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Small Game Stores

Started by fonkaygarry, January 28, 2007, 03:58:45 AM

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fonkaygarry

January 28, 2007, 03:58:45 AM
Today, as I was out shopping with a friend, I stopped at a small FLGS.  It's an old-school place, full of books and boxes from ages and companies long forgotten.

Want Judge Dredd, the RPG?  Fortress America?  Deities and Demigods?  Step right up.

There are larger shops in town; packed to busting with new products and acres of floorspace.  Without a doubt they have cleaner bathrooms.

I couldn't grab a copy of Slaves to Darkness for $20 at any one of them.

Let's hear it for the little guy retailer: the one who sells more third-hand Gear Krieg and Transhuman Space than Magic.  There's got to be one that has a warm place in your heart.

I'm off to read my new purchase. :)
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Kyle Aaron

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January 28, 2007, 04:44:14 AM
Alas, as far as I know, our city has no such places... only glizty ones with poor customer service.
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Zachary The First

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January 28, 2007, 08:29:05 AM
I love my small FLGS.  He's got his cast of regulars, most of them a perfect example of one geek archetype or another, and it's always fun to come in an know you can start a conversation about JSA, Batman vs. Predator, upcoming Franchise Movie _______________, D&D, that game 4 people played back in 1987 (but still run a fan site for), or The Way Gaming Used To Be.  I also appreciate the fact he's set aside as much of his store as he can to be gaming tables--CCGs, RPGs, board games, Clix, whatever--and few are the times I go in there that there isn't a game being played.
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