Red Castle Games is a local game store in SE Portland specializing in board games, card games, role-playing games, and tabletop miniatures games. It has a great, welcoming vibe with friendly staff and is noted as being particularly welcoming for parents with small children. The store offers a large selection of games to rent and buy, with many tables for in-store play. Food and drinks, including beer, snacks, and items like chicken wraps, tots, and falafel, are highly praised. The store hosts fun events, including commander nights. However, some prices are considered high, with sealed trading card products and singles often priced above other local stores. A $6 entry fee for commander nights, which covers raffles for old promo swag, is a point of contention. Despite this, there is consistently a good group of players for events, and the staff are very welcoming and go above and beyond for customers. The space is clean with good lighting and abundant seating. Overall, it is described as a phenomenal and great place to play games.
What a great place! Very organized and welcoming. They have a very wide variety of games, easy to browse and inspect. The staff was also very friendly and helpful.
March 2026
Slightly geared towards a teenage crowd but still a great place to play DnD for a guy in his 40's.
March 2026
Friendly game store. Staff is welcoming and helpful. Excellent selection of games.
