Emerald Tavern Games and Cafe

09/25/2026

Things are getting spooooky at the Emerald Tavern this October 🎃

Join us for a full month of seasonal fun including:
Haunted Painting with a Pint on 10/1 👻
Book signing with Alex R. London on 10/10 📚
Themed one shots all month long 🎲
And to wrap it all up, a very special Halloween Family Fair taking place in the Golden Hall on 10/31 🍬

The fun isn’t only on those specific days… every weekend will be a different themed costume party - join the staff in on the fun and show us what you got!

Stay tuned for any special announcements through the month as we look forward to making every weekend just a lil’ more fun 💚

09/18/2026

Oktoberfest is next weekend and there’s no better way to spend it than here at Emerald Tavern!🍻

Join us September 26th & 27th for special discounts on select light b**rs including Hofbräu Oktoberfest, a special menu with brats, schnitzel, and a lebkuchenherzen decorating station at the bar! Prost! 🥨🇩🇪

09/05/2026

WAAAGH!

These handsome little fellas have arrived here at the Tavern & are looking to join your army!

Give us a call to put an item on hold or swing by to grab em before they’re all gone!

08/30/2026

Join us for our MTG: Reality Fracture pre release weekend!

Friday September 25th 6PM - 10PM(ish)
Saturday September 26th 12PM - 4PM(ish)

All tickets come with one pre release kit & a drink ticket to fuel you up. For tickets head to the link in our bio or call us directly. Spots are limited so don’t miss out!

Games, Coffee, B**r, Spirits, Food, Fun!

08/02/2026

We’re excited to announce something new at the tavern!

Join us September 19th for a night of games & Laughs with Grant Lyon!

Grant’s Game Recs , a comedian from Comedy Central, Dry Bar, SyFy, Comics Unleashed, Just For Laughs, and more, is also a huge board game lover. He’s amassed over 350,000 followers across his Grant’s Game Recs platforms where he makes daily videos about fun games. His Dry Bar Comedy Special “Silly Mustache Man” released in 2025 to great reviews, and his debut album “Scheduled Fun Time” hit #1 on the comedy charts.

For the past two years, Grant has been taking The Board Game Comedy Show to board game conventions all over the country, but this is the FIRST time the show is touring board game cafes around the country!

The Board Game Comedy Show starts with an hour of comedy all about the world of board games, and ends with everyone playing games together.

For tickets to this ONE NIGHT ONLY event, head to our reservations page through our link in bio or our website!

**The show is for all ages 😄

07/19/2026

Join us for our MTG: The Hobbit pre-release weekend!

We’re hosting 2 pre releases this time with the first one being Friday the 7th from 6:30pm to close followed by another on Saturday starting at noon!

Each ticket includes one pre-release kit & one drink ticket good for any draught or cafe item of your choice! Tickets are limited so tell all your friends before they’re sold out

GET YOUR TICKETS BY VISITING THE LINK IN OUR BIO OR CALL THE STORE DIRECTLY

07/19/2026

Join us for the Magic the Gathering: The Hobbit pre-release this August!

We will have 2 events going on the second weekend of August. The first will be from 6:30pm to close on Friday the 7th and the next day we will be starting right at noon!

Every ticket includes 1 pre release kit & a drink ticket good for any draught or cafe item of your choice. Spots are limited so get in quick and tell your friends before it’s too late!

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LINK IN OUR BIO

05/23/2026

ATTENTION SPELLSLINGERS 🗣️

As Summer approaches so do some new weekly events! Starting June 1st we will be adding a few new Magic events to our weekly roster to go along side our weekly Commander nights every Wednesday

Magic Academy: Learn to play
Ladies Commander Night
Draft Night
Magic Academy: Deck-building

Ladies commander night is walk in only until we fill the room, for all other nights head over to the reservation page on website to reserve your spot

05/21/2026

We’re excited to be sponsoring this year’s !

Join the fun August 7th through the 9th at the Courtyard by Marriott in Pflugerville!

Get yourself a badge here! It also comes with an exclusive ET lanyard 💚 - https://tabletop.events/conventions/tfest-2026/badgetypes

Signing up for games opens June 1st for gold badge holders (almost sold out) and June 8th for silver badge holders! For more info on the convention head over to tfesttexas.com!

05/13/2026

Thank you all! We are proud to say we have made it to the Best of Austin finals yet again!

We are so close to making it through the finish line in the “Best Game Store” category along side the greats 💚 Help us make it though by going to vote.austinchronicle.com and finding us in the “Shopping” group. Voting ends on 5/18 so tell your friends, shout it from rooftops, and let your gm know.

Thank you Austin for the incredible love and support over the past 13 years! Every share, story tag, and vote helps 💚