Challenges Games and Comics

I like Tony, and I really want to like Challenges, but the place has turned into amateur hour.
I recently got back to playing Magic with a bunch of friends, and I’ve been going to Friday Night Magic events and prereleases for the past 2 years now. At Challenges, prerelease is chaos. Tony doesn’t order kits in excess (I can’t really blame him for it… they’d sit for months on shelves) so you basically HAVE to preorder a kit if you want to play. When the prerelease events actually start, there is 0 order to pairing distribution or pooling. The same is true for FNM standard and draft nights. A doe-​eyed employee just runs around with pairings in hand, instead of posted them on a wall somewhere. No drop sheets, no table numbering, just madness.
This Saturday, I decided to go buy a booster box of Battle for Zendikar. I typically buy through Amazon, but all the prime vendors are out of stock. I checked Challenges stock online, saw that they had 12 left. So I drove to Challenges.
The clerk informed me that they were out of BFZ boxes, I told her that I saw them online, and they looked at me like they had never heard of the website. They checked the back stock, and verified that 0 were actually in stock. However, they did have a BFZ fatpack in stock. Which was hilarious, because the website lists 0 fatpacks in stock.
I just checked the site again, still says they have 12 in stock. Unreal
UPDATE: Tony DM’d me and basically said it was my fault for not pre-​ordering. Blames the site inaccuracy on it being release weekend (it wasn’t). Site STILL shows 12 booster boxes in stock.

It’s hard for me to rate this store, because I can never seem to get in. The one time I managed to go when they were open it was fine. But they apparently closed early one Sunday when I swing by and then their sign says «by appointment only» on Tuesday. Maybe I’ll have a better review if I can get in there, because I’d love to be able to buy board games locally during the day instead of ordering them on Amazon.

Tucked on the backside of North DeKabl mall, this store in the new home to Stone Mountain’s Dragon Horde.
If you’re in looking for specific comic you maybe out of luck. They have a good range of new floppies with a few new trades, but the section is small. There are better places to buy comics near by.
This is a good store for game though. Mostly inventory is gear to magic, but yugioh, DBZ and some other games have events too. Single sales most to be almost entirely MTG base though. The side case near the door has some nice hero clicks too.
There is not too much in the way of board games, but the classics are there.
The room for play is great. It open and easy to get around. There is a high table in the back for miniatures. But we warned that Friday night magic runs 50+ and I will be full (with parents having to wait outside).
The rest of the store is shirts and other neat geeky accessories. There is a corner with some pin up art and figures. Some older Play Arts Kai can be found there.

Great little store, staff are kind and helpful. I would like to have seen more board games and accessories in there but I’m sure it will grow!