The former Berserk Games, now called Card Kingdom, at 7217 Greenwood Ave. N., is moving to a much larger space in Ballard in April.
Card Kingdom/Berserk Games is moving from Phinney to Ballard.
The current building is about 1,000 square feet. The new building at 5105 Leary Way will be about 6,000 square feet.
“We’re just growing too much,” Retail Manager Annalisa Delfel said. “Business is great. We’re even putting in a pub and a café.”
Berserk Games changed its name to Card Kingdom at the beginning of the year, although both Berserk and Card Kingdom signs are up at the current store. Delfel said they decided to change the store’s name to the name of its parent company.
The new Card Kingdom store in Ballard will be able to carry an even larger selection of board and card games, role playing games and miniatures. And it will have a larger dedicated play space for people to come in and play one of the games from their game library. They’ll also have private rooms and be able to hold tournaments.
Owner Damon Morris calls it “more of a destination space,” about one block off of Ballard Avenue.
Card Kingdom started as an online only business out of Morris’ garage in Minneapolis in 1997. Morris then moved the company to a store in the U District in 2001, then to Phinney Ridge about five years ago.
Thanks to Bethany and Roger for the tips!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Iron City Mike // Feb 20, 2011 at 10:28 am
Glad they are dooing well. But, too bad they couldn’t move into one of the many vacant storefronts in Greenwood….
2 Deb S // Feb 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Yeah if they were looking for a bigger space why couldn’t they have gone into Greenwood Academy’s spot.
3 Jesse // Feb 20, 2011 at 11:49 am
RIP, Greenwood. Is anyone moving _in_ anywhere?
4 Dan Becker // Feb 20, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The new Card Kingdom space is previewed at http://mtgcolorpie.com/2011/01/17/the-kingdom-is-coming-–-card-kingdom’s-new-palace/
Have you confirmed with the store that Beserk is moving out? I thought B & CK shared the Greenwood store and maybe B would stay when CK got it’s own place.
5 Whopper // Feb 20, 2011 at 6:17 pm
“many vacant storefronts in Greenwood….”
Maybe it’s hard to sell Scrabble to meth heads…
6 Tiktok // Feb 20, 2011 at 6:53 pm
There’s already a gaming store next to Baronof. One on the corner would be a bit close.
7 amh98103 // Feb 21, 2011 at 12:05 am
WAH WAH WAH . OMG. Congratulations to Beserk Games and their success!! If you want a business in Greenwood start one!! NO ONE IS STOPPING YOU. This is a great neighborhood. We support businesses big and small. GO FOR IT!!
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