News & Announcements

New to Magic? Your First Deck Is on Us! Have you watched people playing Magic: The Gathering and wondered how to get started? Maybe the artwork caught your eye, a friend keeps talking about their favorite deck, or you’re simply curious about what all those cards actually do. At Purple Dragon Games, we want to help you take that first step—with a FREE Welcome Deck for new players who register with a Wizards Account through the Magic Companion app! Magic is a card game where yo

A New Commander Awaits: Purple Dragon Games’ Warhammer Discord Giveaway Our Warhammer community is growing, and we’re celebrating with a giveaway that brings everyone together beyond the gaming tables. Purple Dragon Games is giving away Space Marines’ Kaius Konorius, with the drawing taking place Saturday, November 7, 2026. This giveaway will run exclusively on our Discord server in # warhammer-rpgs. That channel is where you’ll find the weekly discussion topics, participatio

Something Scary Is Coming: PDG’s October Warhammer Giveaway! Something scary is lurking in the Purple Dragon Games Discord server this October, and we’re inviting our growing Warhammer community to investigate. It might be waiting behind a suspiciously ordinary door. It might have too many teeth. It might simply be judging your pile of unpainted miniatures. Whatever it is, our October Warhammer Giveaway will be hosted exclusively on Discord in the warhammer-rpgs channel! That

Start Your Engines for GT Racing Sim Night! This Friday, September 25, Purple Dragon Games is trading dice rolls for gear shifts and turning part of the store into a miniature racing paddock. Join us from 5:00–8:00 p.m. for GT Racing Sim Night, a free, all-ages racing challenge featuring Gran Turismo Sport and a complete steering wheel, accelerator and brake-pedal setup. Admission is completely free. No racing experience, special equipment or suspiciously expensive fireproof

Reality Fracture Splits In This Friday! Reality is about to crack wide open at Purple Dragon Games! Magic: The Gathering—Reality Fracture arrives this Friday, September 25, and our community will be among the first to step inside the Echoverse during two special Prerelease events. Join us Friday, September 25, or Sunday, September 27, from 4:00–8:00 p.m. Admission is $34.99 per player and includes your Reality Fracture Prerelease Kit, free pizza for ticket holders and prize s

Secret Santa Commander Assignments Have Been Issued! The first round of Secret Santa Commander assignments has officially gone out! Participants should check their Discord direct messages for their assigned recipient and deck-request sheet. Depending on the contact preference submitted during registration, some assignments were sent through email or text message instead. If you registered and cannot find your assignment, please contact Purple Dragon Games so we can make sure

POKÉMON’S 30TH CELEBRATION ARRIVES WEDNESDAY… SUPPOSEDLY! Purple Dragon Games is celebrating the release of Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration by doing something unusual: we are opening on Wednesday, September 16, even though Wednesdays are normally one of our closed days! The doors will open at noon, and we will be here for a few hours to sell the new anniversary products. There is, however, one tiny catch—our shipment is also scheduled to arrive on September 16. Yes. The product

HELLO, TRAINERS—BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING! Our free monthly Play! Pokémon event has a brand-new name: Pocket Monster Adventure Camp! This month’s gathering has moved to Friday, September 18, from 4–8 PM. The relaxed play format and adventure challenges you enjoy are staying exactly the same. Admission is free, with prize packs and stickers available—just no pizza at Adventure Camp. POCKET MONSTER ADVENTURE CAMP Friday, September 18 | 4–8 PM Free entry, prize packs and stickers

Something Happened.. Something has gone terribly wrong with reality—which, for Magic players, means something has gone wonderfully right. Magic: The Gathering’s Reality Fracture officially releases everywhere on October 2, but Purple Dragon Games is an official Wizards Play Network location. That means we can begin selling Reality Fracture products during Prerelease Week, starting Friday, September 25. You’ll be able to crack into the new set at PDG a full week before its wor

You Build a Deck. Someone Else Gets It. Then We Battle. Okay, this one is going to be ridiculously fun. Purple Dragon Games is hosting a Secret Santa Commander event where every player builds a deck as a gift, receives a completely different surprise deck, and then plays that deck on Game Day. You won’t know exactly what you’re getting, and the person you’re building for won’t know it came from you until the big reveal. There will be four-player Commander pods, free pizza, pr

The Hobbit Is Here: What’s Next for MTG at Purple Dragon Games? Prerelease week has officially sent us out the front door of Bag End, and Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit is now in full swing at Purple Dragon Games. If you joined us for Prerelease, you’ve already gotten a taste of what this set is like when the cards actually hit the table. Packs were cracked, decks were built, new mechanics started clicking, and players were already discovering combinations they wanted to t

Hot Summer Race Night Summer is heating up, and we're bringing the racetrack into Purple Dragon Games. On Friday, August 28 from 4–8 PM, join us for Hot Summer Race Night, a free gaming event combining video game racing with tabletop racing. We'll have Gran Turismo running with a real racing wheel, a Fast Lap leaderboard to conquer, racing board games across the tables, prizes for our winners, and some race-night snacks to keep everyone fueled. Gran Turismo Takes the Wheel Th

Magic players, it's finally happening. There are very few Magic sets that generate the kind of excitement we've seen surrounding The Hobbit, and for good reason. When The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth released, it became one of the biggest and most successful Magic: The Gathering releases in the game's history. It brought together longtime Tolkien fans, competitive Magic players, Commander enthusiasts, collectors, and even people who hadn't sleeved up a deck in yea

We can hardly believe it, but Purple Dragon Games is celebrating two incredible years in downtown Yreka! What started as a dream has grown into an amazing community of gamers, families, collectors, and friends, and we can't think of a better way to celebrate than spending an evening with all of you. Join us on Saturday, July 18, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Purple Dragon Games, 309 S. Broadway Street, Yreka, CA for an evening packed with games, prizes, food, and plenty of birth

Four More Days of Tabletop Guild Adventures Await! I couldn't be more excited to kick off another four days of our Summer Tabletop Guild events! We've had an incredible time watching new friendships form, seeing favorite games hit the table, and welcoming both seasoned gamers and first-time visitors into the fun. If you've been looking for an excuse to try something new, this is it. Every day features a brand-new theme with three featured board games to explore. Events are co

Learn from a Professional Comic Artist. Right Here in Yreka. What if your next level-up wasn't in a video game... but in your own creative journey? Purple Dragon Games is exploring interest in hosting a Comic Art & Creative Masterclass led by Joel Shelton, a local professional comic artist, sculptor, and creative visionary. Joel has worked on published comic projects, including CGC-graded comics, while building an impressive portfolio of illustration, sculpture, horror design

The Summer Tabletop Board Game Festival Begins This Saturday! The countdown is almost over! This Saturday marks the beginning of our annual Summer Tabletop Board Game Festival, and we're excited to unveil the first three days of our "Survival & Treachery" series, running Saturday through Monday from 4:00-8:00 PM. Each evening features a brand-new theme with a fresh lineup of board games already set up and ready to play alongside our friendly Game Masters. Whether you're solvi

Summer Board Game Festival Begins This Weekend! 🎲 FREE Event • 🍬 Candy Prizes for Everyone • 🍿 FREE Popcorn with RSVP Our annual Summer Board Game Festival kicks off this weekend, bringing nine days of themed tabletop adventures to Purple Dragon Games! Special Note: During the festival, Purple Dragon Games will also be OPEN Wednesday, July 8 from Noon-8:00 PM so everyone has another opportunity to join the fun. What is the Summer Board Game Festival? Every festival day fea

Hello everyone! Purple Dragon Games will be attending the Golden State Fair from June 24-28! Because of the preparation before the event and cleanup afterward, we will have a few temporary closures during this period. Please review the schedule for June 21 through July 4 to see our adjusted hours while we're away at the fair. Good news: all days marked in green will continue with our normal open gaming hours from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, so you're still welcome to come in, play g

SUMMER IS HERE AT PURPLE DRAGON GAMES... AND THE TABLES ARE ABOUT TO GET LOUD. There’s something special happening at Purple Dragon Games right now. You can feel it when you walk through the door. Dice clattering. Deck boxes snapping open. New players nervously learning their first game while veterans argue about the “correct” play in the most dramatic way possible. Summer at the shop always has energy, but this year? This year feels like a full-on campaign expansion. We’ve b