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Suffolk Gaming Information |
If you've just moved to Suffolk County, Long Island, finding a gaming store or, particularly, a gaming group can be a little challenging. The large number of small townships in Long Island make internet searches based on city somewhat useless, for example. This page intends to be a gateway to various role-playing and wargaming stores and groups in Suffolk County. Hopefully, you discovered this page through an internet search and it tells you what you want to know.
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Organizations
Along with the standard gaming groups you can find nearly anywhere, a number of gaming related organizations operate within Suffolk County:
Long Island Boardgaming Organization
The Long Island Boardgaming Organization meets to play primarily Eurogames (Rio Grande, Mayfair, some Fantasy Flight) games. They also run a Heroscape league (or two) each year, and one GameDay per year is dedicated to wargames (predominantly old-style hex and counter).
Long Island Gamers Club
You may see some stray references on the net to the Long Island Gamers Club, one of the oldest gaming clubs on Long Island, but their web-site claims they no longer meet.
Long Island Role Playing Group
The Long Island Role Playing Group is a very informal group of players and game masters who “enjoy good company, bad food, and plenty of soda”. They are always open to having new people join us.
Role Players of Long Island
The Role Players of Long Island (RPLI) started as a meet-up group through meetup.com and are a diverse group of role-players from across Long Island, the five boroughs, and beyond. Through the RPLI, players can find new campaigns, and campaigns can find new players. They also provide a means of meeting new players face-to-face once a month.
Conventions
A number of gaming conventions are held in or around Suffolk County:
I-CON
A large convention held since the early 1980's, I-CON is generally held in late March on Stony Brook University's campus.
QuestCon
Claiming to be Long Islands only hotel gaming convention, QuestCon is generally held in mid October in Ronkonkoma.
Further afield
Given the sprawl around Manhattan, you can find other conventions with a bit of travel:
Stores
Suffolk County gaming stores tend to be small businesses within strip malls, sometimes a bit off the beaten path:
Fourth World Comics
33 SR Route 111
Smithtown NY, 11787
(631) 366-4440
While Fourth World Comics seems not to have a web site, it does have a large role-playing selection, as well as a huge number of comics and related toys.
Men at Arms Hobbies
134 Middle Country Road
Middle Island, New York 11953
(631) 924-0583
Something of a Suffolk institution, Men at Arms sells a selection of role-playing, wargaming and model building gear, but doesn't seem to have a web site.
Brother’s Grim Games & Collectables
1244 Middle Country Road
Selden, NY 11784
(631) 698-2805
Brother’s Grim, formerly Monkey Head Games, sells wargaming and role-playing material both online and in their store, where they host numerous tables for gamers to use.
The War Store
47420 Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
(631) 765-5549
Located far out on the North Fork, the War Store sells a wide variety wargaming materials both on- and off-line.
Further Afield
Grasshopper Comics
76 Hillside Avenue
Williston Park, NY 11596
(516) 471-5724
Grasshopper Comics, located in far-off Nassau County, provides comics, role-playing and wargaming material. They also run a Warhammer league.
Games & Gifts Galore
3937 Merrick Road
Seaford, NY 11793
(516) 804-2265
Games & Gifts Galore, also in Nassau, sells games of all kinds, for all ages, including party, roleplaying, war, card and classic games. They also offer play space.
Scorpio Ink Games
224 Merrick Road
Lynbrook, NY 11563
(516) 612-2092
Scorpio Ink Games, near JFK, sells Warhammer (Fantasy, 40k, board games), Dungeons and Dragons (Books, Dice, and Miniatures) and can be hired to paint miniatures. They feature open gaming Monday-Thursday.