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<blockquote data-quote="Llwynog" data-source="post: 5849000" data-attributes="member: 75941"><p>It is my understanding that Pastimes is basically a comic book shop now but I haven't been there in years so that is pure hearsay.</p><p></p><p>In its heyday, Buncombe County had five game stores (in rough order of opening dates): Pastimes, Craftish Geeks (that was me!), Sword & Grail, Underground Games (now Hillside Games), and Kringle's Place (might have the name slightly wrong).</p><p></p><p>Twice now there was also a store called "Uncle Fred's Magic & Games Emporium" but it was more of a magic shop that sold games than an actual game store. He now sells exclusively through his webstore since maintaining a storefront proved unprofitable.</p><p></p><p>We and Kringle's closed due to health issues. I <em>think</em> S&G went bankrupt but I largely lost contact with him once we moved our store out of downtown (they opened 3.5 blocks from us 6 months after we did; we moved because downtown parking <em>sucks</em> almost as much as our landlady did). That left Pastimes (who, as mentioned, was supposedly getting out of games) and Hillside until Blitzkrieg closed. (There may, of course, be or have been other stores but I am not aware of them since I stopped keeping track after we closed.) So, as far as I know, Hillside is it right now so I'd love some news on Pastimes without having to drive to other side of the county.</p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p></p><p>When S&G opened I went to introduce myself and was glad to discover that he preferred not to have a bunch of kids in the store (the owner of Pastimes told us the same thing when we introduced ourselves to him) so we did Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon and ran most of the HeroClix tournaments (I even kept it up at HeroHunter Comics after our store closed until I started running them at Hillside). We likewise had no interest in Warhammer and such nor, at that time, roleplaying games. So only about half of each store's inventory overlapped with the other and we always sent customers to each other. It worked out really for us and I assume it did the same for them.</p><p></p><p>It is my understanding that Wyvern's Tale wants to do the same thing (they're not planning to do CCGs, for instance) if other stores will let them.</p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p></p><p>I don't have time right now to go back and read the entire thread so I don't know if this has been mentioned, but they did manage to get a domain: <a href="http://www.thewyvernstaleavl.com" target="_blank">www.thewyvernstaleavl.com</a> (which currently just redirects to their facebook page).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Llwynog, post: 5849000, member: 75941"] It is my understanding that Pastimes is basically a comic book shop now but I haven't been there in years so that is pure hearsay. In its heyday, Buncombe County had five game stores (in rough order of opening dates): Pastimes, Craftish Geeks (that was me!), Sword & Grail, Underground Games (now Hillside Games), and Kringle's Place (might have the name slightly wrong). Twice now there was also a store called "Uncle Fred's Magic & Games Emporium" but it was more of a magic shop that sold games than an actual game store. He now sells exclusively through his webstore since maintaining a storefront proved unprofitable. We and Kringle's closed due to health issues. I [I]think[/I] S&G went bankrupt but I largely lost contact with him once we moved our store out of downtown (they opened 3.5 blocks from us 6 months after we did; we moved because downtown parking [I]sucks[/I] almost as much as our landlady did). That left Pastimes (who, as mentioned, was supposedly getting out of games) and Hillside until Blitzkrieg closed. (There may, of course, be or have been other stores but I am not aware of them since I stopped keeping track after we closed.) So, as far as I know, Hillside is it right now so I'd love some news on Pastimes without having to drive to other side of the county. -------------------- When S&G opened I went to introduce myself and was glad to discover that he preferred not to have a bunch of kids in the store (the owner of Pastimes told us the same thing when we introduced ourselves to him) so we did Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon and ran most of the HeroClix tournaments (I even kept it up at HeroHunter Comics after our store closed until I started running them at Hillside). We likewise had no interest in Warhammer and such nor, at that time, roleplaying games. So only about half of each store's inventory overlapped with the other and we always sent customers to each other. It worked out really for us and I assume it did the same for them. It is my understanding that Wyvern's Tale wants to do the same thing (they're not planning to do CCGs, for instance) if other stores will let them. -------------------- I don't have time right now to go back and read the entire thread so I don't know if this has been mentioned, but they did manage to get a domain: [url]www.thewyvernstaleavl.com[/url] (which currently just redirects to their facebook page). [/QUOTE]
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