 11:30 in order to make sure we got registered in time. The shop was locked up and when the staff arrived they still wouldn’t let people in early. I talked to other people who were also told it started at noon. It said noon on their Facebook as well… We played out the tournament and one of the players got in a dispute with one of the staff that was loud and unpleasant. There was also drama outside of the store where apparently someone was raising a fuss because he had not been allowed to stay the night before.
These first two tournaments were okay… I wasn’t excited to go back but I wasn’t scared off either. Tonight we went to draft, which started 30 minutes late, which was fine since not enough people were there at the start time of 7. They charged us $ 33 for two people to draft, which is a bit expensive, especially since I think $ 3 of that was a fee for using a credit card (that works out to 10% fee)… which is very lame in this age with the existance of software like Square.
The worst part of the night was that we asked what the prize payout was twice during the tournament. Once during the first round and once during the second round. The staff in charge just shrugged his shoulders and said he’d figure it out later each time. At the commencement of the tournament they must have decided the payout would be 4−2−2−2 which is an unusual pay schedule for a draft. I feel like they might have screwed second place because it was my husband, who wasn’t a regular. They seem to strongly favor their friends, and that vibe is really hard to miss. If it wasn’t blatant, it definitely felt like something shady was going on! I will try Black Diamond next time I feel the urge to play in a Magic event because I sure won’t be going back here…

I have been to a few game stores around the Contra Costa region and this one is the most fun and therefore the best for Magic the Gathering players. I have been to many magic stores and this one is becoming my go-​to community.
Pros: Lots of singles, great community, friendly (very knowledgeable) staff, nice selection, $ 10 Wednesday drafts, an overall welcoming feel, good selection of drinks & snacks and amazing price payout. Great for casuals, new players and veterans alike
Cons: Events tend to start late because they are waiting for someone, so a three round tournament starting at 7:00 pm may not start until 7:45 pm and the rounds can take a bit longer. During summer, they didn’t run the A/​C and it got pretty hot a few times I was there.
If you are on a tight schedule, this may not be the best place for you and Black Diamond games does run a tight ship. However, the singles, staff and community totally make up for it.

I live in Walnut Creek and wanted to get back into playing magic after a few years of break. I can say that out of the various stores I’ve tried playing at in the area, this store is by far the most comfortable, friendly, and fun environments to play in. One of the most notable things about this store is the amount of elbow room available to the players. If you’re a magic player this store is really one of the best places to go.
I’ve been playing magic at this store for about three months now as a regular attending the weekly tournaments. I will be coming here for quite some time because of the great atmosphere and facilities. I encourage everyone to stop by to check it out and say hi, everyone is very friendly here and you will have a blast!

Don’t even think of trusting these guys to keep their word or even be able to keep anything straight between more than one of them. They will tell you there is a tournament being held on one night at one store and then when you get there they will say they don’t have enough people to make a huge profit on the prize kit or it is being held at the other store now. Shady shady shenanagins. Spend your money at Black Diamond or Flying Colors.