DawnStar Video Games and Arcade

endless races await you at the Star 💫 put your pedal to the medal and challenge your friends in the toughest courses in Japan 🇯🇵 Tune up and customize your car in the latest InitialD available at 🌟

Great Day to cool down from the heat in your neighborhood game store and arcade! Magic Commander is tonight and so is Halo at The Veil ✨5-9pm ✨

We wanted to give a quick shout to our newest team member Graham Graham is a musician, horror game lover and also just one of nicest people we have ever met. You might have seen him at The Byrd Theater in last few years but now he’s being an absolute rockstar at The Star 🌟 His favorite Pokemon is Gengar and absolutely brings smiles and pump to our already incredible team ✨ next time you are at The Star make sure to say hey! on your way to your friendly neighborhood arcade nestled right in the heart of RVA ✨Open 11-7 ✨ 🖤

Join us for our weekly Quest into the world of tabletop games ✨ We now have more room than ever to host our friends now and forever! ✨Dawnstar is constant striving to create spaces for everyone to enjoy ✨ See you tonight at The Star ⭐️

say hello to our new LGS space in DawnStar! 🧙‍♂️Our new upstairs area is dedicated to our dear valiant adventurers who join us for our Wednesday DawnStar Quest ✨Come join us for weekly MTG events and DnD campaigns with us✨

New Merch Drop 🚨🧡💜✨

DawnStar Rhythm / Skyrim T Shirts 💜🧡✨

Skyrim designed by our wonderful commander in cute Kitty and one of the coolest customers Madeline designed the Rhythm Game Shirt ✨

These will be available today and all weekend at our anniversary while supplies last 💜🧡✨

ONE WEEK AWAY 🌟

join us for this humble thank-you to our incredible community for five years of support! we have a day packed with awesome friends and events for you to enjoy ~ this convention-inspired celebration has something for everyone!

for the first time ever, receive a badge that gives you access to both the STARCADE and MOONCADE at for the cost of one! enjoy the arcade you know and love, then pop over to moon for some thrilling pinball!

float between the two arcades all day to enjoy our marketplace ft. & more, musical performance by • morning coffee by • pikabug appearance • retro rarities museum in collaboration with rva retro gaming • super metroid speedrun by a world ranked player • dinner by • and more!

we can't wait to see you all 🌟

Just in at the Star 💫

cool down in our one of a kind arcade tucked right in the corner of Scott’s Addition ✨🌙 Open till 7pm ✨

WWF WrestleFest now available for play at our Starcade 💫 relive the golden era of wrestling and smack around that Hollywood blonde jabroni Hulk Hogan with all your favorite heels: Jake the Snake Roberts, Mr. Perfect, Demolition, the Big Boss Man, and many more! Enjoy this classic with friends ✨

We have a STACKED WEEK of events for you at The Star 🌟

Wednesday at DawnStar- BloomBurrow Prerelease -5pm build kick off - 6pm kick off
Wednesday at - Mario Kart Driving Club - 5pm sign up - 6pm kick off

Friday Night Magic Draft of Bloomburrow at The Star ✨ - hosted by and chibi - 5pm build kick off - 6pm start ✨

Saturday at The Star is - The King Returns our FGC monthly - happening all day at The Star ✨11-7 ✨

Sunday at The Veil - beamsword4 our season finale to our melee monthly - dubs, singles and redemption
Sunday at The Star - RVA Smash our weekly Smash ultimate tournament hosted by !

We hope to see all at The Star and this week for our awesome community events ✨

DawnStar has everything you need from MTG to classic SNES Rpgs and everything in between ✨ Open 11-7pm ✨

Events this week ✨
- MTG Commander at Star 5-9pm - prizes - free packs and more ✨
- Halo Lan at The Veil - 5-9pm - Halo Lan party / drinks and dope food by 😇
- Thursday Smash Melee - pre reg at start.gg/dawnstarsmash - prize pool - stream on twitch.tv/dawnstarvideogames
- sunday smash ultimate with - pre reg at rvasmash.com

cute n sparkly vita 2000 just traded 🌟

adventure waits for you at The Star ⭐️ Join us tonight for Richmond’s Weekly Melee Tournament sign up starts at 6pm or pre reg now at Start.GG/DawnStarSmash

DawnStar Events This Week -

⭐️ Wednesday - Casual MTG Commander 5-9pm at Star
✨Halo Lan for Halo Reach at The Veil 5-9pm 😇
⭐️Thursday Competitive Melee at The Star - Dubs/Singles - Prize Pool-Stream and more!
⭐️ Sunday - returns for Smash Ultimate fun on Sunday!

Arcade and the Shop have been absolutely killing it lately and we can’t wait to make some more announcements on about our anniversary! ✨

The King Returns our monthly FGC tournament run by RVA FGC is here at The Star every first Saturday! ✨Over 50+ participants here to play all the games of EVO! ✨

the superstars of tonight's rendition of mario kart, wyatt (left) & jackson (right) 🌟

reminder that all ourevents are super fun for all ages and skill levels! join our discord to stay up to date on all of our events 🌱

so much new manga going on the shelf today! it's a CLAMP kinda day for us 🤍 what will you pick out ? 🌟

We are celebrating 5 years of The Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We are celebrating in the only way we know how with a dope party at The Star!

We are keeping the arcade open late! Food from the homies at !

We plan on having local vendors and a special 2 for 1 pass for both the DawnStar and Wax Moon Arcades ✨

Come and take pictures with and the legendary Pikachu Bug!

We will be debuting some new Skyrim themed merch designed by our commander in cute Kitty ✨

Make sure to mark your calendars for 8/17 from 11-10pm at DawnStar Video Games and Arcade!

Help us celebrate 5 years of the Star ✨

More info coming soon!

Gameboy Camera now in stock ✨

come chill in our massive air conditioned arcade for only $10 flat rate and then you can play as many games as you want! MTG EDH at Star tonight 6-10pm / Halo 3 Lan at The Veil 5-9pm ✨

beamsword number three - returns to our home at in Scott’s Addition! We have had such great crowds, laughs and upsets at our last 2 monthlies so let’s keep that momentum and join us for melee on July 7th! Pre Registration is open NOW! ⚔️ at start.gg/beamsword

photo credit to the goat 🐐:

shout out to our good friends Andrew Kenny for rocking the DawnStar dad hat all the way in Kyoto, Japan! 🇯🇵 Thanks for the support and letting the good people know about our shop in RVA! ✨

We are bursting at the seams with new figures, manga and toys! ✨Open 11-7 ✨

come and join the wall of DawnStar Smash Melee Champions tonight at DawnStar Smash #180 ! Pre Sign Up at Start.GG/DawnStarSmash

YES! We are open today at The Star ⭐️ Arcade open till 7 ⭐️ It’s commander night at DawnStar and we are having some fun with our friends today and having a Mario Kart race ✨5-9pm✨

Doing a Mario Kart Race at The Veil Scott’s Addition today from 5-9pm! Race starts at 6pm! ✨Come and drink a cold one and race with your friends ✨

Every Wednesday at The Star is for MTG! Commander/ EDH Wednesdays have been so much fun! Lots of real fun cards in the new Modern Horizons Three set. Currently playing a Nadu; Winged Wisdom and Adriano is rocking the new Kudo King of Bears as his commander. Andrew is playing his tried and true Gargoyle deck that’s he recently gassed up with some singles that were traded at the shop! Stop by every Wednesday for DawnStar Quest and play some games with us! ✨

Welcome to DawnStar’s Happy Home Club! We have been having a lot of fun making unique room prompts in Animal Crossing! Our commander in cute; Kitty has cooking up some heat on our discord! Kitty sets the theme; everyone posts their interpretation! It’s been soooo much fun to see how everyone tackles the prompt! It’s totally free and fun on our discord! Join via the link in our website !

Modern Horizons 3 dropped at The Star 🌅
These are selling fast! We only have 1 case of prerelease packs so come early! ✨Tonight at 6pm! 🌅