What types of stores are near you?

Well, let's see.

I have the Games Workshop at Mountain Village nearby, and the Realm Games and Comics as well.

Here's ours.

http://www.gajominis.com/

Craig and Chris are great hosts. Lots of locals and a huge variety of games played. WHFB, WH40K, FOW, Warhammer Ancients, LOTR, Warmaster Ancients, Babylon 5, ATwhatever, FOW, Wings of War, and a huge variety of historicals.

There are a lot of hobby stores in my area that sell GW stuff. None of them are stupid enough to not be friendly. Some are certainly more receptive to the hobby, though.

by "near a non-GW games store" I mean half a dozen blocks away, even on the same street. Best part is, I moved into this particular residence before I even started wargaming! *hides from readers pelting him and his luck with garbage*

My non-gw FLGS closed down a few years back which pretty much coincided with my departure from the hobby. Then one day I had to get bored and peruse dakka only to find myself sucked back in. Unfortunately now the nearest LGS (hour drive) is the gw in glendale, which is apparently closing. I still get my modeling fix thanks to the warstore and maelstrom but I don't see myself learning the new ruleset anytime soon as there is apparently no local player base haha.

i live about 5 miles from a really good game store, and 10 miles from a terrible game store.
this is the good game store: http://empiregamesaz.com/

What do you mean by friendly and non-friendly?
Anyway, I have a gaming store about 13 kilometres from my house. Only a toy store with small amount of Warhammer there but hey, they got one copy of Space Hulk!

i would actually like a non GW store nearby, we do have a Hobbycraft which sells my other vice (flames of war) but its not really a gaming store.

No non GW stores for miles, unless anyone can point me towards any in Bucks/Berks UK? Getting kinda sick of answering never ending bombardment of questions from polite and well meaning but never the less slightly annoying GW staff at my local store!

The closest GW store to me is half a day's worth of driving away and I live in a city with over a million people.

However there are about a handful of indie stores one of which has about 10-15 tables.

The local game store by me is Gamers Haven at http://www.screamingdragon.com/

Friendly store with a fairly strong local following. You can find all of the various GW games played up there plus many historical miniature games such as DBA, Warhammer Historical, French & Indian war, ACW, FOW, WW2 in a variety of other rule sets. They also carry a huge selection of board games and allow the tables to be used for any board games that you have picked up there and usually it is possible to sit in on a game if you are curious about it and want to try it out before buying it.

I try to make sure I make all my purchases there as we have already lost one local store due to lack of sales and do not want to see this one go away. Remember to support your local game stores or you could end up in the basement with a lot of dusty models and no games.

I live in Nottingham 3 miles from Warhammer World and about 10 miles from Malestrom. I am blessed by the dark gods of gaming.

Closest "gaming store" may be 60 km away....

There are 2.5 gaming stores near me (I say .5 because one of them does not actively sell 'warhammer' models, hasn't held many tournaments for the miniatures games they do sell, but they do have a bunch of old codexes, which were fun to look at)

All three of these stores are ten miles away from me however, but that's not as bad as some areas. And no GW stores....I think the closest "Official" gw store around here is very far south of me.

Nearest offical GW store is in Chicago. We have a few gw retailer here in Kansas City Metro Area.

The Philadelphia area has a cornucopia of hobby shops, the closest being a pretty decent GW store in Voorhees (formerly the equally-decent Cherry Hill Mall store).

I'm in London, so there's Oxford St and Covent Gdn in the centre. The only other gaming store in central London is The Orc's Nest, and as well as not stocking GW, they definitely fall into the 'non-friendly' category....

I have one non-GW store (Tabletop Hobby and Game) 15 miles away from me. I've been a regular customer ever since they first opened in 1994, and they are a really great store. They have much more than just GW stuff, and I have a good relationship with them. They have a massive games room next to the shop and on Monday night it's crowded with people playing 40K. There is only one other gaming store in the KC metro area that sells GW stuff, and it's twice as far away. Last time I went there was to get the starter box for 4th edition WFB.
If a GW store opened up in the KC area, I would probably go in there once just to see how long it would take to get thrown out.

I live a ten minutes walk away from GW Bedford, the only problem is walking through town, as it is 2 minutes from my school, and so loads of my mates are there.

About a 20 minute drive to the local GW and a 5 minute drive to a FLGS that a friend and I help set up for gamers.

put down a friendly and an unfriendly.

They are a bunch of cool guys

But no one wants to play me because i play "cheese" XD

For some reason, armored company is frowned upon by the warhammer populous =/

The other guard players are always up for a fight, tho. they are the best lol

5-7 mins from my house.
http://changinghandsjoplin.com/home.html

1 hour (well worth the drive), Springfield, MO
http://www.mguinc.com

1 hour-ish (also worth the drive), Sprindale, AR
http://www.sooiehammer.com

Bout' 15 minutes away.
http://www.highoctanecomics.com/

Ryan (Owner) is a great guy and a buddy of mine for about 15 years or so. Runs a pretty good store, lots of good boxes in there all the time, and always has lots of non-GW 28mm stuff to use for bitz/counts-as/conversions

i am very happy to be a mile away from a GW store as well as a short drive to the battle bunker. great guys, great service. call me a crazy but forge world products 20 minutes away!!! Love it

i live like a 8 minute drive from a not gw store. That is strongly supports gw and privateer press. And a lot of good old fashion comics,
even better is that its in the same place as a no frills so i can shop for food and hobby supply.

I don't even want to discuss this....

Story of the nearest gaming store:

"Got any Warhammer 40k stuff?'

"Yah, I think we have some of that." *Leads me off into a dusty corner of the store*

I look at it, its mostly 2nd edition codexes and no miniatures.

"Here's some of the newer stuff I think." *Shows me.. 3rd edition stuff!*


Its scary there.

On top of that, all the paints in the store are dry... yeah...


No gamer should ever have to go through that horrible expierence!!!

I can walk to my gamesworkshop in10 min bike there in 5 min or driver there in 3min.

By "near a GW store," I mean about twenty minutes to half an hour away.

The closest thing is the not so friendly Toyworld in Armadale. Sure it is OK, but the owners could be more customer friendly.

I just spent a 6 hours traveling to and returning from my closest GW on a coach bus from the arsehole of Chiba (it is a very nice arsehole) to the city to buy some sealant, super glue drying catalyst spray stuff and one mini. I'm a dedicated nerd.

why is there no GW in the entire state of ohio???????????

I live in the Tampa-FL area, where theres MANY gaming/hobby stores. The key is to buy from the ones with the best discounts........

http://www.anthem-games.com/

http://www.armadagames.com/

http://skulnbonz.com/

http://www.hobbytown.com/

http://www.emeraldcitycomics.com/

http://www.pendragon-online.com/

Each of these stores are between 5mins and 45mins drive from my house-
There are MANY more if you want to drive an hour one way, but I was considering these close-to-home.
PLUS- there are stores near me that are old-school and have NO website.........

It must suck to live somewhere without local gaming stores?

Mine is called Riders. Its a pretty cool place and the 40k/fantasy guys there are pretty nice and chatty. TheONLY problem is when you first come in, you ALWAYS catch the evil eye from the old train guys tho. Oh well lol

The nearest and only FLGS that i know of is about an 30min drive away from here , and it sells everything from GW exept for FOW , but also stuff as comics , action figures and stuff .

We also have a gaming "room" which is a building with about 3 tables for gaming and then there are three really long , semi-wide tables for painting ...

I know , we Icelanders are small , but there are so few in this hobby so we realy dont need anything bigger

The Fallout Shelter (ten minute walk) is primarily a comic shop, but they stock board games and Magic cards, as well (read: useless to me). Closest thing with GW stuff and wargaming tables is The Only Game in Town, about a 15-20 minute drive away in Sayreville.

http://www.togit.com/

Not the biggest or most impressive store ever, but they have a few tables for wargaming, a few tables for painting, and a few tables for card-/boardgames. They've got a TON of Magic cards and a solid selection WFB and 40k, as well as paint. They don't have EVERY single GW product and probably not more than one box or two of a unit on the shelves, but they have enough to flesh out pretty much any army. They also carry FoW, Axis & Allies, and assorted other cardgames, boardgames and minis.

Two FLGS, Patriot Games and Wargames Emporium and two Games Workshop stores

I had a FLGS store ~15 mins from me, but it closed suddenly in May. My nearest FLGS is now an almost 2 hour round trip :(

Nearest GW is 2.5 - 3 hours away (one way) because GW in their wisdom decided the Chicago area needs like 14 stores while the entire rest of Illinois (as well as all of Indiana, Missouri and Iowa) don't get any.

We have a guy who runs a comic shop out of his own house and lets people use his garage to run games. Its a nice place and its only 20 mins from where I live.

I live in Delaware and I have a New Friendly GW store about 10 minutes away as well as a very Friendly Non-GW Game shop about 15 minutes away.

All the GW near me are just too far away to be able to just drop into. I have specifically got need to go. But the 3 nearest store are quite big, and WH world is on;y about an hour, so I cant complaint too much.

I got a couple hobby shops within 20 minutes, used to have a GW about an hour away but it went under. Now there's no GW within 100 miles of where I am :(

I have the GW in Newcastle CBD (5 minute drive).
I have The Outpost in Wallsend (15 minutes away) with gaming space/tables.
I will soon have another independent in the CBD (where GW have had it too easy for too long.). After the late 80's quake, most businesses relocated leaving the cbd a ghost town.

I have another independent in Gosford (80 minutes away by train) that also has gaming space.

Currently I'm in the middle of the ocean where there are no gaming stores but before this I had a Battle Bunker a short drive one way and another GW store the other. Also around there was friendly chain store (won't name) where I'd buy paint, brushes and tank accessories. One of the employees (who used to do 40K) would give me the chain's standard military discount despite the store owner's personal no military discount policy. That place ruled.

I'm really lucky, I guess. I have 2 great shops within 15 miles of my house.
http://www.thelouisvillegameshop.com/?page_id=8
and
http://www.petshopcomics.com/PSC%20Gamefest.htm

Both great places.

"I live near a games workshop"

Actually, I live about an hours drive from 3 GW stores, but that's it, no FLGS or Indie anywhere around.

GW's 'Used Car Salesman' approach is really starting to grate on me...

KingCracker wrote:Mine is called Riders. Its a pretty cool place and the 40k/fantasy guys there are pretty nice and chatty. TheONLY problem is when you first come in, you ALWAYS catch the evil eye from the old train guys tho. Oh well lol

Soooo true!!

There was a Train/hobby store in [see forum posting rules] Rapids 10 mins away that was owner/operated by a retiree. Crabby ole bastard is an understatment. He closed it one day when he "no longer had any fun".

To paraphrase The Simpsons:

"Buy it and get out!"


Dakka just edited my hometown's name!!! Xbox does the same thing!! I wonder where Deathmachine lives then?

http://www.ci.[see forum posting rules]-rapids.mn.us/

There are probably a good 10 gaming stores within an hours drive of me, the best being Krystal Keep.

I'm glad to see there are so many votes for FLGS! Not that the GW stores are bad, but I've never really been able to fall in with any of the crowd like I have with my local shop (Avalon Comics & Games). I live in the Puget Sound though and for some reason GW has decided to inundate us with sotres in the last few years. Like I said, not bad, but I just want to go where everybody knows my name.

legoburner wrote:What types of stores are near you?

I live near a friendly non-gw local gaming store. He's working on getting more gaming tables up (he's just lazy lol). The other store in the area also runs small 40k tourneys.

I live near a GW. Literally at the end of my street. No more than 5 mins by car (assuming you find a park quickly).

I live about 15 minutes away from a FLGS, and if all goes smoothly I'll need to have you add an "I own a non-GW shop" option here soon.

Though I live closer to the GW Battle Bunker in Glen Burnie, I cruise over to the GW at The Avenue in White Marsh. Just cuz..

I said I live near a GW, it's about an hour away, but it's as close as they get to my house for models, there's a model train shop about 10 minutes away that sells plastic/super glue cheap

I live in the center of Cape Town, South Africa. There's a comic shop called Outer Limits that stocks boardgames, magic cards, and some warhammer stuff. They're very friendly. They don't keep much GW stock but if I want something they can organise.

The closest place I know that I would call a FLGS (sells primarily games/minis/books about games, and I think it has tables) is about 15min drive away in the suburbs. As far as I know there are no GW stores in the country.

Ive got a model shop about five minute walk and gamesworkshop in town

I live near three games workshop stores, the closet one being about 2-3mins drive away the next about 15-20mins and the last also 15-20 mins. What's also gr8 is that the workers every now and then "Invade" another store. Last time we invaded GW bromley twas awesome. Oh, and all the stores are brilliant...though sutton (the last one) is the crummiest and Croydon (the first one) is the best seeing as everyone knows my name

I have 7 km to gw and about 3.5 km to friendly gaming store. I go to both to buy and wage war. 3.5 store has more variety in players but low on numbers while gw has hordes of gamers but every one seems to serve the blue paintpot at it's golden throne.

Hell I work at our flgs

legoburner wrote:What types of stores are near you?

Closest to me is a GW store. The non-GW store that I used to go to closed last year.

I live 20 minutes by bicycle from my FLGS, which is the only hobby store in my country.

I live near a local non gw gaming store with WHFB and 40k plus a whole bunch of other hobbies. It has like one table but its ok cuz only a few people play warhammer in my area. It's owned, managed, run, and everything else by one guy.


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Lord Blackfang what country do you live in. I don't recognize the flag next to your name.

No stockist/store within a 50 mile radius.

I have both a non-GW and GW store close to me, they are both pretty good. I actually have two GW stores close by

Where's the option for "I live near a GW store where they are all mean and hound me to buy stuff every 2 seconds I'm there"

I live about 10-15 minutes away from a FLGS called Mythril Media. Everyone knows everyone who goes there. In fact, I think the owner might post here sometimes.

Its website.
http://www.mythrilmedia.com/

They don't have much on their website, but according to the counter inside, they "Can order almost any product."

I'm lucky, I live just round the corner from a GW.

Used to live near a flgs until they had a hard time keeping it going and finally got fraked by the landlord and had to close down. :(

I live near a VERY friendly local non-GW store.

http://www.battlefieldgamestexas.com/

They don't have much of a website, but it's a very friendly store, with LOTS of really nice tables.

closest is 45 min away, so i went with none.

The Game Store in my area is very un-friendly and lose a ton of business because of it!

I live 8 miles from an awesome gaming store in Burlington washington(not DC). They are uber friendly have a HUUGE selection and a whole bunch of gameboards for warhammer or other games. Get this... they even have a foam replica of that big lord of the rings place, Helms Deep I think.Not to mention the gaming systems with all the new games for rent! Anyyyway, they totally rock.OH!!!They also have a huge cabinet full of models that you can borrow. They also have food and drinks for a good price. Their tournaments are twenty dollars entry but they supply pizza and pop. Or fifteen if dont want the food. Here are the coordinates:http://www.battleden.net/
Come check it out, there is a whole bunch of other stuff that I am too lazy to type right now. One more thing, On Thursdays they have 40k night, a couple times a month they have all nighters from 7 to 3 pm, including pizza and pop. Peace out. (sorry for rambling on and on )

I live about 15 minutes one friendly store. Pretty much any 40k/Fantasy item you'd want there, plus many more GW items and other board games. They're really good about not pressuring you into buying anything. Can you tell it's not a GW store? Ha. They do a points system that gives you 1 point for every dollar you spend. When you get 100 points, you get $10 off your next purchase. I went in to buy a few boxes of Boyz (one box I got for $13!!) and some Kans and was asked to stay for a tournament they were having that day. Too bad I had to work.

I live 17 minutes from the second store, Castle Comics and Cards. They're more a comics store, with a few tables to play 40k/Fantasy/Warmachine/whatever you want. They'd have more room if they unpacked all of their stock that is just sitting in boxes in the back room. The owner is really nice though and she takes 10% off of any 40k purchase because "it's really expensive." They're not really big on tournaments but they're really friendly.

The only actual games store in the tri-county area is non-GW. The nearest GW affilited games store is over two hours away. The nearest actual GW outlet is seven hours north. This is partially because I live in Southern Illinois, which is kind of like the sock drawer of the midwest.

I live near a GW store - I try not to go into it if I can avoid it.

I needed some paints yesterday and as soon as I walked in, I got the "sell sell sell fantasy blah blah" pitch. He THEN asked if he could help me with anything.

"Not anymore." I said, walking out.

My local store, The Whiz

http://www.whiznet.com/

5 min drive for gw Alamo, 20 min drive from a Black Diamond Gaming Store, but they aren't friendly. What's funny is that at the gw they are too friendly...

In my local area about 3 km sq. There are 4 stores with war gaming equipment in them. 2 of which actually haver some focus to war gaming, one of those is the local GW.

Edmonton AB

2 Games workshops
and a handfull of smaller indipendants.

I have to spend an hour and a half on a train to get to mine. There is a games workshop closer but it is a total ass to get to and it's full of kids (Don't have a problem with kids but maaaan.)

friendly non-GW store

None

Heroic Adventures and Hometown Comics! Both are less than 10 minutes away.

I have no idea where a GW store is around here...

I can drive to the GW store in ten minutes and the other two non GW stores in about half an hour each.

Coventry's got a GW, in a mall that's only open 9-5-ish. There's a model shop with some stock and a Hobbycraft for plastic kits. We have a game shop that doesn't sell GW, but does allow GW games.
Within 10 miles (16 Km) there's a few more model shops, some with games clubs, and another GW.
Then, at 20 miles, there's Birmingham, with a bit more

If I could be bothered to get off my behind, there's games everywhere

The nearest games store to me is actually a Games Workshop (Merry Hill - it's listed as the Dudley store but it's not in Dudley, it's in Brierley Hill), got to be a 10-15 minutes walk.

There's a games store 10 minutes drive away (Invasion Games) and a games store 30 minute drive away (Waylands Forge) along with another Games Workshop (Birmingham).

I think there are a further two Games Workshops within 45 minute drive (Wolverhampton & Sutton Coldfield)

I live near not one But TWO FLGS

http://playatgamegrid.com/ - The First one and the Closest one (Like this one allot)

http://www.hajomaje.com/ - The Second one is farther away but still visit it from time to time.

Both of them NON GW

My nearest GW is an hour bus ride into Dublin,my favourite game shop is close to that,not only are the models cheaper they also have a loyalty card system three more stamps and I get 25 euro off.

But the only local place is an "arts n crafts" shop but they only have the basics,at normal GW price and no loyality cards. So I never go there.

theres only 3 gws in new zealand, 3! luckily i live a 15 min drive from a really freindly one!

@inventionthirteen what store do you go to?

15 minutes away from 3 great stores in Madison:

The Last Square
Misty Mountain Games
Pegasus Games

Some are easier to find a game in than others, but all carry decent stock amounts and have friendly staff.

Used to live near a GW store that was at the Parks mall in Arlington; not sure why it left but i think there was once one there... Or was that the same one in Grapevine mills...

Wow, that poll is old ^^

But since it´s on front page anyway:

I´m quite blessed in terms of stores. Within a 30 minute car drive I have...

... 4(!) GWs (nearest 20 minute drive, longest 30 minute)
... 1 not-so-FLGS (5 minute drive)
... 1 FLGS I know of and visit mainly (20 minute drive)

I live around 30 minutes away from a small comic/gaming shop called Cyborg 1 when I'm at my parent's place - it's a very friendly and clean store, and the main guy there, James, knows quite a bit about Warhammer, Magic, and a few other gaming systems, mainly Heroclix.

When I'm at school I try to go to Showcase Comics, mostly the one in Glen Burnie, since it's only a 20-minute train ride away (that is, if I'm able to get out of the darkroom and get down to play, which has proved difficult so far...) I've gone down to their Granite Run location once or twice, but it's a much longer ride, so Glen Burnie usually winds up being my stop of choice. Love the gaming community at both locations, but like I said, I rarely get the chance to go down and play - schoolwork's gotten in the way quite a bit.

Gamers Sanctuary

Best. Place. EVER! XD

I cant realy vote for any of those. The nearest GW is over 400 miles away. I have a LGS about 10 minutes away, but it hardly stocks anything. There are a couple decent ones an hour away. What is likely the best gaming store in the state is about 2 1/2 hours away.

I dont know if two stores (one were I live and one in Calgary) count as a chain store.
But I do live near by a very friendly and nice store.

A town over there is a card shop that has GW stuff, but it's an after thought next to MTG. And there is a Hobbytown USA. Unfortunatly I doubt NC will ever get a GW store....again... T-T

I live near GW and that is all

Had a Games Workshop Store close by till they closed down the Boston store, now the closest is NYC or Toranto.

there aren't any gaming/hobby shops near where I live.
I travel around 30-45 minutes to get to a games workshop

There are a total of two gaming stores in New York City. A GW store in Greenwich Village, and The Compleat Strategist. The store manager and two GW employee's there are not bad, but I have better options when it comes to finding someone to play. The Compleat Strategist just sells wargaming stuff, and every board and role-playing game you could want. They do have a wargaming club that meets there, but again, I have better options when it comes to finding someone to play. Neither of these two stores are in convenient positions for me to visit.

im great frieds with my local gw staff THANKS GUYS

I live near a gaming store - Games of War - and 2 GW, Durham and Sunderland, both ran by awesome guys

We have this mall near us that's a hobbyist heaven

There used to be an official GW near me but they closed due to rent issues and all that jazz. However I am lucky enough to have two FLGS in close proximity

I live near a not so friendly gaming store. Good stock and all but by the warp, the staff is as friendly as a Culexsus assasin on crack

There are three local wargaming shops in Moscow where you can buy Warhammer

I live near the GW HQ in Nottingham

No 'close' FLGS for me, but Darksphere is in London which is about an hour by car.....
My closest GW is Oxford, thats around 25 minutes by car if I give it the beans or 35 minutes if I just cruise depending on traffic of course!

I live about 15 min. from a decent store.

The Realm Games and Comics

We got a GW fairly close. thats about it.

I'm blessed to have about 4-5 F (and not so F) LGS within an hour of me. The only GW store I ever saw in St. Louis closed, though.

I live a few hundred steps away from Maelstrom Games. Great store and staff.

Then in Nottingham City, around 10 miles out, I have the main GW store on Friar's Lane and Warhammer World a couple more miles out. Spoilt for choice...

45 minutes away from the Memphis GW Battle Bunker. The staff is friendly and helpful, there are a few douchebag regulars though.

The nearEST game store is an hour a way from my gaming circle and I. Needless to say, I order most of my models online.

I live "near" a Games Workshop store, and a kinda friendly non-gw gaming store. If you consider near to be an hour to non-gw, and 2 hours to GW....

I wouldn't say "near" by *cough* two hours *cough* but Its really nice and worth the drive. Now if only I had my own car.

My nearest game store(s) are both about a 20 minute drive, and both of them are friendly. I only go to one of them, however, because the store is largely focused on wargaming (huge focus on 40k and WHFB, with a large variety of other games like Anima Tactics, Warmahordes, Flames of War, and a few other obscure ones) and has a weekly 40k league. The other is more laid-back and has a gaming circle that meets once a week for fun, casual games. The store itself is more card- and role-playing-based as well, otherwise I'd probably venture to that one.

Honestly, I feel blessed to live where I do, because it seems like some of you fine Dakkanauts have the misfortune of having to drive miles and miles to get to a gaming store. I feel for you guys.

Hero Complex Games and Entertainment all the WAY!!! #1 wargaming store in Wichita KS!!!

In a hobby, there really is no place for hostilities, you do hobbies to relax, not get pent up about unfriendliness.