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So in Calgary there are (I think) three stores which carry GW products. Two GWs, I believe, and another store which goes by the name of Sentry Box. I haven't been to one of the GWs, and I'm not even sure where it is. But the one in Chinook Mall, which I have been to, doesn't have that much selection. It has some LotR, some WHFB, and some 40k. Then there's the various GW art supplies. That's it. Sure, they don't have much space, but they don't make very effective use of what they have, either.

But Sentry Box carries way more. I was in there today and I was amazed by their selection of stuff. They have all sorts of ancient special characters and things. In their efforts to carry as much as they possibly can they stack stuff high in the corners, forming teetering stacks of boxed sets, some of which I didn't know existed yet, like a 40k ruined temple I've never seen before. And then they have specialist games, a huge selection of Inquisitor, Warmaster, Epic, BFG, and others. And they have all sorts of paints, the complete Citadel, Vallejo Model, Vallejo Game, PP, ranges and and others like Testors. Basically to sum it up, they have pretty much everything they can get.

So what does your FLGS carry? What does it not carry that you wish it did? Do you find that most GW stores have such ridiculously limited stock?

Meh. The FLGS in in town (the only one in the south of Tasmania), has GW and Flames of War, but I think that's it. They're also the ones who stock D&D and TCGs.

Edited for double post.

www.armageddongames.com.au

Warhammer 40k
Warhammer Fantasy
Games Workshop Paints and Accessories
Lord Of The Rings: Strategy Battle Game
Flames Of War
Magic: The Gathering
Yu-Gi-Oh
World Of Warcraft TCG
World Of Warcraft Games and Time Cards
SCX Scale Slot Racing Cars, Tracks and Accessories
Dungeons & Dragons - Minis & Books
Star Wars Miniatures

Straight from the website. How's that for a plug?

'Open Mondays' might not make sense, but they're not usually open on Mondays.

The Outpost.

Warmachine.
Flames of War
GW
D&D
GF9

But I have a specialist modelling store that stocks terrain, plasticard, foamcard, flock, balsa, grass-mats and all other kinds of model kits and stuff. This store used to stock Gw, until they opened up a store two blocks away, and then made it impractical for them to sell it (after first 'accidentally' losing their stock requests).

So, I can go to GW and pay $60 for a pack of trees, or go two blocks west to get the same bag for $30. Twice the amount of flock/scatter for two thirds the price of a small GW tub.

I have two Wargames Emporium and Patriot Games, between the two of them they stock pretty much everything.

There's one in Chicago called Black Sun Games. They have a small selection of a number of games. PP, GW, Rackham, Flame of War, assorted CCGs, RPG, and board games. It's mostly recent merchandise as they just opened this year.

Then there's Games Plus in Mt. Prospect. They have a crap load of everything. I couldn't even begin to catalog all their inventory because I've never heard of, nor seen anywhere else, about one half of their games.

My FLGS stocks everything. Multiple times over.

The store's called Tabletop Game and Hobby. I've talked to the owner extensively. Since he basically has a monopoly on the Kansas City Metro Area (Since the only other one closed down over a year ago, and we don't have any local GW stores), the store can afford to buy the entire GW catalogue more than once at least once a year. Popular sets are stocked pretty heavily (often you'll see a stack of 20 AoBR box sets), but if you go in there you will only have a hard time finding the most obscure of table top games and miniatures (which they will gladly have in for you within a week). They even stock Forgeworld minis.

Helldorado, Flames of War, Warmachine, etc. You name it, they've got it. They even have any boardgame you can think of in multiple forms (since I guess boardgames are technically tabletop), and stock tons of TCGs. You can even find stuff you'd normally look in a hobby or hardware store for, such as dremels, drills and drillbits, plasticard, etc. They stock four different lines of paints, have a plethora of paintbrushes, and anything else you're looking for in terms of painting.

The store is absolutely massive for a miniatures store, and they have a conjoined building that's dedicated to gamesdays and painting, and it even has a stereo with surround sound. Also, they buy and sell commissioned minis to a ridiculous degree.

I have to say that I'm a lucky bastard to even live somewhat close to Tabletop Game and Hobby. It's a wargamer's utopia.

oomiestompa wrote:There's one in Chicago called Black Sun Games. They have a small selection of a number of games. PP, GW, Rackham, Flame of War, assorted CCGs, RPG, and board games. It's mostly recent merchandise as they just opened this year.

Then there's Games Plus in Mt. Prospect. They have a crap load of everything. I couldn't even begin to catalog all their inventory because I've never heard of, nor seen anywhere else, about one half of their games.

This.

Chrysaor686 I'm jealous.

My FLGS has:

40k
Fantasy - very little since 40k is much more popular.
Warmachine/Hordes
Battletech - a new addition.
some old MTG boxes
and RPGS: shadowrun, WHFRP, Dark Heresy, and DnD

Mine has:

40k
WHF
LotR
Warmachine/Hordes (more popular than GW games here)
Battletech
M:TG, with Friday Night Magic and other events occasionally
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Pokemon TCG
WoW TCG
Board games out the ass
Used to have Confrontation
AT-43
Mutant Chronicles CMG
Reaper miniatures
D&D, 4th edition and the CMG
Bunch of Clix games
Bunch of d20 games, some guys were playing Shadowrun one time

Well I guess I have 2 one is my local GW and the other is a train store mainly where I get my plasticard, and other odds and ends for the hobby. For other things such as Paintbrushes i go to an art store which we have plenty of.

http://bthobbies.com/ this is what they carry

This Is what Sentry box carries in the way of GW stuff. They have a lot of stuff. Racks upon racks of special characters and other stuff in blisters.

Ever since I moved to "Middle of Nowhere" Canada, my local store sells...

CCGs
WH40k/Fantasy

The selection is tiny, random and ancient. If you are looking for something to round out your army or CCG deck, there is a 99% chance that they don't have what you need. If you need some Ice Age Magic booster packs, old "NEW RELEASE" packaging metal Goffs, termagants with spike rifles, a shrink wrapped copy of Dark Millenium or Man O War... this is the place to go.

Where exactly is middle of nowhere Canada?

captain.gordino wrote:So in Calgary there are (I think) three stores which carry GW products. Two GWs, I believe, and another store which goes by the name of Sentry Box. I haven't been to one of the GWs, and I'm not even sure where it is. But the one in Chinook Mall, which I have been to, doesn't have that much selection. It has some LotR, some WHFB, and some 40k. Then there's the various GW art supplies. That's it. Sure, they don't have much space, but they don't make very effective use of what they have, either.

But Sentry Box carries way more. I was in there today and I was amazed by their selection of stuff. They have all sorts of ancient special characters and things. In their efforts to carry as much as they possibly can they stack stuff high in the corners, forming teetering stacks of boxed sets, some of which I didn't know existed yet, like a 40k ruined temple I've never seen before. And then they have specialist games, a huge selection of Inquisitor, Warmaster, Epic, BFG, and others. And they have all sorts of paints, the complete Citadel, Vallejo Model, Vallejo Game, PP, ranges and and others like Testors. Basically to sum it up, they have pretty much everything they can get.

So what does your FLGS carry? What does it not carry that you wish it did? Do you find that most GW stores have such ridiculously limited stock?

I'm from Calgary too. Never been to Sentry Box, have to check that out. But in Riverbend, there's Eastridge Hobbies. It's a pretty small store, but at least a quarter of the place is dedicated to WHFB, WH40k, and LotR(mostly dedicated evenly between FB and 40k, with some LotR blisters). For the size of the store, there's a lot of stuff. They even had a box of the old Stormboyz, 16 in the box, etc. Sadly, it's been bought up before I got the chance. Still, plenty of nice stuff, and really good selection, considering the size of the store. Much better use of space then the Chinook GW.

Tabletop Games and Hobby

http://tabletopgameandhobby.com/index.htm

We carry 40k, Fantasy, LotR, Flames of War, Battletech, repear minis, heroclix, D&D minis....I think that is it for minis...forgot warmachine

Books basically anything RPG from D&D to Champions to the Warhammer ones and just so much more.

Also any board games you could think of and ones you can't even think of

Also Magic the gathering and various other card games

we also have some nice chess sets and poker tables....I think that is all...also great selection on all of it and almost always instock. He replaces his stock weekly