Conroe - Montgomery Edition | April 2023

BUSINESS FEATURE

BY PEYTON MACKENZIE

WHAT’S POPULAR AT STRATEGIC MIND GAMES?

Warhammer 40,000 is a miniature war game that takes place on a battleeld themed tabletop. Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop roleplaying game where players create a story and go on adventures together.

Pokemon TCG is a trading card game in which players use creatures called Pokemon to battle and defeat their opponents.

SOURCES: WARHAMMER 40,000, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, POKEMONCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Strategic Mind Games oers space for the gaming community to come together and play. (Photos by Peyton MacKenzie/Community Impact)

Strategic Mind Games Enthusiast opens gaming store for the Conroe community K ris Bilbrey said he grew was meeting at Denny’s,” Bilbrey said. “They found out about us and decided to start [hosting their meetings] here.”

Kris Bilbrey opened Strategic Mind Games in June in Marcel Boulevard.

a miniature game on tabletop that is set in a battleeld theme. Within the community, Bilbrey said the average age of those who frequent the shop is 20-35 years old. Bilbrey said the biggest challenge since opening Strategic Mind Games has been getting the word out that the business is open. He said he hopes to begin hosting weekly events and tournaments for the gaming community to come together and enjoy. “Sometimes it’s hard because I’ll have a game I want to play but no friends want to play it with me,” Bilbrey said. “Then you show up here [at the business] and you end up making friends.”

up an avid fan of games; however, Bilbrey said after searching Conroe, he could not nd a venue that housed the gaming community. As such, Bilbrey opened Strategic Mind Games in June. Strategic Mind Games is a game store in Conroe that oers board games ranging from Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000 to Pokemon. The business also oers customers the opportunity to paint their own miniature gaming gures and provides space for customers to play their games or host their meetups at the business. “We had a board game group that

Strategic Mind Games 1205 Grand Central Parkway, Ste. 500, Conroe 936-539-6463 www.strategicmindgames.com Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight, Sun. noon-8 p.m.

Bilbrey said there has been a lot of trial and error when bringing dier- ent games into the store. He said he learned by word of mouth what the gaming community was liking and what was not as popular. “The rst rule is just because you think something is cool, doesn’t mean other people think it’s cool,” Bilbrey said. However, Bilbrey said his favorite tabletop and war strategy game, Warhammer 40,000, happens to be a popular game that the community has taken to. Warhammer 40,000 is

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