Oakland tabletop game store Endgame to close its doors

On the Saturday before its final closing on February 1, Endgame customers picked through the rule books and what little else was left on sale at the 17-year-old tabletop game store on Washington Street.

No matter that all of the games had been sold—long-time customers dropped by throughout the day to show support and reminisce about the many years they had played games and found friends at the two-level store.

“It was a great place,” said 57-year-old David Greenwood, who discovered Endgame when he was going through a divorce. He said he’s long appreciated the store’s age mix, which he described as “anyone who was from 16 or even a father with his kids, up to guys who were in their seventies. And it didn’t matter.”