Every week the DeKalb Graham Crackers Comic Books store hosts game days that are open to everyone. Tournaments are held in the lower level of the store, 901 Lucinda Ave.

Participants must provide their own deck of cards or other materials in order to play. The store welcomes anybody interested who wants to watch and learn. There are inexpensive options for each game, and sometimes volunteers will provide supplies to borrow.

Magic the Gathering, a strategy card game, and HeroClix, a turn-based game involving little figurines, are the store’s more popular game turnouts. 

It is highly encouraged to show up on time as some games can be lengthy and are hard to enter halfway through.

All event information can be found here on the Graham Crackers website, or by calling 815-748-3883.

Monday

Casual Game Night starts at 8 p.m. Participants bring their own game to play with others.

Wednesday

HeroClix starts at 7 p.m. A turn-based game involving the assembly a team of heroes using a point system. There are cheap figurine options available to those interested in learning.

Thursday

Dice Masters starts at 6 p.m. For this game, players roll dice that represent powerful supers and battle each other depending on the roll of each turn.

Friday

Friday night Magic the Gathering is a widely popular event that starts at 7 p.m. Beginner packs are available to those interested in learning the strategy-based card game. It is a free to play and uses standard format guidelines that determine the types of cards that can be used.

Dungeons and Dragons starts at approximately 6 p.m. Game play will be involves somebody reading scenarios from a rule book (either a 3.0 or 3.5 version). Players create characters that are used to overcome the random situations.

Saturday

Magic the Gathering at 3 p.m. Game play will be in modern format which includes a different range of acceptable cards.

Board Game Night every other Saturday starting at 7 p.m. Contact the store to find out exact tentative dates.

Dungeons and Dragons every other Saturday starting at 11 a.m. Scenarios are read from a different rule book, the 5th Edition.

Sunday

HeroClix starting at 2 p.m. with the same game play rules.