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First off, warning......long rambling post from a noob. Dont know if it should be here or Dakka Discussion.

Got into 40k a few months ago and decided to take the plunge. I knew it was not going to be cheap nor fast to jump in and play. So after a few months of building, reading the rule book and codex and painting, I finally have a modest force of my custom SM chapter. About 1000points worth painted.

While I was painting one day my wife asked me...."ummmm....you spent money and time, but who are you going to play with?" I realized that that is a damn good question. I have 0 friends that play or want to. I a regular at the stores to even know people who play. So I figured lets check out some gaming places. You know, the local GW store, and a few tabletop stores to get a feel for it.

After spending time at my local GW, and at a few more well known gaming spots, I have come to the conclusion that they are horrible places to play. Help me understand some things.

1. The local GW place has 3 tables, plenty of terrain, very clean and is free to come in and play. Sounds good right? Well the tables are about a foot or 2 from the shelves. One time I was in there and 2 people where playing and I was trying to get around them to get a part of the store they were blocking. Also it was loud, which was made even louder by people trying to talk over others. No stools, and no drinks are allowed. So...stand for a few hours and go outside to grab a drink....all while moving around in order to accommodate the people moving throughout the store? How is that fun?

2. Went by a local, bigger, gaming center this Sat. to pick and item up they carried. They have more tables, but same issue with the merchandise right next to the tables. Even louder because there was an X-wing and Armada tournament going on. So now, it was hot, loud, and holy hell a few people do NOT shower where playing. And quite a few where just odd people. But at least they sell snacks. Again how is it fun to play next to another group all shouting and sweating, while having to deal with serious BO? I was getting a headache just trying to buy an item....couldnt imagine being there a few hours.

3. Found a smaller newly opened board game place. Now while 40k is NOT the focus (more board game stuff) the owner is laid back and very friendly and prefers to play 40k over other games, but just does not have the customer base yet. Clean place and actually has chairs and snacks. Very slow during the week and nobody is really in there when I go. We talked when I went in a few times and he is going to help me with my first game tomorrow. Very cool. But long term, if it gets a bigger base of people I assume its going to go down the same road.


So I am in the process of making a gaming table for myself. I am hoping by doing this I can get some family members interested in playing. It just seems more fun to play a strat war game while not dealing with chaos, B.O., people trying to shop, and 20 different conversations going on. I also find being able to throw on some BBQ on the grill or order a pizza and enjoy a beer or other adult beverage while playing a HUGE plus. But how creepy and odd trying to get people to come to your house and play? LOL.....

Am I being a grumpy dude? Do I just not "get it"? How did some of you folks get started playing? Where to you play that is not loud and obnoxious?

I know what you mean, personally I never play games at my "friendly local gaming store".

I would suggest to you that you just 'hang' at this board game place that you have found, get talking with the others that go there about 40k, play a few games with the owner and you might be able to get some others interested.

Once you make some new friends ( ) then you can start hosting games at your place.

Vaxx wrote:
Am I being a grumpy dude? Do I just not "get it"?

Maybe a little, but the whole point of hobbying is to do it in a way you enjoy with like-minded individuals.

I started out playing 40k in a comic book store about half-way between my mom's house and the downtown core. The players were a combination of the kinds of scary people you'd find on that side of town and players who came there as a last resort after being banned from other stores.

Good times overall, the tables upstairs were clean enough, the store was only moderately busy and I could keep a close eye on my stuff.

Then I moved out to the south side about equal distance from the downtown core and the local GW store. Now, there are a couple of stores downtown you can play 40k in but they all have some common traits: they have dedicated rooms for people to play in, with tables and chairs and all that good stuff, and even allow you to bring in food, and they have a wide variety of stuff on offer. The downside to all of that is a natural extension of that: the tables and chairs are falling apart, you can find the place is packed with MTG players and nothing you can do about it, the whole place feels overall... dirtier than I feel comfortable with.

Given the choice, I prefer playing at the Games Workshop, but it's clear I'm looking for a different experience than you. I go for the noise and interaction (in a healthy amount, sometimes too busy is too busy) and dont really have a problem staying out of people's way. That said, more often than not I'm there to paint or kitbash some new monstrosity while discussing lore with like minded people. That said, if yours are anything like ours, you may find activity levels are much lower during the weekdays.

I don't think you're being grumpy at all. If you don't "get it," then I don't either haha. I've played a few pick up games at the local GW, but like you described, it's too cramped in there. The tables at mine aren't too close to the shopping shelves, thankfully, but they are too close to each other. There's room for like 1.5 average-sized (to my mind, and I consider myself above average size) people to slide between each, and one end of each table is against a wall, so you only have one way in or out, so you have to do the "restaurant booth scoot" if anyone wants to move around. On weekends when it's full, it's pretty rough. I don't play there any more.

I also have a LGS that has a lot of area, and the people that go there are mostly clean so it's pretty good. My only gripe is it's a wide open store so too much noise from one table can totally drown out anything you're saying at a normal speaking volume across the store. They run events for several games at once sometimes (which is awesome, don't get me wrong - love that they support so much gaming), so the noise issue comes up more than I'd like. But they have stools and stuff to sit on, space between tables, plenty of room, it's really nice so that's where my friends and I play.

Sounds like you're unlucky in your area, which sucks. Not a bad idea you have getting a table together at your place. Check online too. There's a player finder tool on this site, and there's others out there. You may even find someone in your area that already has an at-home gaming setup, or even a nearby club.


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 mrhappyface wrote:


I would suggest to you that you just 'hang' at this board game place that you have found, get talking with the others that go there about 40k, play a few games with the owner and you might be able to get some others interested.

Once you make some new friends ( ) then you can start hosting games at your place.

Also this. That place may not be focused on 40k, but if you play there enough, it may generate interest and build a community!

Eh the hot smelling rooms kinda come with the territory, especially if you are in FLGS, a lot of the long timers there treat it as a home away from home, which there is nothing wrong with that.

GW official stores unfortunately have the small space problem. This is due to their business model they are using with single employee stores, blessing and a curse.

Every store i have found, has a different atmosphere about it.

out of the three in my area, 2 FLGS, 1 GW store.

One FLGS is a casual come as you are, rules are more guidelines then rule, friends pick up game kinda place. Super casual even at big point games.

One is a very competitive, tournament, by the book TFG store.

The GW store in the middle ground, mostly narrative games.

So find the game you like to play and go there. The hot smell you get over after a while, it sucks but eh, i just treat it as part of the territory.

Thanks for the replies. Good to see different views and glad to see I am not totally off the mark with some of my observations.

Couple of suggestions:

#1 - Search online for gaming forums in your town/city. Chances are if you have three places and an actual GW store, there's going to be a large enough community that they've organized their own message boards. Once there, you can get to know people online. Many of these people have their own gaming tables in their homes or basements. Ask for someone to give you a game, and you'll find someone willing to bite the hook for sure!

#2 - If you can't do #1, then focus on growing the hobby. Help the store you enjoy being at most develop a better community. Encourage people to clean up better before coming to play, request store owners to make a little more room at tables, or become a frequent player at the smaller place to encourage more people to go.

Hope this helps!

Totally agree. I bought 40k models (dark angels) because I thought they were cool. An acquaintace in college saw me doodling space marine chapter symbols during a lecture and asked if I knew how to play. We then met at our flgs which had one large table with a ton of scenery and room. He taught me to play and we played there for a couple years.

Eventually the flgs grew and 40k's popularity took off (many folks watched myself, my brother, my friend, and his friend play a round robin set of games every other weekend and bought models from that store). The flgs moved and got more tables. Now the tables are 3' from the shelves, and only 3-4' from eachother. The game store is packed with card players and folks playing other games too.

My friend, brother, and I all built our own 8' x 4' tables, and bought our own scenery. We now play exclusively at our residences, which helps as we all have young children now too. Needless to say, I much prefer the laid back, fluff driven armies and play as well as a nice quiet, clean, relaxing atmosphere that all our homes have. We dont have to worry about scum stealing our models, can play day long apocalypse missions, etc. It's also nice to be able to get excited, utter things, drink beer if we wish, etc, without offending anyone.

I did the same with wild west exodus. I bought every army, let friends try it with my stuff, they bought in, and now we play at our homes from time to time.

Just out of curiosity, what country/city are you in/near?

Play at home if that's what you wish to do. We do it- two of my friends have garages converted into gaming rooms with 12 by 6 tables. We usually play fow or historicals, but no reason such a thing can't be done with 40k.

Gaming at home has a different dynamic, is often more laid back and free-form than club gaming and should generally require/create a closer bond than strangers at your local gsme store. The trick though is to not just hope that your family gets interested - it's to find gamers interested in the same style as yourself and for you to be cool with them coming over - I'd hesitate to invite over a perfect stranger.

Gaming at home can work, and there was a poster here - Geordie - who had a thread about it a while back.

I think it does require getting to know your community, whether that's those in person, as well as investigating other games, and local scenes in person, and online - not everyone who plays goes online. Check out historical players too, as these are often home players as well, in my experience. From that point, get to know people, and 'filter' for the ones you want to hang out with.

Good luck!

 Yarium wrote:
Couple of suggestions:

#1 - Search online for gaming forums in your town/city. Chances are if you have three places and an actual GW store, there's going to be a large enough community that they've organized their own message boards. Once there, you can get to know people online. Many of these people have their own gaming tables in their homes or basements. Ask for someone to give you a game, and you'll find someone willing to bite the hook for sure!

#2 - If you can't do #1, then focus on growing the hobby. Help the store you enjoy being at most develop a better community. Encourage people to clean up better before coming to play, request store owners to make a little more room at tables, or become a frequent player at the smaller place to encourage more people to go.

Hope this helps!

On #1, you'd be surprised how many facebook groups are out there for different cities/regions for various games. Also, follow those crowded FLGS that you're talking about. See if people are arranging games through their facebook page. Also, also, some game stores have their own discussion forums. They sometimes have a "Schedule a game" forum. Also, also, also, check the calendar at all of the stores and see if they have a 40k night.

Best of luck!

Where are you from and how far are you willing to travel for a game?

I'm fortunate that my organization tends to have a few wargamers hiding in the woodwork wherever I go when I happen to live in a city of reasonable size. Having recently moved to a decent sized city two years ago, I searched around online for established groups, as the only true gaming store was the local GW which has many of the problems you described, plus my armies are heavily 3rd party modified, so no bueno.

The first year was mostly fruitless, but then I heard about a new group through my organization's extra curricular activities and found some other people who previously knew eachother who were looking for other gamers. I promptly joined and we game at a local gym/fitness center in one of their conference room or the abandoned bowling alley in the basement (sounds spooky eh). Plenty of room in both spots, lots of table space and more chairs than you can stick a shake at. Its a fairly small group at the moment, no more than a dozen people total and about half that at weekly/bi-monthly get togethers.

I'd recommend searching through facebook and if you live in a decent sized city, go and check out if there's a subreddit on reddit for your city. Search there, and if nothing pops up, I'd advise to maybe post your own ad looking for players on reddit and/or facebook. Find a spot you're happy to meet people and/or play a first game at a spot you can rent out. Go from there.

Otherwise, try and entice family and friends I suppose. I managed to get two friends interested in X-Wing who've never even heard of wargaming, and more of my friends to play RPGs. Its doable, but more so with cheaper games/hobbies.

Good luck anyways.

GW is trying to turn wh40k into a garage gaming because they sell more self sustained box board games like deathwatch: overkill (cards and own rules and tyranid vs sm), Inquisition: assasins (Inquisition vs chaos), Renegade Knight (2 knights and terrain).

They do tiny 1 man stores with only a few tables. Get you in, get you out, get your money. They are hoping you bring a new friend to play a demo on those other tables.

They want you to go somewhere else to play if its 4hours.

All good suggestions, and ideally, yes you'd find a small group of like-minded players - but that's easier said than done in many situations.

This is where my least favourite aspect comes in - networking. First, if you're in a vaguely large metropolitan area look for a group on facebook. Most major cities I've been in have an active facebook community and it's often as easy as "hey does anyone want to play X...". You may end up playing a game or two at one of the stores you mentioned until you decide if the newfound internet strangers are people you can stand to be around.

Most game stores also have a white board or a cork board where you can put up notice. Maybe try to attend some kind of gaming events at these stores - non 40K events. You may find a few new friends and then discuss 40K with them. It helps to do your best to learn new friends in the gaming world. Often they'll have buddies, friends, or know of additional stores, etc.

Obviously running a game with someone can be hit or miss, so it's not always fantastic. I normally give a gamer two or three games and if we don't click or gel, I move on. It's literally like hobby-dating. Once you find a good pal you can stand for 2-4 hours, you'll end up meeting his buddies/friends/group and you'll probably be set.

Have your own gaming space? That's ideal. If not, look around for alternate locations you can run a game - some libraries have small conference rooms you can schedule etc.

The more elements of gaming you can control the more enjoyable you'll probably find it. Unless you love loud chaos and smelly butts of course...

Yarium wrote:Couple of suggestions:

#1 - Search online for gaming forums in your town/city. Chances are if you have three places and an actual GW store, there's going to be a large enough community that they've organized their own message boards. Once there, you can get to know people online. Many of these people have their own gaming tables in their homes or basements. Ask for someone to give you a game, and you'll find someone willing to bite the hook for sure!

#2 - If you can't do #1, then focus on growing the hobby. Help the store you enjoy being at most develop a better community. Encourage people to clean up better before coming to play, request store owners to make a little more room at tables, or become a frequent player at the smaller place to encourage more people to go.

Hope this helps!

Thanks!

455_PWR wrote:Totally agree. I bought 40k models (dark angels) because I thought they were cool. An acquaintace in college saw me doodling space marine chapter symbols during a lecture and asked if I knew how to play. We then met at our flgs which had one large table with a ton of scenery and room. He taught me to play and we played there for a couple years.

Eventually the flgs grew and 40k's popularity took off (many folks watched myself, my brother, my friend, and his friend play a round robin set of games every other weekend and bought models from that store). The flgs moved and got more tables. Now the tables are 3' from the shelves, and only 3-4' from eachother. The game store is packed with card players and folks playing other games too.

My friend, brother, and I all built our own 8' x 4' tables, and bought our own scenery. We now play exclusively at our residences, which helps as we all have young children now too. Needless to say, I much prefer the laid back, fluff driven armies and play as well as a nice quiet, clean, relaxing atmosphere that all our homes have. We dont have to worry about scum stealing our models, can play day long apocalypse missions, etc. It's also nice to be able to get excited, utter things, drink beer if we wish, etc, without offending anyone.

I did the same with wild west exodus. I bought every army, let friends try it with my stuff, they bought in, and now we play at our homes from time to time.

That is how I feel!

Crazy Jay wrote:Just out of curiosity, what country/city are you in/near?

San Antonio, TX

Ifurita wrote:Where are you from and how far are you willing to travel for a game?

Well, 2 littles ones make travel to play during the week near impossible. Weekends on the other hand....I wouldnt mind travel so much.



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 Elbows wrote:
All good suggestions, and ideally, yes you'd find a small group of like-minded players - but that's easier said than done in many situations.

This is where my least favourite aspect comes in - networking. First, if you're in a vaguely large metropolitan area look for a group on facebook. Most major cities I've been in have an active facebook community and it's often as easy as "hey does anyone want to play X...". You may end up playing a game or two at one of the stores you mentioned until you decide if the newfound internet strangers are people you can stand to be around.

Most game stores also have a white board or a cork board where you can put up notice. Maybe try to attend some kind of gaming events at these stores - non 40K events. You may find a few new friends and then discuss 40K with them. It helps to do your best to learn new friends in the gaming world. Often they'll have buddies, friends, or know of additional stores, etc.

Obviously running a game with someone can be hit or miss, so it's not always fantastic. I normally give a gamer two or three games and if we don't click or gel, I move on. It's literally like hobby-dating. Once you find a good pal you can stand for 2-4 hours, you'll end up meeting his buddies/friends/group and you'll probably be set.

Have your own gaming space? That's ideal. If not, look around for alternate locations you can run a game - some libraries have small conference rooms you can schedule etc.

The more elements of gaming you can control the more enjoyable you'll probably find it. Unless you love loud chaos and smelly butts of course...

Hobby dating.... LOL exactly! It reminds me of the movie "I l love you man". Thanks for your views and advice.

I feel like you should be able to find either a FLGS that suits you or a friendly gaming club in a major city like San Antonio. Try hobby stores near the military bases.

Check this group out for starters

https://www.facebook.com/redstargamingsa

At least you have a few game stores to choose from! In my town, there are two small comic book stores with zero dedicated space to tabletop miniature gaming. The closest GW store is a 30 minute drive. Fortunately there is a local group of about 10 people that play regularly and maintain a website and Facebook page. They play in a converted garage with two 12x6 tables. It's a really good scene overall, and literally the only game in town.

I'm lucky to have two young sons that also enjoy the hobby and game, and we play at home, too. One loves building and painting and the other loves gaming, so it all works out pretty well. Will be interesting to see if they can get some of their buddies into it... Hope so!

Nice, sounds like my 2 boys. One likes to paint and play smaller skirmish games. The other likes to play regular games up to Apoc

Vaxx wrote:
First off, warning......long rambling post from a noob. Dont know if it should be here or Dakka Discussion.

Got into 40k a few months ago and decided to take the plunge. I knew it was not going to be cheap nor fast to jump in and play. So after a few months of building, reading the rule book and codex and painting, I finally have a modest force of my custom SM chapter. About 1000points worth painted.

While I was painting one day my wife asked me...."ummmm....you spent money and time, but who are you going to play with?" I realized that that is a damn good question. I have 0 friends that play or want to. I a regular at the stores to even know people who play. So I figured lets check out some gaming places. You know, the local GW store, and a few tabletop stores to get a feel for it.

After spending time at my local GW, and at a few more well known gaming spots, I have come to the conclusion that they are horrible places to play. Help me understand some things.

Sure! Sounds like you're off to the right start!

Vaxx wrote:
1. The local GW place has 3 tables, plenty of terrain, very clean and is free to come in and play. Sounds good right? Well the tables are about a foot or 2 from the shelves. One time I was in there and 2 people where playing and I was trying to get around them to get a part of the store they were blocking. Also it was loud, which was made even louder by people trying to talk over others. No stools, and no drinks are allowed. So...stand for a few hours and go outside to grab a drink....all while moving around in order to accommodate the people moving throughout the store? How is that fun?

It isn't, whoever laid out that store has no idea on how to properly manage space. Sounds like an "okay" place to play while not at peak hours/high traffic times for the store. You may want to speak to the owners in the future about re-arranging their play area to better accommodate both people playing and shopping.

Vaxx wrote:
2. Went by a local, bigger, gaming center this Sat. to pick and item up they carried. They have more tables, but same issue with the merchandise right next to the tables. Even louder because there was an X-wing and Armada tournament going on. So now, it was hot, loud, and holy hell a few people do NOT shower where playing. And quite a few where just odd people. But at least they sell snacks. Again how is it fun to play next to another group all shouting and sweating, while having to deal with serious BO? I was getting a headache just trying to buy an item....couldnt imagine being there a few hours.

Ahh the 'classic' (and by that I mean sadly stereotypical) game store. Any good gaming store I've ever been to in the past has management who do the following: Put the kibosh on loud swearing, repeated warnings getting you kicked from the store for the rest of the day. Require people bathe and not have an offensive odor, again repeated complaints (that are substantiated by the owners) are asked to leave and come back when they don't have that kind of odor. As for the volume, all you have to do is ask them to quiet down a little. I've done this multiple times to folks playing Magic the Gathering or some other CCG the kids are into now-a-days while trying to play a game nearby. They usually apologize and quiet down, and the couple of times I go the "go screw yourself" response, the owner was brought in to ensure they understood that it's a public store and they should behave accordingly. Hopefully the management carries a few of these ideas into the store in the future.

Vaxx wrote:
3. Found a smaller newly opened board game place. Now while 40k is NOT the focus (more board game stuff) the owner is laid back and very friendly and prefers to play 40k over other games, but just does not have the customer base yet. Clean place and actually has chairs and snacks. Very slow during the week and nobody is really in there when I go. We talked when I went in a few times and he is going to help me with my first game tomorrow. Very cool. But long term, if it gets a bigger base of people I assume its going to go down the same road.

This sounds like the winner, and the owner also sounds like a good guy. Even one table is often enough to get a small crowd of 40k players going. Also, go see if you can meet other players at the other two stores and invite them to play at shop # 3. That way you can expand a customer base for him and get more people for you to play some games with.

Vaxx wrote:
So I am in the process of making a gaming table for myself. I am hoping by doing this I can get some family members interested in playing. It just seems more fun to play a strat war game while not dealing with chaos, B.O., people trying to shop, and 20 different conversations going on. I also find being able to throw on some BBQ on the grill or order a pizza and enjoy a beer or other adult beverage while playing a HUGE plus. But how creepy and odd trying to get people to come to your house and play? LOL.....

Am I being a grumpy dude? Do I just not "get it"? How did some of you folks get started playing? Where to you play that is not loud and obnoxious?

For a very long time that's all I could do to play 40k here, and it has it's perks (chief being not having to go anywhere!), but you have to get to know people before you invite them over for 40k & beer/pretzels, lest you get someone who might decide they like your stuff more than you do (if you follow my meaning). There were no local game stores here what so ever, but that's changed in recent years thank goodness. Sometimes you have to suck up a little back ground noise depending on when you play and where. I'd go with option 3, and try to meet players at options 1 and 2 and get a small community of folks going at option 3. That's what I'd do if I were you.

All that said, best of luck! Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Most of my friends live across the entire city so I rarely, if ever, get to actually play in a game store since whenever I pick a venue that can do 40k games, they'd complain about how hard it is to get there, so I host most games at my place (it helps that they tend to play with my models, so more incentive to just come over).

I'm currently trying to figure out what I would need to make a portable 40k game station that can fit in a backpack without much hassle. Probably a mat, one scenery case and one case for kill-team armies.

For the longest time I was a local gaming store regular dealing with all of the afore mentioned "Gamer Scum." I have found that carrying your hobby books while at work was my favorite way to recruit our members to our club. We each made our own gaming tables. Take a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood and spray paint it. Viola! You have a gaming table or 2.

I have also recruited both my son and my daughter, by helping them build their armies. Another core member got his step son and his brother into it as well. Remember, a family that games together, stays together!

Sounds harsh, my gaming store is actually really nice and our group set up a table top Facebook group so even if you don't know anyone it still works cause you can post looking for games and get a response almost everytime and set up a game up for later in the week(just make sure you clarify rules and size before showing up xD) this is awesome cause everyone has different schedules so it's easier to play that way without spending hours "hanging."

So maybe try setting up a fb group at store #3 and just get as many people as you can involved. Remember being active encourages other people to be as well, so just keep at it and be positive, you'll find people. I'd offer to play ya but I doubt we in the same area xD

I live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There is zero interest for 40K around here, or any miniature wargame. Visiting a "friendly local game store" is not an option when there is no friendly local game store in town.

I got introduced to 40K by a friend who played it during his time abroad. Since then, I do my best to arrange 40K games with the handful of interested friends at my own place. There is very little interest, even among my friends. Just enough to keep games going at a rate of one game night every few weeks.

 Red__Thirst wrote:

Vaxx wrote:
3. Found a smaller newly opened board game place. Now while 40k is NOT the focus (more board game stuff) the owner is laid back and very friendly and prefers to play 40k over other games, but just does not have the customer base yet. Clean place and actually has chairs and snacks. Very slow during the week and nobody is really in there when I go. We talked when I went in a few times and he is going to help me with my first game tomorrow. Very cool. But long term, if it gets a bigger base of people I assume its going to go down the same road.

This sounds like the winner, and the owner also sounds like a good guy. Even one table is often enough to get a small crowd of 40k players going. Also, go see if you can meet other players at the other two stores and invite them to play at shop # 3. That way you can expand a customer base for him and get more people for you to play some games with.

-Red__Thirst-

A agree and everyone who said work on option 3 was right so far! A quick update on my foray to finding my first few games of 40k..........

I took the afternoon off yesterday to get in my first 40k game at the small board game store. I let the owner know on Monday that I only had 1000points of painted models (and that included some expensive upgrades just to get them to that point level). You see, it was a 1500 point game. He said no trouble that his IG army could be scaled back to hit 1000 pints. AWESOME!

It was supposed to be 4 people. 2 vets and 2 new players, myself included, that way a vet could play a newer person. Well one of the vets couldn't make it at the last minute. So the owner added to his IG army to make it 2000 points and myself and the other dude teamed up! The other new dude is not a 40k player and was using the owners BA army. He said he wanted to check it out, but probably will only place this once.

It was awesome though. Granted he had some patience since he was helping 2 people out. Started at 12:30pm and finally got done close to 7pm due to explaining and reference checks, etc. But it was still a blast. I have to say I was not expecting to enjoy the game that much. Even at the slow pace it was exciting. I learned a lot and made some bad moves....and some good ones. Heck the owner even ordered some pizza for us.

I am going to continue on my home table still as well as get as many games in as I can when the small store has them. Hopefully it turns out well and we can get a small group formed for regular gaming nights.

Thanks again for everyone's input. It is appreciated.

FYI....the noobs won the game! Which means 20% my next GW purchase at the store! Which will be a Dreadnought if anyone is wondering.

Boom. Mission accomplished. Now, start the networking...and find other players who are buddies with the manager etc.

Lionheart, if you have access to the expat community there, you might want to check some of their fb/interest pages.

Could also try designing your own single player rules

 Ifurita wrote:
Lionheart, if you have access to the expat community there, you might want to check some of their fb/interest pages.

I wouldn't know where to start. I'm not on Facebook, and I'm not exactly the most social guy here.