Great store with very friendly and knowledgeable staff who are extremely welcoming! They have a…read morewide selection and will always get you what you need! The game nights they host are great, and the later hours are really great for people who work till later in the day!

This place is your typical gathering place for board gamers (mostly tabletop RPG). They do carry a…read moresmall selection of board games for purchase and a separate rack of games you can play before purchasing (or just for fun). They have an extensive collection of figurines and paints for games like DnD, Pathfinder, etc. as well as handbooks and various rulebooks/info books for these games. The people are super friendly! The prices of games and books here, from what I looked at, were about $10 cheaper than other stores! Also, it's open late every night for fun. Only 4 stars because it smells like microwaved leftovers.

Friendly folks, and smells great if you like incense. One note, though - the only games they carry…read moreat this point are collectible card games. Oh, well...

I saw the place while out and went in looking for a specific miniature for D&D. The inside is very…read morenice and the play area is set up well. The staff were all very helpful and quick to offer assistance. They didn't have the mini I was looking for but I will definitely be back.

Focused heavily on tabletop games, I've been in a couple of times while in town. The staff has…read morealways been incredibly helpful, and particularly patient when with my kid who's still getting into TCGs. I've driven ~1hr out of my way to visit them, supporting an excellent local business that complements the CU area.

I walked through the shop. Looked like a great place to play game. Had great selection of demo…read moregames you can play before you buy. Great selection of games, miniature, paint and paint supplies. I would return if I lived in Illinois.

Review Visit: March 11th, 2015…read more Do you love board games? Magic the Gathering? Puzzles? Then this place is Just For You! Just For Fun has just about every board game you can think of. With the exception of the mass produced ones (Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, etc). If you are looking for it, they probably have it. They have shelves and shelves and shelves full of games. They have a huge stash behind the registers. They have stuff on the counter. If you can't find a board game in here that interests you, then you probably are not really into board games. They also offer your usual Magic: the Gathering offerings. Cards, sleeves, decks, pre-releases, etc. Their prices are fair on those, except they charge more for the Magic pre-releases. Why? Probably because they can and people pay it. Also offered are odds and ends. Dice. Playmats. Those figures you paint and then set up battles for (sorry, I don't know the technical name for that). Board Game night on Thursday, last I knew. They have casual gaming areas where I think you can just come in with your friends, snag a table and play. Overall, a great store for the Peoria area. Staff has been wonderful pretty much every time I've been in there though. Since their initial opening, they have moved locations several times. Hopefully their current spot is home to them for a long time. Their rating would be a bit higher, but overcharging for Magic pre-releases irks me more than it should. That aside, a great gaming store that Peoria needed. I will try to snap a few photos the next time I am in there and update this post when I do.

Just For Fun has an incredible board game selection, one of the best I've ever seen at a game…read morestore. The folks at the counter are knowledgeable and can help you find games or recommend a game if you're not quite sure what you're looking for. The prices are pretty standard; they're not offering sales that I've seen, but they're also not marking stuff way above retail either. As someone who prefers to browse shelves and look at the games in order to make my board game purchases, I haven't found a better store for that anywhere. I can easily spend 2+ hours browsing the aisles, sitting on the floor to examine a game and read reviews on BoardGameGeek, and I've never been bothered for it. They also have a selection of games you can just play, if you're looking to kill some time or test something out before considering a purchase. There's a limited selection of used games for sale at a discount; you may find something cool there or maybe not, it depends on when you go. They have an okay selection of dice, miniatures, and RPG books. I've seen gaming stores with a better selection in that category, but they don't have the board game selection that Just For Fun does. I know this store does events (Magic, other card games, board games, etc.) but I live almost an hour away so I have never come in for those. Still, I know every time I come in that I'm going to be leaving with several new games, and a smile on my face. I'm very thankful this place exists!

The lady at the counter showed us a wide selection of different Warhammer citadel paints. She was…read moreincredibly knowledgeable and made excellent recommendations tailored to our experience. The prices were really reasonable and she even helped us find some base paints from Reaper to try out. They also had a HUGE selection of preprinted mini figures for DND-- all made in the USA surprisingly. So they won't get affected by tariffs. In addition she gave us two free colors at checkout. There were two different tables of gamers actively playing when we came in ON A MONDAY-- and they had a lot of other tables still open to play DND or Warhammer. If you are looking for a a place to buy supplies or game--THIS is the spot.

Die hard is like a second home to me on the weekends, if you wanna play warhammer 40k it's one of…read morethe only places to open play a 2000pt 40k game that ive found, next closest place ive found is in mt zion on Wednesdays. But we play 40k every Saturday starting at 1pm, anyone is welcome, theres 4 tables available to play on and when we have more than 8 players we'll do 2v2s, we just wanna play the game and have a good time.

I stopped here on a drive from Kankakee to Chicago, and was impressed with what they had for a…read moresmall-town comic shop. There was a good selection of comic books and tabletop games, and a room in the back where people were playing RPG's. The clerks were friendly and nice. I found a more-obscure Alan Moore book I was looking for, and came away really pleased. Not 5-stars because I am spoiled by comic book stores in Chi-town that simply have a physically denser selection of comics to choose from.

The Dragons Refuge (thedragonsrefuge.com) is a comic, card game, board game, and miniature game…read morestore with a small selection of roleplaying games. The staff is polite, and knowledgeable. This is my favorite shop to play Wizkids Star Trek: Attack Wing tournaments at. The game area is comfortable, roomy, and clean.

Rad Lad Games opened when I was still in High School, and I was one of the first people to support…read morethe store. Since then, I've graduated and gone off to college, but this store is a highlight of every trip back to Illinois. Andy and his staff do great work to create a good environment. The store is always clean, has such a wide selection of games, and when you walk through those doors, you know respect is given to you, so long as you give it to everyone else in the store. That's not to mention how generous Andy is with prizing for events, frequent sales, and so much more. If you're looking for a game store in the Champaign region, my personal belief is that you will not find a better place than Rad Lad Games.

Excellent LGS, top notch experience. Hidden treasure of Mahomet. From the staff, the community,…read moreto the ownership, a great place for your family or playgroup.

We used to live in Springfield, so our visit last month was a stop in to an old haunt. It's not in…read morethe most frequented strip of businesses, but this is nice for parking purposes. Free and ample parking for everyone! We were happily surprised to find the store larger than it used to be. They finished an expansion this last fall that allowed them to expand space for large board game tournaments and swaps. Really love the board game library free to play from as well. Plenty of space to bring friends and hang out. The friendly cashier mentioned that they are working on a partnership with the local Whimsy Tea Company to serve their DnD themed teas in the shop while folks are playing. This shop has almost everything you could want in the way of games, supplies and figurines and all at great prices. Games are sold at or below MSRP which makes the choice easy to support them. Stuff on Amazon is rarely cheaper. We bought a small card game for some friends and went on our way, but this shop will always be a stop for us while we are in Springfield.

Clean store, knowledgable and fun staff, and gaming tables and rooms for your use. They have events…read moreall the time, so check their calendar and learn to paint, build some puzzles, or play boardgames.