Hours & Address

2311 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
510-522-2109
Weekdays 3:30 to 8
Friday 3:30 to 10
Saturday 12:30 to 8
Sunday 12:30-6
Tues: Closed

Welcome to D20 Games

Kids playing Date Night Magic at D20 Games of Alameda

Kids playing at D20's weekly Date Night Magic Tournament

Welcome to the new D20 Games, a place to play.  We are dedicated to face to face play (not face to screen), good fun and fair play.  We feature regular events for players of Magic the Gathering, Yugioh, and Pokemon, both adults and kids in a friendly, clean and comfortable environment.
We have high challenge events for serious players, but are very welcoming of learning players and have lots of folks who enjoy helping them get more confident in their play.  We sell all the latest packs, sets and have single cards for Magic and Yugioh, and host release a pre-release events for those game.

About Us

D20 Games owner, Ben Calica is a parent of 3 kids (two 10 year old boys and a 7 year old girl) here in Alameda. He’s been playing games since he was a kid (including playing with the original 3 white book D&D set back when he was 10). Ben has worked at both at game companies and high-tech companies from Adobe to Apple (where he was in charge of their Game Technologies.) Ben was a journalist for many years, including Founding Editor for New Media Magazine and the first Toys Editor for Wired.  He was one of the founding contributors to Game Developer Magazine’s online version Gamasutra.com where he wrote game design articles. He has a brown belt in Kenpo, and taught Karate to kids, age 7-15, and is a Padi certified Rescue Diver.

He’s in the process of helping his kids get to the point where they can beat him in games on a regular basis.