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Hey, I'm new to this site, and I apologize if this thread has been done before but I'm curious. Who on this site is a Canadian Gamer? And not only that but I would like to find out who lives/has lived in a small town. And what do you do if there is a very small demand for Wargaming and you have to do without a GW?

Just something to talk about, and I'd like to know if people find it a struggle when you're not living in a big populated city with far more diverse interets as well as more resources. Or if the demographic difference has never really bothered you much.

P.S go canucks!

haha

I used to live in Kensington (population 1300) on PEI and so twice a week I drove 45 minutes to Charlottetown to game. It was always well worth the trip. I live in Winnipeg now (population 620 000) and there are at least a dozen stores to game at including a Games Workshop store.

Wow that's a small place. But It's cool you managed to keep up with your hobby. I wonder how far someone would go to keep gaming? 45 minutes is pretty impressive.

Is there anyone out there farther North? It seems to me the majority of gamers are more Easterly situated, which is cool I didn't realize how widespread this was. But is there anyone who comes from the redneck country?

I technically live the absolute fail called the Greater City of Sudbury (northern Ontario) but truly i live in a little town 40 minutes outside of it called Whitefish(population: so spread it out really doesn't matter). It is worth the 40 minute drive most of the time but sometimes me and the gang (a few other in whitefish that got me into the game) rent out the community center for as many games as we can get in until we get too tired to finish

Its nice to live in a small community but I'm moving to ottawa next school year (university transfer WOOT) and can't wait to live in a big city (by my standards).

binky wrote:But is there anyone who comes from the redneck country?

Where is the redneck country o_o

Im at somewhere between Metrotown and Deer Lake

I'm almost Redneck Country...

Calgary, AB, baby. Used to live in a small town, but it's pretty close to Calgary, only about 40 minutes to the GW/the sentry box.

Where is Deer Lake? I'd consider Fort St. John (where I was born qualifies for redneck country) it's 4 hours north of Prince George. To find it on a map, look for british columbia and go waay north-west.

But most of the smaller cities in alberta are pretty redneck too! lol. But I do like Calgary.

binky wrote:Where is Deer Lake? I'd consider Fort St. John (where I was born qualifies for redneck country) it's 4 hours north of Prince George. To find it on a map, look for british columbia and go waay north-west.

But most of the smaller cities in alberta are pretty redneck too! lol. But I do like Calgary.

Deer Lake is in Vancouver
there are no Deer here though

Just ducks , Canada geese , and LOTS OF POO EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

Bit of a misleading name then?

um ...

nice?

End of the Road (Thompson), Manitoba here, just moved out from Grande Prairie, AB

Kingston, Ontario. There's a couple of gaming stores downtown, and I usually get out once or twice a week to game.

PG, which is North of Kamloops.

I'm from Calgary, although I'm in Lethbridge for University right now.

DeathwingCrusader wrote: I live in Winnipeg now (population 620 000) and there are at least a dozen stores to game at including a Games Workshop store.

I'm in Winnipeg as well! I normally game at either GW, a FLGS or a friends place. Lots of venues and other players around these parts!

Coquitlam BC, AKA tri-cities area.

Dracos wrote:I'm in Winnipeg as well! I normally game at either GW, a FLGS or a friends place. Lots of venues and other players around these parts!

I'm about 40 minutes away from Winnipeg, and sometimes go to Winnipeg's GW...I didn't realize anyone active on these forums played there...

I grew up in a small twon called Dutton (1000 people at the time) which is about 25 minutes SW down the 401 from the outskirts of London Ont. I got into the hobby because the legion in the neighbouring town of 800 people would hold a game day every sunday for about a year where people would play magic, D&D, Epic, Car Wars and other games. Once the legion threw us out for witch-craft (playing D&D/Magic/etc.) I needed to find a new place to ply the bigger wargames, luckily that same year GW opened their first store in the Whiteoaks mall in London. So I started getting a ride into to london to play occasionally on tournament nights and what not until I got a car at 17 and then drove myself/buddies there.

Shadowbrand wrote:PG, which is North of Kamloops.

Yea, WAY North. Like... 8 hours North

A few of us went on a road trip up there once. It was an... 'interesting' trip to say the least

Lots of gamers in Edmonton.

Fearspect wrote:Lots of gamers in Edmonton.

Really? ...I didn't realize there was so many gamers in AB /and area.

Stratty, Ontario Here.

Winnipeg here too! I usually just play at my place with a couple buddies, but sometimes go to the local GW to watch games there.

-Tyr

I can;t believe I'm the only one from Toronto to post here.

I do know this Canadian guy named Usarkar E. Creed who plays Guard.

Bunker wrote:I can;t believe I'm the only one from Toronto to post here.

Despite the Yank flag that I cant seem to get rid off on here Im in Toronto as well

Oh Jeez- h - chritopher murphy.... Fort saint john is right next to Dawson Creek, lived there for 10 years.... (nice gaming community called the squigs back then, just be sure to watch your stuff..)
I lived in Tompson Man. as well for a few years back in my junior high days.
Well to finish off the list Born in Victoria BC, moved around alot. (Vic has/had a good gaming community as well.)
Ended up in Saintjohn NB, before i hopped the pond over to Austria. Allot of gaming groups around NB, NS,and PEI as well. DeathwingCrusader : we probably palyed at the same place in charletown as well.

Small World.

Ravenous D wrote:

Bunker wrote:I can;t believe I'm the only one from Toronto to post here.

Despite the Yank flag that I cant seem to get rid off on here Im in Toronto as well

I find myself in the same situation

For the flag fix just message an administrator and they can fix it for you.

I live in Prince George B.C. Canada. We have a games-night Thursday 5-9 at our Local hobby shop Great White. Feel free to come play us

@Ciaphas-Cain: Sudbury would be a comparative PARADISE compared to where I am right now...
I'm in Sault Ste Marie Ontario (70k people). At least Sudbury is a 4 hour drive from Toronto (instead of 8!)

There is a gaming club here which rents out space on a bi-weekly basis... A new store with 2 tables also opened up here recently. There is no other towns with hobby support closer than Sudbury on our side, and naught on the US side as well... in fact the local club attracts people from the US side, as there isn't much going on in Michigan closer than Traverse City / Cadillac - (realisticaly, I'd figure you'd have to go as far as Saginaw/Flint/Detroit to get any sort of real gamer demographic).

I've also lived in:

Kitchener Ontario: Pheonix Rising (formerly the Nexus) is a fixture FLGS. Demographics: 2 universities and a college in the tri-cities area (Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge)

Waterloo Ontario: J and J Hobbies has tables but it's worth the drive to Pheonix Rising

Guelph Ontario: This was a long time ago... don't know if the FLGS is still there.

London Ontario: Imperial Hobbies has a nice gaming area and there is also a GW outlet in London. For a city of 350k, London is WEAK SAUCE when it comes to gaming... one would think that it'd support more stores, but it does not.

Hamilton Ontario: This was a long time ago, at the time Skyfox carried GW product.

Toronto / GTA: Stores of note:

Many GW outlets - a new one just opened in Ajax.
Two Headed Dragon - North York
Heroes World - Markham
Dueling Grounds - South West Toronto (almost Etobicoke)

Chatham Ontario: Just passing through, but there is a gaming/comic store with table space.