Used to love going here when I was a little younger. Lots of cool books and figurines. Great for painting and d&d type games!

First book/roll playing store I ever went to. I could spend hours and hours browsing. Amazing then, even more amazing 30 years on.

This is always one of our favorite places to browse. They have a great selection of popular and unique games. The owners are always very nice and helpful. Definitely worth a visit (or 12)!

My go to place for board games in Northern Indiana. Been going there for years and theyve always had a great selection of games. +1 for being neatly organized too.

A great collection of board games and role playing games. Lots of neat items

Like books? Like games? Get down to the Griffon. Ive been shopping and gaming here since I was in high school--its the perfect place to get something for that hard to shop for nerd in your life. Whenever Im in South Bend, it doesnt feel like Im truly home until I swing in, say hello, and pick up a few sets of dice.

This was a cool spot to visit. They didnt have the baordgame i was looking for, but they had a great selection of indy and popular games! I wanted to buy sooooo many smaller games they had but I didnt have enough money. :(

Great bookstore. Lots of books, games, and other interesting merchandise.

Cool store. Has something for everyone whether you like comic books, board games, dnd, or history!

Excellent selection of games and books. The lady there was very helpful in helping me find a new game for my weekly game nights. She was informative and knowledgeable about every game in the shop. They also have rooms to play games in and a huge selection of open games to try.

This a was a ton of fun to vist and i will be coming back soon.

Large selection of used books and new. Were playing games, board games, miniatures, dice. Its a one-stop shop.

Games, game room and nice helpful polite owners

We came here for the games, but they have a good selection of well-priced used books, cards for mailing, artwork, stones, and old hats! It’s a wonderful store for milling around in the afternoon! What a local gem!

Super friendly and great value. A South Bend institution.

Friendly staff and good prices. Very good for card, board, and miniature games

First went there 40 years ago and it has the same feel. Great selection of hard to find games and books

Fun place with tons of different things. Walking through the first time was an adventure!

This is a very cool shop for anyone looking for a good deal on used books or new games. They have a great selection of RPG rule and adventure books and as well as other tabletop/board games. The basement is where the other books are located and I have found some incredibly rare stuff down there for fractions of what I would have had to pay online. The staff are friendly and helpful, they have themed discount days where you can roll a discount on some dice to save some money.All in all, a very cool place to stop in and look around when you get a chance. You can very easily walk out with a new book to read or game to play.

Huge selection of various table top games and other things

The staff is always warm and inviting. Its a cute little store and a great place to have game nights when they host them. The only down side, which I know isnt their fault being a small shop, is pricing.

Nice little game and book store. Owners are super sweet as well and always pleasant to chat with.

A gamers paradise. Wide selection of role playing games, table top games and accessories. Dont forget to check out the basement for used games and books.

Great place for games !

Always really friendly, interesting selection of games and books

Cool place to find hidden gems of books and games!

Great Find!! Wonderful selection of games and classic books. The staff is friendly and helpful. Clean and organized.

A great book and game store.

Very helpful and friendly and fair prices

Very cool place that has been there for 40 something years!

This place is a diamond in the rough.

Fantastic owner, lovely shop, great for D&D players!

Great shop. Could spend a lot of time here. Great board game collection.

Great selection. Prices are msrp, but the selection makes it worth the stop.

This place is so cool full of games ive never seen or heard of great book selection BUT the cool part is the vinyls they have me and my boyfriend found a vogue record we wasookinh for here.

Its a great local treasure to hunt board games new and used. They also offer nights for free gaming.

A great experience everytime customer service and selection is top notch. Highly recommended!!!

Very helpful and large selection

It is everything that you would expect and a very old book store, slash game store, slash odds and ends. There was an overwhelming assortment of games that most stores will never hold and they ALL looked quite inviting. You can get lost in this section but really once you go to the lower level, the dusty wonderful books are held here and the book lover will never want to leave again. I know I didnt want to go. 😉

This is the absolute best used book/gaming store in South Bend. I cannot recommend it enough. It is a staple of our local businesses and with good reason. Stop in and enjoy it, you wont be sorry!

Great for board and RPG games, + a decent selection of used books. A really cool store.

Amazing here

They have several figurines and inexpensive books. The staff is welcoming and the place offers a lot.

Great selection of games, books (both fiction and non fiction), and war models. Cool collection of military headgear. Upstairs play area is a bit run down/old, but thats no big issue.

Nice selection, nice people, helluva great store

Excellent selection of game pieces. Lots of supplies for miniatures. Classic works of literature at very reasonable prices. Vast collection of used books. A great place to browse.

Good service. Lots of cool games and some unique items.

Quiet, decent selection. Such a nice decent shop off the beaten path hard to miss if you dont keep your eyes open. Stop in and have a peruse if you are any type of nerd!

This place is awesome! They have lots of used and out of print books in their lower level. On the main floor they have a huge selection of tabletop games and miniatures to accessorize the games. They have one of the best selections of various gaming dice and props that I have found in the area. On the upper level they also have a gaming area that is open to the public! This is an area where gamers get together on a weekly basis and play their old favorites or try out their new purchases. The gentleman that was working when I went in there was super friendly, helpful, and very funny. This is definitely my first stop for gaming supplies!! 👍🤩

Love all of the board and card games they provide, along with the books and game pieces. My favorite part is the dice section, and, even though i dont play d&d that much, i have quite the collection, all from this store. They also have an upstairs area for people to host games. All around, its a nice place, and definitely worth the visit!

This is quite literally the best bookstore in the entire multiverse.

Such a great place! Ken is always as helpful as ever.

Ive been going to the Griffon since the 80s, and it is as good as ever. The owners are great, and they have a great deal of knowledge on all kinds of games, from strategy to role playing and many more. Im sure that some things sold at the Griffon can be found online, but once you visit, youll find any online experience insufficient, and lacks what is truly provided by the Griffon - new and old games, people talking, the smell of old books, real pewter D&D figurines, a sense of history and mystery, and the experience of a place fueled by fun, which has occupied a special place in the heart of South Bend for decades. One visit and youll be more than happy to drive for hours just to visit, as I often do.

The Griffon is the best game store in South Bend. The selection is large and well curated. They offer board games, RPGs, historic military models, dice, and more. They also have a used book section in the basement and new books on the first floor. There is having space on the uppers levels.

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this place! They gave recommended a few of my now favorite games that Id never heard of prior. Super helpful and friendly. Check them out!!

Been going to the Griffon for about 30+ years and they have kept up with the gaming, minatures and book scene. New items and old can be found here from new classics to old. Need something to read or play this is the best spot to find it. Ken and Sarah have been a fixture in South Bend for the best and greatest in games and books.

Best game store in the area, period. The owners care passionately about their store and their customers. The layout is intimate but shockingly well stocked, and you will always find *something* you want here. Thats not even getting into their extracurricular activities or the awesomeness of the underground book store. A rare and magnificent shop that everyone in the area should visit.

Nice store fair prices polite employees.

Great book and game store.

This is a real jewel for the town. Excellant thrift edition books, rare games, and great management. I will come back.

Awesome little spot with a good selection of games and a nice staff. Have a lot of friends that have said they love the game nights.

Tons of games and sci fi books.

Huge selection of board games!

They host public game nights on Fridays! Try before you buy!

Been coming here once a year for over 10 years now. Always in october. Rolling dice for the discount is great! I will continue to come around for as long as I can!

They are always so friendly and helpful here.

I love this local bookstore. The owner is always happy to help people look for a game, book, or accessory/mini. Very friendly. Great for getting your children into gaming.

Great place. Good prices. Awesome staff. They have weekly games days, havent been yet, but Im looking forward to going in the future.

A great selection of games; many of which Ive only seen here.

Helpful staff, more games than Ill ever have time to play, and an amazing selection of accessories and expansions for their games. The used bookstore downstairs is more than amazing as well

A great game shop with a hole-in-the-wall feel. My husband and I asked for help picking a good 2-person game and got several descriptions. We ended up choosing one of those, Clank, and love playing it! Thanks Griffon!

The essential gaming store (and used bookstore) has brought people together for many decades. They have a passionate knowledgeable staff and a fantastic selection.

The owner was amazing.He was very helpfully when I was looking for books and very kind.

A ton of collectibles and games available for a reasonable prices. Shopkeeper is hilarious.

The prices were reasonable and the literature selection was good. I have to say that the rest of the genre options were a little odd, but I mostly go for the classic fiction books anyway, so that still worked out for me. Lots or board games and many other random things here. I can see why people enjoy this place. It was certainly one of the more unique book stores I have been to. I may not back but it will probably not be too soon as the selection was small enough that I had plenty of time to look through them all. Im happy with my purchases and recommend this place!

An amazing selection of dungeons and dragons, and Pathfinder books, as well as miniatures. They have a large selection of war books down in their basement as well. All around its a great game and book store. I have yet to try out their game room.

Nicely stocked game store. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

This store is incredible. For any kind of tabletop gaming need you could possibly have, visit the Griffon. Their collection is amazing, the building is quaint and adorable, and their prices are pretty reasonable. My spouse grew up in South Bend, and we visit here every time we have been back in town together.Their book collection is, of course, also amazing.

What a fun place to shop! Love stores that create community and their prices are very reasonable.

A small business with a big heart! This little store has so much to offer! 2 floors of store full of games, books, gaming equipment and much more! 2nd and 3rd floor open most days for open gaming from RPGs to cards and so much more! A ton of games there ready to play for FREE! Come one come all!

One of my favorite places of all time. Stop in and absorb the atmosphere. Pick up a new game. One of the few great places south bend has left. Ken and Sarah are two of the nicest and knowledgeable people youll ever meet.

A great place for tabletop gaming and board gaming enthusiasts. The small store is literally packed with product and a lot of more obscure games I havent found anywhere else.

Love the staff their selection is excellent. They even have some older more antiquated things that you wont normally find, while still also carrying the more trending games.I brought my kids in, and the cashier was very nice to them, offered them both suckers for free, which of course made my kids very happy.

One of most extensive game stores in the area. I havent felt the way I did at Griffon since I was a kid walking into a toy store. Seriously, if you love tabletop games, check this place out.

Its a good place to visit if you like book s and like to read

Dice, board games, card games, RPGs, books, miniatures, and more! Some very helpful people work here too. I know they have rpg nights where you can find people playing pathfinder or dnd upstairs but I havent been yet. Also they have products in there made by locals for sale that you should definitely check out! I buy nice sets of dice for dnd here more than anything else.

Great selection of nerd stuff

This place has a lot of games, dice, and hidden treasures in the basement with books, games, etc. Very nice store, and the owner was very friendly!

Great place for nerds and history geeks. They have a space upstairs for people to play games!

Mediocre. Didnt have a decent selection of used books. It was sizable just hardly any variety. Also, I found two employees who just werent friendly, they left me alone which is nice but, I had greeted them both and wasnt reciprocated back. Wouldnt recommend them.

Enjoyed the atmosphere, selection of used books was excellent. Look up and you will see military history in an impressive display of hats and hemets. A must stop

A classic in South Bend. Tons of historic collectables, a wealth of books, and tons of games! Check out the open game rooms upstairs on the weekends.

A neat place you will see games you never seen before. Definitely a place to check out!

Good place to go for board games, DnD stuff, and cards. Locally owned and great service.

Love shopping here but I dont come here often enough. The staff is definitely friendlier than OTHER local gaming stores.

Griffon is the only place of its kind downtown. They dont just sell books. Griffon is a shop that sells just about every rpg/strategy board game and card game you could imagine. Old and uncommon books, Plastic models, miniatures, historical war games, action fugures, records, dice, and some educational toys. They host game nights regularly and post the schedule on their website. And even provide game rooms at no charge if you want to have your own game night with friends. Just schedule with the owner. It is really a great place and is run by great people. I highly recommend checking out Griffon to anyone that is curious enough to read this review. Youll love it.

Board Games, Books, Miniatures, and more. You can join like-minded people to try out games before you buy them upstairs. The owner is one of the most kindhearted people youll ever meet. This is the kind of shop you dont see in a small town like South Bend. I could save a few bucks buying my board games online, but Id rather support this wonderful establishment and you should too.

Such a great place, full of all the good stuff! Ive been loving stopping in there for years!

Amazing selection of books and miniature gaming supplies. Larger selection of tabletop games than other stores.

Had a great time with the group here. Very welcoming and enjoyed playing games with them.