Lancaster Troll Market

Lancaster Troll Market occupies a building more than a century old at 44 N. Queen Street in downtown Lancaster, just up the block from the city’s cluster of galleries and antique storefronts, and it wears its identity right in its tagline: some old, some new, all nerd. The market blends three distinct business lines under one roof. A consignment and resale section carries furniture, home decor, toys, games, and comics brought in by individual consignors, giving the shop a constantly shifting secondhand inventory rather than a fixed catalog. A second section is dedicated to handmade goods from local makers, including clothing, jewelry, soaps, and candles, so shoppers browsing secondhand furniture can also pick up a locally made gift on the same visit. The third and most distinctive piece of the business is a set of private gaming spaces built specifically for tabletop role playing games, wargaming, and craft activities, a feature that sets Lancaster Troll Market apart from a typical antique mall or resale shop and gives it a built in community of regular hobbyists. Those event spaces carry their own medieval themed names: the Wyrm Hole, styled after a medieval tavern and rented out for celebrations and private gatherings, and the War Room, a separate private space built for group gaming sessions. Regular hours run Tuesday through Friday from 11 in the morning to 6 in the evening, Saturday from 10 to 6, and Sunday from noon to 5, with the shop closed Mondays. Because the building predates modern accessibility codes by a wide margin, the market is upfront that its Queen Street entrance involves four steps and that the Market Street side requires a full flight of stairs, information it shares so visitors with mobility needs can plan ahead. The business also actively recruits new consignors and craft vendors, treating the shop as an ongoing marketplace for the community rather than a static storefront, which keeps the furniture, decor, and collectibles section in constant rotation. Being located on N. Queen Street places Lancaster Troll Market within easy walking distance of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen’s fine craft shop farther up the same street, though the two are entirely separate businesses with different missions, one a statewide artisan cooperative and the other a hobbyist focused consignment and gaming venue. Visitors can reach the shop directly at 717-945-7324 or by email for questions about consigning items, renting the event spaces, or booking a gaming session. Lancaster Troll Market gives downtown Lancaster something few other resale shops in the region offer: a genuine crossover between secondhand shopping, handmade local craft, and a standing home base for tabletop gamers, all inside a century old Queen Street building that has become a fixture of the city’s nerd culture scene.