About
The Brooklyn Strategist is a community-based game center. It is a place to play, learn, think creatively, socialize and strategize against an opponent or with team members.
We have a huge inventory of over 500 unique board and card games and table sizes to accommodate games for 2 players up to 8. Examples of different game genres in our library include Ancient and Modern Strategy Games, Adventure Games, Family/Parlor/Party Games, Military/Historical Games, Mystery Games, Sports Games, Word Games, Card Games and Role Playing and Miniature Games. There are no computer or digital games of any kind.
We offer a home for both game lovers & new players. Check out our calendar for regularly scheduled events, leagues and tournaments. We can teach you a new game, host you and your friends for a regular game night, provide a fun place for date night, help you meet up with like-minded players and immerse you in strategic game play at every level and interest every day of the week.
For children and families, we offer after school programs, camps, weekend classes and walk-in play. The basis of our program is called “Making connections: Cells that fire together, wire together.” Knowledge and strategy don’t occur in a vacuum but occur within a social environment. We provide an enriched learning environment that is conducive to solving novel problems and mediating social interaction.
Meet Our Founder, CEO and Owner
Dr. Jon Freeman
Prior to starting The Brooklyn Strategist, Dr. Jon Freeman developed and ran a state-of-the-art, neuroscience research facility in a Manhattan-based clinical research organization. In his capacity as Director of Neuroscience Research, Dr. Freeman oversaw the growth and development of the central nervous system research practice and is recognized in the field of Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) research as a key opinion leader (Dr. Freeman was invited to present to the FDA regarding the development of a QEEG database).
As Director of Neuroscience Research, Dr. Freeman was responsible for managing over 40 employees and responsible for overseeing scientific and ethical conduct of the early-through-late-phase clinical trial research. Jon also served on the clinical faculty of the Sleep Disorders Institute (SDI) and oversaw supervision and teaching of sleep medicine fellows. As a consultant, Dr. Freeman founded Brooklyn Strategic Consulting, LLC and has advised several of the largest and medium sized pharmaceutical companies regarding study development and data analyses.
Jon brings a unique blend of life-long passion for board/card/strategy games and a love of teaching to the Brooklyn Strategist as well as his professional background. During his years in the industry’s clinical research, Jon was continually recognized for his warmth and avuncular style, leadership qualities, attention to detail and ability to find novel solutions for complex problems. During his years of private psychotherapy practice, Jon worked with children, adolescents, adults, families and couples gaining an understanding of the importance of social space within a given community. For Jon, the Brooklyn Strategist represents the ultimate combination of a life-long passion for strategy games, promoting social responsibility and beacon of community.
Dr. Freeman’s top 5 games (as of today) are (in no particular order): Strat-O-Matic Baseball and Football, Puerto Rico, Go, Scrabble and Railways of the World.
