Cardboard Coliseum

I’ve been into the gaming scene for many years, whether it’s TCG or Tabletop. I’ve played in professional circuits for both as well as having experience hosting plenty of events for both public and charity. I am also a founding creator of a 350+ people community that connects people within the entire state of WV and surrounding areas to local game stores throughout. With our goal to encourage friendly and welcoming environments. My knowledge and experience should hold merit to what I am about to say. Cardboard Coliseum is one of the most welcoming and friendly stores I have ever had the pleasure of going to. The store owner here is nothing short of an honest and good person with the upmost respect from everyone who visits his store and gets to meet him. The store is a clean, and comfortable environment with plenty of space for gaming. I have had the pleasure to not only meet but play with the local players here. They are an amazing player base, everybody is so welcoming and ready to help new players. This is a rare thing to find in today. Tucked away in a beautifully quiet little town with a very interesting history just dead center of the state. This is for sure on of my top recommendations to stop at. So much so that I regularly drive here over an hour away weekly to play with friends and family as it’s a great halfway place for all of us. Now…. These one star reviews you see… These were made by players looking to prey upon small communities and scalp rare event cards away from them, only so they can turn a profit for greed . They would much rather think about themselves and destroy a small community. They decided to scalp from another store first and race to this one to do the very same. Making an excuse to extend the start of a tournament, the owner decided to welcome them and extend the start time, but clearly, professionally, and politely told them no later. These two players, then proceeded to try and argue for another extension, even to the point of eluding directions and roping him along on the phone trying to delay the event yet again. He extended yet again. They showed up after the delay and continued to try and argue their way into the event after it started. Once he stuck to his word and the rules of the event.They proceeded to hurt a local small business owner by falsely accusing the store of being unprofessional and unclean through their bad reviews… This is a disgusting display of the toxicity plaguing the gaming communities and shouldn’t be welcome anywhere. To Cardboard Coliseum- Thank you so much for providing the environment that you do and the player base that you have.