THE COFFEE POT BISTRO HOSTS MAGIC CARD GAME-NIGHT

By JOHN GARZA

The Coffee Pot Bistro, otherwise known as The Coffee Pot, was awash with spells and incantations as Magic enthusiasts gathered to play the popular card game on Monday.

Magic: The Gathering card players have been gathering at The Coffee Pot since last fall to play, collect and trade cards. These game nights have helped generate new customers to the coffee shop, some of which have become regulars.

Richard Sabrsula, computer science freshman at Texas State University, is one of these regulars and has been attending the Magic game-nights every Monday since last fall.

“The Coffee Pot is a great place to meet,” said Sabrsula. “There’s a lot of room in it and it’s a good central location for everyone.”

Magic card-players meet and play in a back room of The Coffee Pot where other student organizations have been known to meet and where students at the university can study.

Sabrsula enjoys and continues to come to these game nights because he has met new people, many of which live on-campus at the university with him. Sabrsula’s favorite drinks at The Coffee Pot are the Call-Me-Crazy coffee and The Coffee Pot Bistro coffee.

Weston Baxter, computer science sophomore at Texas State University, started a Facebook page, Texas State Magic, where many of these card-players coordinate their meetings. Baxter has been attending the game nights at The Coffee Pot since last fall as well.

Magic: The Gathering is a popular card game with about 12 million players as of 2011. Its creator, Richard Garfield, introduced the card game in 1993 and it has won many awards since its introduction, including Games Magazine’s Games Hall of Fame.

The game nights at The Coffee Pot take place every Monday at 7 p.m. and are apart of the business’s efforts to expand their event categories. Those interested in hosting an event at The Coffee Pot can contact event coordinator Vanessa Vass at vanessa.vass3@gmail.com.