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Eudemonia
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2154 University Ave(between Shattuck Ave & Walnut St)
Berkeley, CA 94704
Neighborhoods: UC Campus Area, Downtown Berkeley
(510) 883-0814
- Hours:
Mon, Sun 11 am - 12 am
Tue-Sat 11 am - 2 am
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
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33 reviews for Eudemonia
Review Highlights
"Both are my ultimate favorite games of all time."
(in 24 reviews)
"...they're people who are gamers themselves and the passion..."
(in 6 reviews)
"...or Roleplaying Games this is the best place to play them."
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33 reviews in English
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Review from George W.
Oakland, CA
Updated - 12/24/2011
Just an update on how well Eudemonia has improved in the past year or so. They are very nice,and have gotten their magic card system down really well. My purchases have been effecient and friendly. They should mention on their website that they do not sell card singles till 12:00,even though they open at 11:00,but it's in downtown berkeley,and killing an hour is pretty easy. Although it does allow one to go to games of berkeley during that time and you can end up spending all the $$ you were going to here.....just a thought!!
But seriously,where else can you go in the bay area where almost any card is available for purchase,that you can use THAT DAY!! Go Eudemonia!!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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12/30/2009
O.K.....this place seems to have cleaned up it's act alittle bit. After getting shafted time and… Read more »
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Review from Wilson F.
Santa Barbara, CA
1/9/2012
I was very displeased with Eudemonia today. I went online and purchased 13x of a single Magic card for $1.49 each. I went into the store to pick them up, only to find that my order had not only been canceled, but the price of each card has gone up to $2.99. Doubled the original price. I spoke to a very unpleasant young man who would not sell me any of the cards at the original price. He showed me the store policy about purchasing more than 4x of any one card, but there was nothing written there about what happens to the order above 4. A employee over the phone spoke to me after I read their store policies at home and he said "Once you purchase 4x of any 1 card, then anything above that will be canceled and refunded" I explained to him that my entire order was canceled and I had to bitch at the young punk at the register to sell me just the regular 4 at the original price.
Overall, a terrible experience where I lost a lot of money and Eudemonia lost a lot of business. I will not be going into their store and resort to just ordering Magic cards on http://channelfireball.... -
Review from Terrico S.
Union City, CA
9/1/2011
This place was cool. The lady up front who helped me was pretty nice. They had everything you need in a LAN center, good games and good players.
$10 to play all night on monday wasnt bad either.
Oh and the place does smell weird...but what do you expect when you put a ton of nerds in one room :)
side note: random door in the ceiling? -
Review from Frances T.
Daly City, CA
6/3/2011
Meh. Not much to say about the LAN center part here. I've visited my vast share of LAN centers, but this one is probably the least organized. Nearly half of the very little selection of computers were out of order, and the layout of said computers are terrible! I suppose it's hard to format a good layout with such a narrow store. Their selection of games were all of the popular games, of course, but nothing more. It's cool, cause we were only there to play 1.6.
The store section was pretty cool. There were a ton of junk food, sodas, and energy drinks for sale. Along with a shitton of board games. There were also a whole lot of people playing MTG & D&D in the back room.
I guess what made me dislike this place was the snottiness of the workers there. TERRIBLE customer service. I'm sorry, I don't play MTG or D&D, but when it comes to computer games, I will knowledge the fuck out of you. So don't turn your nose on me when I ask you questions about YOUR store and mumble some piece of crap I cannot comprehend because I LOOK LIKE someone who wouldn't know shit about anything geeky.
Horrible smell. Sorry, there is no way I'd ever get used to this level of reekosity. -
Review from Gangsta B.
Davis, CA
12/31/2010
Are you an Asian girl?
Is your boyfriend Asian?
If so, please call Eudemonia, because chances are, your boyfriend is a hardcore gamer like my boyfriend is.
I came here with the boyfriend one Saturday night for a GSL viewing party for StarCraft 2 (which means a gaming competition party of some sort). I've never been to a computer-thing-game-thing store/area/whatever before coming here. (My non-gamer status should be really clear now after that horrible sentence.) Though I don't play the game the boyfriend does, I'm super interested in watching it, so yes, it is exciting to me.
The store seems a little run-down, but I'd call it homey. There are rows of computers, board games, card games, and snacks and drinks. It's basically a gamer's paradise; a place where a gamer can chill with fellow gamers.
What I didn't like about it was the unisex bathrooms, haha. Since they have two, why couldn't one be for guys and one be for girls? -
Review from jet h.
San Jose, CA
4/6/2010
This place is great...overall.
When you walk in you're instantly bombarded with product. Mainly board games.
After you're hit with a ray of light shining from the sunroof which is where the register and display cases are.
Afterwards you're smothered in darkness and enter the gaming section ( computers)
I've only been here once and I must tell you I'm not satisfied.
I found out about this place from my cousin who praised about this store. So I decided to check it out.
Positive:
1. Open to anyone
2. Good hours
3. Friendly environment
4. Mediocre customer service ( the Guy stayed on the computer the whole time...didn't help at all)
5. Vast selection of mtg
6. A lot of computers to play on
7. Organized
8. In the back you can play cards ( separate section of the store)
Negative:
1. Overpriced mtg foils.
2. No customer service or lack of
3. When asking for cards they just refer you to look at their website to see if they have it and for how much they sell it for. No customer interaction whatsoever.
The store itself I'm pretty sure is successful but I mean every single card for mtg I asked for was overpriced. For example:
Niv mizzet the firemind promotional foil goes for $35-40.
They sold it for $100+ ( I asked if this was right he said no but wouldn't fix it...I was going to buy it but didn't)
Ink eyes servant of oni promotional foil goes for $5-8
They sold it for $22 ( I asked I this was right...he knodded yes)
Their unlimited stuff were cranked up at least $30 more than normal price.
I had one mission going into the store...to spend at least $100 on mtg cards for my cube.
I spent a total of $14
Everything was seriously overpriced.
Don't get me wrong...its a good store with many customers and a good selection of magic Cards and other tcg but they don't have my vote on pricing.
All in all I would only come back to this store if no other store has magic cards. Because with the way they price things I might as well play yugioh. -
Review from Malika K.
Los Angeles, CA
3/31/2007 2 photos
When I'm in here I feel like a granny with blue hair and support hose, with my calculation, the median age is about 12.5! Where should I park my walker? So minus one star dammit! With that aside, Eudemonia is a well run game store/Internet lounge. It's so amusing to witness the obsession with gaming first hand.
Those whippersnapper's really get riled up!
The co-owner Tim, is super friendly/informative/helpful and makes a point to always keep the customer in mind...the staff in general is great, they make a huge effort to know you by name. Extensive selection of snacks and drinks when you get the munchies from too much ethernet. -
Review from Kathleen M.
San Jose, CA
10/13/2006
If you're into nerd B.O. this is the place to go. You see, there are rows and rows of computers where you can play against other people online. So that shouldn't surprise you that this area is populated with nerds. Nerds with powerful B.O.
Once when I visited a Magic: The Gathering tournament in NYC that took up the entire fourth floor of a building, I was amazed at how the nerd B.O. hit me as soon as the elevator doors opened. And that was powerful hundreds-of-nerds-B.O.
But I digress.
There is only a small area for games, but Eudemonia has a pretty good assortment of strategy and card games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Munchkins and all their permutations. Their prices are on par with Games of Berkeley down the street.
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Review from Nick D.
New Orleans, LA
3/22/2007
This is a pretty great store. If you are into TCGs or Roleplaying Games this is the best place to play them. I would almost say that this is the best place to buy them, but sometimes Games of Berkeley has better prices. That being said, the people at Games of Berkeley can be a bit disagreeable and there is no play space. While at Eudemonia you can play for at long as you want in the spacious gaming room and as long as you don't eat food in the store, the people there are pretty chill.
If you go there, ask if Curtis is in. I think he sort of works there sporadically now, but even if he's not working he'll probably be there. He has a suitcase with top-tier decks for pretty much every trading card game on the market. He'll first tell you how he doesn't really play Magic the Gathering anymore and how he's not that into it, then he'll destroy you with an incredibly well made deck. Afterwards, however, he'll help you take apart your deck and show you how to make it better, all the while cracking jokes. All in all a great guy.
As far as the computers, the prices for gaming are decent and they have a good selection of the most popular multiplayer PC gaming titles out right now, but my computer is good enough at home that I tend to just buy games and play them at my leisure. So, I don't tend to play computer games there very much. -
Review from Chloe C.
Daly City, CA
6/18/2011 1 Check-in Here
This place is really gross. I felt like I was going catch the flu or some kind of disease while I was there. It just reeked of BO, unwashed bodies....just GROSS. I can't even finish this review because all I can think of was how disgusting it was in there. I'm pretty sure I will not be going back.
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Review from Ralph L.
Irvine, CA
5/31/2007
The implementation of lan center software is remarkably smooth. You have a Eudemonia computer account, and your personal settings like WoW keybindings, addon settings, and such, persist across time and between different computers. The actual computer gaming experience at Eudemonia is quite good, if a bit pricey compared to playing at home by yourself. Yet if you happen to play WoW on Tichondrius, you might make some new friends at "eudo."
Staff is incredibly friendly; they're people who are gamers themselves and the passion shows. Yet while they might know a lot, they're not pushy in terms of trying to sell you something. The people are cool, and even the owners play some DotA and WoW.
Headsets are attached to computers, and McDonald's/Arrinell's are within easy walking distance if you need a gaming break. -
Review from Ryan M.
7/31/2007
Alright I stumbled upon this place with a suggestion to another good friend of mine and also fellow yelper Brian.
Now, coming upon this place, one would suggest that I certainly don't seem like the "Gamer Nerd" who would call upon my mighty Arcades Sabboth and kill thee with 7/7 power and +0/+2 toughness for every untapped creature on the field...
"FEEL MY HAVOC MORTAL!"
...*ahem* *clears throat and fixes collar*..
Well the staff is friendly and very knowledgeable when it comes to Magic The Gathering (or MTG) for short. But, they have a nice array of games for sale and a built in internet cafe (did someone mention Starcraft 2 LAN Party in the future?)
Long story short, yes I'm reliving my childhood...every bit of it, until I dredge the horrible 9-5/ College Student madness to occur in Fall Term...so salutations to you Eudemonia, you earn the rating especially after 4 years establishment.
Spock...Beam Me Up. -
Review from Angela M.
San Leandro, CA
5/17/2011
When you own and run a business that attracts the MMORPG/Magic/Dungeons and Dragons crowd, that doesn't mean that you should let both the interior and exterior of your establishment reflect the unkempt, grimy, apathetic stereotype of the nerd. As I walked in I was slammed with the scent of unshowered bodies and social ineptitude; moving forward I will admit I was impressed with the varied array of chips, soft drinks, candies, and instant noodles they had for sale - a paradise for the junk food junkie like myself, as well as for the online warrior too busy leveling up to care about eating real food. The two young people behind the counter severely lacked in customer service and manners; yes, because being surrounded by sweating, heavy-breathing, high-pitched, nasal-voiced, awkward WoW players all day and night somehow entitles you to be an asshole to potential customers. Their greetings were half-assed and uninterested at best, and when asked questions there was no rush to help you out nor any feeling of you being a valued customer whatsoever.
The entire place, while huge, still managed to feel dim and poorly maintained. It felt like everything was thrown together haphazardly and with little effort or pride taken into the appearance of anything in the store. Rows and rows of computers line the interior of the place, and there's a room in the back used for Magic and other card games. What didn't impress me, however, were the stacks of boxes and other miscellaneous items laying around the room, including various chairs, some of which were broken, and bins filled with who-knows-what. Essentially the owners are using the back meeting room for storage as well as cards. Not particularly professional. In general I wouldn't return to this place; there are so many other, better gaming shops in the bay area you can go to where the owners have a sense of respect for not only their patrons, but also for the store itself. Although the angry exclamations from the gamers on their computers were priceless enough to listen to that I'd make a return visit only once more. Maybe. That may be giving this place way too much credit. -
Review from Miki D.
San Francisco, CA
1/30/2011
If you're wondering where all those socially awkward kids you knew in high school ended up, they go to places like this. All the cliches are here. Overweight nerds, with interesting facial hair and oversized superhero shirts behaving like comic book guy from the Simpsons. You know, nerd BO and the high voices remind you you're not in the rest of Berkeley
It was places like this, I learned about different kind of geeks and that as far as socializing goes. Not really the place to talk to people. Everyone is wrapped up in their computer games playing overpriced prices. I enjoyed watching board games. But hanging out? Not especially.
I used my computer here when it broke down. But if I had a choice, I wouldn't have went here. Sorry. -
Review from Kim A.
San Francisco, CA
3/15/2007
Ive only been a couple of times, and i wish my schedule allowed for more visits.
They have a pretty decent election of board and card games, as well as many table-top rpg things. But the main attraction for me was the computers.
Basically you buy time on these computers that have practically any game you can think of on them, so you can play to your hearts content. (Or at least as far as your wallet will allow, which actually is pretty far since its not as expensive as you think). They also have some tables in the back where i have seen tabletop gaming going on.
If caffeine is your thing (holy crap that kinda rhymed) then they got a great selection of beverages that can and will keep ya goin ALL NIGHT LONG. whoo! ill take my caffeine wherever i can get it because I HATE COFFEE! with a fiery passion I might add. But that has nothing to do with eudemonia. Which just generally ricks my socks.
PS. It is within easy walking distance from bart. Which is how I got there. -
Review from Paul V.
Oakland, CA
6/12/2009
Excellent. I've been looking for a PC gaming place to make my home for a while now. Lots of PC's with large LCD's. Decent section of networked games. I came here to place 'Command and Conquer.' Preferably 'Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars' or 'The First Decade'. Both are my ultimate favorite games of all time. They had these both listed on their 'games supported list' on the counter however they were not installed on the machines. I already knew this because I had e-mailed and asked. They told me that if I were to gather some folks together for a regular meet-up they could re-install it for me, so I'm glad they are willing to work with me. I really would love to get a regular meet-up going here to play C&C.
***Please if anyone else is interested in meeting up to play on a regular basis please send me a message. I'm open to any night, but I'm going to throw out Thursday nights from 6pm-midnight to start.*** get in touch for updates.
Now since they don't have the two main games I love. They did have C&C Red Alert 3. Which is by far the most boring in the series. That said. I'll still play it for anyone wanting to get started. -
Review from Theodore V.
Berkeley, CA
9/5/2008
You gotta love a spot started by a geek for geeks to geek out in both meat space and net space as they wish.
I love the prices of everything and the right sourcing of games and products that are new and useful makes this a primary Berkeley attraction.
The game room here has simply dwarfed the traffic of Games of Berkeley- nuff said -
Review from Pat T.
Berkeley, CA
1/5/2006
Good selection of board and card games, and often at a discount. They also have Homestarrunner T-shirts and bags and Cthulu dolls.
But there are two other things Eudemonia does well. They have a good internet gaming section where you can rent machines ($2/hr bulk purchase) and play networked games like Battlefield 2, Half Life, etc.
The remaining area where Eudemonia is strong, and perhaps better than any other place in the East Bay? They have a *great* selection of caffeinated sodas, including what seem to be occasional test marketed weird variants (a bottled Jolt/Starbucks espresso boilermaker comes to mind).
The place is comfortable and fairly laid back. The game tables at the back of the place are free. I'm glad a place like this exists in Berkeley. It's clearly run by gamers for gamers. -
Review from Wendy H.
Berkeley, CA
12/5/2009
I love just stopping by this store and browsing their games. They always have an interesting assortment of strategy games. And their top 10 lists are also helpful.
I know games can be cheaper online, but there's something satisfying in being able to walk into a store and gaze at all their games. -
Review from Suzanne F.
Portland, OR
3/12/2008
Right out of the box I am gonna say that when it comes to "virtual reality games"...I know virtually nothing. While not especially clever, it IS a true statement, and what I do not understand about computer generated games compared with what I DO know about places based on intuition?? Well, no comparison.
While taking care of business across the street at my favorite Ace Hardware Store, my sons spied the Eudemonia & stated this was a place they had "always wanted to go"...which means someone at school this week mentioned it. You know when you walk in that things are gonna go south quickly for someone like me...first of all (and not ironically) Lynrd Skynrd's "Ooh That Smell" was blasting from the stereo. We could just leave it at that, but I'll elaborate. Consider this a warning, however.
There is a selection of all manner of games on shelves which seem to be fairly average, tho' again, I'm no expert. None of the merchandise lured my 3 sons (which says it all). Toward the rear of the store are rows & rows of computer terminals (think neat, even rows like Catholic school). I'll bet the people with their butts parked here pay more attention to the flashing violence on their screens than they ever paid in school...The people were, without exception, overweight, pasty, and totally absorbed in worlds bearing no resemblance to any reality I'm familiar with. Most of them looked as tho' they could use a dose of sunshine, lose 20#s by getting outside, and to quit jamming their pie-holes with the crap food which is also sold there. The "edible" items include loads of chips, candy, "energy drinks" (cause it sure takes a lot of energy to push some keyboard buttons, hoo yeah!), and then glucose packets, which purport to keep you energized for 5 hours. The person lurking (I mean, "working") behind the counter also fit the description of the patrons...The whole environment just smelled bad, like BO and stale candy...hopefully, this is not a turn on for some of you...
As we left my oldest son, who usually is drawn to this type of thing, summed the experience up quite succinctly:
"Mom, this place is kinda lame."
Now, when a 12 year old boy says this about a place pretty much geared for this mentality, I'm just gonna leave it at that. -
Review from kim w.
San Francisco, CA
6/7/2011 2 Check-ins Here
too many rules. no sleeping allowed??
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Review from Jenny K.
San Francisco, CA
1/9/2007
I had always walked by this place and looked inside and wondered what are all those nerds doing on those computers, planning world domination? Well I was right they ARE planning world domination...in the World of Warcraft. Get it? Ok so it was a bad joke. Leeeeeeroyyy Jenkinssssss!!! Ok another bad joke (but I have so many).
Anyways I finally ended up going into this store because they had a huge sign out front that said 25% off all board games. I had been wanting to buy some board games recently so I decided to go in. They had a huge selection so I ended up spending a good hour looking though them all and deciding what to get. I ended up with Risk and Scrabble, though they had practically every game I had ever heard of: Jenga, Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit, Battleship, Othello, Life, Connect Four, and the list goes on. I was disappointed because what I was really looking for was Girl Talk...ok ok, I kid i kid. No what I was really looking for was Axis and Allies and they didn't have it so I ended up with Risk.
The two games only cost me $30 with the 25% off. That is unheard of considering right now on http://Amazon.com Risk is $35.67 and Scrabble is $14.23. Awwwesome deal!
Update: Played Risk with two boys this weekend and kicked both their butts! I now go by either Queen of the World or Madame Tyrant, whichever you prefer. -
Review from David S.
Hercules, CA
6/17/2011
A great place to play games.
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Review from Peggy E.
Davis, CA
6/13/2009
Try to befriend one of the owners, Dean. You can't miss him... how many 6'4" frankenstein-esk Chinese guys are around? He's really friendly and knowledgeable about almost anything, not just boardgames. He makes great recommendations - games, restaurants, websites to surf, etc.
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Review from Chris P.
San Francisco, CA
1/27/2009
This is a really fun place to go with a few buddies, and kill eachother on computer games. My brother used to take me and my cousins here, and it was a great time for all of us. The staff is friendly, and the young kids can get a bit boisterous after they have gotten all hyped up on mountain dew, but I recommend this place highly.
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Review from Rebecca F.
Oakland, CA
8/15/2009
Love this place! Gamers heaven. Would highly recommend to anyone!
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Review from Mike C.
Emeryville, CA
1/10/2011
A great place to hang out with friends. They have tables you can sit and play boardgames for free - how many stores have that?
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Review from Nish N.
5/2/2005
So I'm a dork, sometimes, but I love board games. Not your Monopoly variety, more like Diplomacy, Axis & Allies, that sort of thing. Gamers Unite!
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Review from Rob M.
San Mateo, CA
9/27/2005
I'm with Nish, the selection here is rather small though, I prefer browsing in Games of Berkeley which, while more eclectic, also has more of all the genres. Still, worth popping into as you never know what they might have.
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Review from Armando A.
Long Beach, CA
5/20/2009
The place is great for Eurogames on thursday nights, assuming your into that sort of thing. There's always a crowd on that night with people playing privateer press games, dnd, or computer. They don't have the largest selection of games and things to buy but the atmosphere is great! If you're into hobbies and such, give them a look see!
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Review from Alured P.
San Francisco, CA
2/21/2009
Probably fine for other people, but lacking much in the way of strategy games so not of interest to me.
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Review from Ryland T.
Seattle, WA
8/12/2010
This is a wonderful store. Highly recommend to anyone!
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Review from Mekia S.
Concord, CA
1/23/2010
I frequent this store mainly with my boyfriend who is a huge World of War-craft and Magic player. I usually just browse the web and snicker at the tweens who are way to into the games they are playing. Contrary to the most recent views I believe the staff is very helpful and friendly. In particular, Dean (the owner), Jamal, Kyle, Will, and although I have only seen her once Judy. Dean, even recommended games I might like and as well as solicited my opinion for games I would like to see added, he always go above and beyond. Overall, great store, great attitude and service. I recommend it to anyone.
