Next-Gen Games

This is long overdue, AWESOME staff!!!! Been coming for the last 3-4 months, started playing when MTG introduced Final Fantasy. The whole team is welcoming, friendly, patient, above and beyond. Atmosphere is great, made great new friends here, just overall best Game Shop in LA!!!!!

4 Stars because the employees and owner were extremely kind. Not 5 stars because of the clientele. Never have I been to a completely full shop on a Friday and not 1 single female was there. None of the guys would speak to me directly other than 2 word answers or look me in the eye and the two guys next to me started making slighted comments towards me indirectly about my card selection and a few other things. I felt so uncomfortable i left before we even really started playing. (I went there for draft) The shop itself was cool. But it makes me question what time of a shop are you running that on a busy evening that you have cultivated a culture that just men attend your shop. The shop owner was wonderful and kind. This experience is why women dont get involved with mtg or other "male" oriented hobbies. Very disappointing as I was just visiting LA and that was my experience with mtg players in LA. So ladies beware!

Next Gen is my preferred card shop with good reason. I am here 1-2 times a week for different events. The staff is very talkative and helpful. They always pay attention to you and have great suggestions. The atmosphere is amazing. There are large tables in the back for Warhammer 40k or other miniature games. The tables for card games are clean and maintained. I hear that sometimes podcasts or small videos will film in the store because of how nice it is. What is most appealing here is the regulars. You can talk to anybody and get a conversation going. People are willing to help you put together a deck, or give advice on how to draft. Absolutely the community that you want to be playing games with. Friday Night Drafts are the best spots for people just getting into Magic. They have a great Pokemon TCG selection and singles which is amazing for any kids who want to play.