By The Board Games & Entertainment

06/22/2026

WEEKLY EVENTS 6/22/2026!
Good afternoon everyone! What a crazy and busy weekend! Between Magic and Lorcana this weekend we had over 100 players with those two games alone! Add in Pokémon, One Piece, etc and we again had over 150 players in here over the weekend! Thank you to all of you!

Don’t forget all of our events are posted on https://bytheboardgames.com/pages/btbevents

Mondays don’t forget we now close at 6pm!

Tuesday and Wednesday we will hold our normal Commander nights! Commander Nights are free Magic: the Gathering events for all of our players new, and old!

Wednesday’s Armory for Flesh and Blood will be Classic Constructed Format!

Star Wars: Unlimited will be Premier Constructed this week!

Thursday we have open play for Cookie Run: Braverse! Come play your decks with other players and get a weekly play pack!

On Friday there will be a Infinity tournament for Lorcana.

For Magic the Gathering we will have the 2-Headed Giant Release Party. This is a fun team event where pizza will be included!

Saturday we have FREE RPG Day all day long! To see a list of scheduled and at-will events, please visit the event page on Facebook or our events page on our website!

On Saturday, our first Premier Event will be Yu-Gi-Oh’s Chaos Origins at 5pm! Don’t forget your NEURON app!

At 7pm will be our Gundam Premier Event, the Gundam Battle Royal event! Come try out the new starter decks Generation Eternal in this new Battle Royal Format!

Sundays are Pokémon League Day! Bring in your Switch, GO, or Cards to play and trade with other players. Anyone who comes in and signs into the event with their Pokémon Play ID will get a prize pack of cards!

On Sunday we will have Pokémon GLC at 1:30pm.

Pathfinder will also be held on Sunday at 1:30pm!

At 4pm join us for Pokémon Standard!

All day long there is Open Play for board games!

Monday:
Open Play

Tuesday:
Commander Night - 5pm

Wednesday:
Commander Night - 5pm
Flesh and Blood (Classic Constructed) - 6pm
Star Wars: Unlimited (Premier Constructed) - 6pm

Thursday:
Cookie Run Open Play - 4pm

Friday:
Lorcana Infinity Tournament - 6pm
FNM: Marvel 2-Headed Giant Party- 7pm

Saturday: FREE RPG DAY
Yu-Gi-Oh! Chaos Origins Premier - 5pm
Gundam Generation Eternal Battle Royal - 7pm

Sunday:
Boards with Friends: All Day
Pokémon Open League - 1pm-6pm
Pathfinder - 1:30pm
Pokémon GLC - 1:30pm
Pokémon TCG Standard Tournament - 4pm

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06/21/2026

Peer into the darkness during the Pokemon prerelease events at BTB Games in Lowell, IN. Players will have early access to Mega Evolutions Pitch Black for $27. This event will replace the Sunday tournament on July 12th.

06/20/2026

Exciting adventures await! Express yourself in a campaign driven by passionate Dungeon Masters.

06/20/2026

Become the Lorcana Champion! Join us on Saturday, June 20th at 1PM Central Time for our Disney Lorcana: Wilds Unknown Set Championship! Registration is $25 per person. ***MUST HAVE CARDE.IO ACCOUNT***

06/19/2026

It is a GUNDAM BATTLE ROYALE at By the Board Games, Lowell, IN! Join us at 7pm on June 27th. All players will receive 1 Starter Deck and 4 Booster Packs. Cost is $40 per entry. All players will receive another booster pack per win.

06/17/2026

Pirates Party is a casual limited format designed to be easy for anyone to join. Whether you’ve just started playing or are thinking about trying the ONE PIECE CARD GAME for the first time, it's all about having fun.
June 20 at 3 pm
Cost: $10

06/15/2026

WEEKLY EVENTS 6/15/2026!
Good afternoon everyone! What a crazy and busy week! Thank you to everyone who came out and played in the store in the past week. Between TCG, Board Game, Miniature Games, and Table Top RPGs, we had over 180 people in the store playing games this week!

Don’t forget all of our events are posted on https://bytheboardgames.com/pages/btbevents

Mondays don’t forget we now close at 6pm!

Tuesday and Wednesday we will hold our normal Commander nights! Commander Nights are free Magic: the Gathering events for all of our players new, and old!

Wednesday’s Armory for Flesh and Blood will be Classic Constructed Format!

Star Wars: Unlimited will be Twin Suns this week!

Thursday we have open play for Cookie Run: Braverse! Come play your decks with other players and get a weekly play pack!

This is the 3rd Friday of the month, so that means it is time for Everyday Heroes! Come enjoy an RPG about modern heroes in today's setting!

On Friday there will be a Standard tournament for Lorcana. Directly after the tournament will be a Toy Story 5 Pack Rush event! Come play to get your promo card!

For Magic the Gathering we will be introducing the new Marvel set with the Prerelease Event! Come get your prerelease kit and build a deck to battle with! Those that came to the Avenger Academy will get a Swag Bag too!

Saturday we have our standard weekly events, Warhammer, Riftbound, Yu-Gi-Oh, Gundam, and Magic Commander.

Flesh and Blood comes to Saturdays! Every other Saturday we will be hosting an off-site open play for Flesh and Blood! Join us at Hardcore Strength & Fitness in Valparaiso at 1pm!

Saturday will be our Lorcana Set Championship! This starts at 1pm, so arrive early to get ready!

Also starting at 1pm will be the monthly BattleTech campaign!

At 3pm we will hold the June Pirates Party! Don’t forget to check bandai for the banned leaders!

Sundays are Pokémon League Day! Bring in your Switch, GO, or Cards to play and trade with other players. Anyone who comes in and signs into the event with their Pokémon Play ID will get a prize pack of cards!

On Sunday we will have Pokémon GLC at 1:30pm.

At 4pm join us for Pokémon Standard! Chaos Rising is now legal, so bring in those new decks!

All day long there is Open Play for board games!

Monday:
Open Play

Tuesday:
Commander Night - 5pm

Wednesday:
Commander Night - 5pm
Flesh and Blood (Classic Constructed) - 6pm
Star Wars: Unlimited (Twin Suns) - 6pm

Thursday:
Cookie Run Open Play - 4pm

Friday:
Lorcana Standard Tournament - 6pm
Everyday Heroes - 6pm
FNM: Marvel Prerelease - 7pm
Lorcana Pack Rush - 9pm

Saturday:
Warhammer - Noon
Lorcana Set Championship - 1pm
Flesh and Blood Open Play (Valpo) - 1pm
BattleTech - 1pm
Riftbound Open Play - 2:30pm
One Piece Pirates Party - 3pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Play - 5pm
Gundam Weekly Play - 7pm
Commander Night - 7pm

Sunday:
Boards with Friends: All Day
Pokémon Open League - 1pm-6pm
Pokémon GLC - 1:30pm
Pokémon TCG Standard Tournament - 4pm

Board Games, Dice Games, Card Games, Trading Card Games, Gifts, Events

06/13/2026

Thank you to everyone for their patience while our power was down the past couple of days. As you can imagine, the numerous storms in the past few months have taken a toll on the outdated electrical lines leading to the building. Thursday's big storm finally did in our electrical lines. Nipsco was quick to repair the broken portion and we're extremely grateful. We were truly expecting to wait longer considering the damage done to many homes and businesses in the region. There is a bit more work to do to update the lines, so I'm sure we'll have another day soon with a brief outage (ideally not with a tournament this time!).

With that said, we have witnessed and and heard testimonies to the level of destruction the storms have caused. Luckily, no major human casualties have been reported in IL or IN! Our hearts are with our families, friends, neighbors and communities that were devastated by the recent storms. If you are looking for ways to help the communities, in FB, please search out "donations for tornado victims" and you will find a whole list of people and organizations enlisting help and donations that are closest to you.