Qualify for the National Catan Championships at Game Point in May!

Catan championship and Game Point Logo

It’s been a number of years since Game Point hosted a qualifier for the Catan National Championships. The drought is over! Game Point is hosting three preliminary events on May 9th, May 18th or May 22nd. At each event, you will play three games of Catan. Each player will be ranked based on finish place and points earned. You can read the full tournament rules here. You can play in multiple nights, but only your best score will count towards the rankings.

The top sixteen finishers will be invited back to the final night on June 1st. The winner of the Game Point event earns a seat at the National Championships. The date and location of that event have not been announced yet. If you win there, you earn a seat at the World Championships!

There isn’t a fee to join the event, but all players should plan on purchasing at least $10 in food and drink over the course of the evening. Game Point offers a full coffee bar, food and snack menu, and a number of local craft beers on tap! There are plenty of options to keep your belly happy while planning on how to grab the longest road!

You can read all the details and reserve your seat by visiting the qualifier night that you are interested in on our event calendar! Just a reminder, in order for you to be able to compete in the US National Champs you must be a resident of the United States and be 18+ years of age. You should be able to prove residency with an official ID card and/or a piece of mail (such as a utility bill) sent to a United States residential address. All winners of current season Qualifier Tournaments are not allowed to play in additional Qualifier events leading up to the next National Championship.

So who has brick to trade?

Holiday Special Hours

With the holidays rapidly approaching, we just wanted to update everyone with our reduced operating hours around the holidays. And remember, Game Point is a great place to stop by for a last minute gift idea!

  • December 24th open 8 am until 3:15 pm
  • December 25th closed
  • December 26th open 8 am until 3:15 pm
  • December 27th open 8 am until 3:15 pm
  • December 28th back to normal hours (7 am – 10 pm)
  • December 31st open until 6 pm
  • January 1st closed
Christmas Tree made of stacked Game Boxes

East Nash Holiday Bash!

This weekend kicks off the holiday season in East Nashville with the annual East Nash Holiday Bash, there are lots of vendors and free activities for kids and adults throughout the weekend. There will be crafts, visits with Santa, a holiday market and a cocktail bash too! Please note that Game Point will have slightly different hours during the course of the weekend in connection with the event.

  • Thursday, Dec 5th, 7 am – 6 pm
  • Friday, Dec 6th, 7 am – 10 pm
  • Saturday, Dec 7th, 7 am – 5:30 pm
  • Sunday, Dec 8th, 7 am – 10 pm

Hope you’ll come out and join in the holiday festivities!

June Game and Coffee of the Month

Beat the summer heat and check out June’s game and coffee of the month!

10 Days in the USA is a great family game that combines classic Rack-o style game play with puzzle solving and geography skills! Each player is racing to complete a ten day journey across the United States by arranging their cards in a valid progression. Travel to adjacent states or use cars and planes to skip around the country in your adventure. 10 Days in the USA plays great at all player counts – two, three or four – and is easy to learn. It’s also a great game to sneak some geography skills in over the summer while still having a lot of fun. Designed by the same designer that created Ticket to Ride, this is a definite game to check out now that it is back in print. Stop by the cafe in East or the store in the Village today!

Our coffee of the month for June is The Birds and the Beans. This unique blend of Guatemala Rio Azul, Nicaragua and Ethiopia Sidama creates a unique flavor combination. It has tasting notes of Sweet Tea, Peach and Orange Zest. Yum! We will be roasting it all month at the cafe and selling retail bags for you to take home and enjoy as well.

Board Game Flea Market

We are pushing the sale back to 10 am to let the rain clear out. See you then!

Saturday, May 25th from 9 am to noon, we will be hosting our biannual board game flea market. We will have multiple community sellers on hand looking to move their loved board games to new homes! That home could be yours! Come on out, grab a coffee or pastry from the cafe, and then browse the deals waiting for you. (Rain – it looks like we should have a window to hold this event, if the weather gets dicey, check our social media and we’ll post updates!)

April Coffee of the Month

While playing a game at Game Point this month, be sure to have a steaming hot cup of our Coffee of the Month, Honduras Unwashed. From the Maroala region of Honduras, this coffee is a Bongo Premium Lot (meaning it is produced by one farmer instead of the entire coffee cooperative) and has notes of Strawberry and Dark Chocolate. It is also unwashed, meaning that the coffee is fermented out in the sun while still in the cherry instead of being pulped and fermented in holding tanks for two to three days. Being dried in the cherries imparts pronounced fruit notes, which you’ll be sure to notice when you try it out.

Honduras Unwashed

Our Coffee of the Month

If you enjoy this offering, don’t forget you can purchase a retail bag right in our cafe. Our coffee of the month is always 10% off, and if you come in on a Tuesday, all bags are $2 off – a double bonus. Game on!

Closing Early on Tuesday

In the face of Tornado Watches until 9 pm, we are going to close early tonight, Tuesday, April 2nd. We will close up shop at 5 pm. See you for our usual hours on Wednesday, April 3rd. Thanks and be safe!

We are Back at it!

Cafe in Five Points is open normal hours today, 7 am – 10 pm. Retail store in Hillsboro Village is open normally at 10 am but closing a little early at 3 pm. Come out and spend some time with us!