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There are a few stores that came close, but nothing matches exaclty what you seem to be suggesting. Their was a store called Dragon Lady Comics that carried vintage magazines as well as comics and a few classic pulp books (the second oldest store in Toronto at the time of my research). It has...

So I have decided to make my Hobby Shop research available for download from https://rpgorbit.com/composedreamgames/. The research contains maps of the Greater Toronto Area, its stores and details on the 51 stores interviewed and visited by the researcher. Probably one of the most significant...

It's always nice to get that perspective. This was part of it for me as well, but I also wanted my folks to have a better idea of what I'd been working on for the past few years. I would love to here more This is awesome. I was introduced to RPGs by a friend's dad and I've always wondered...

A few months ago I invited my father, who has just turned 60, and my mother to play a Tabletop Roleplaying Game with me. Neither had ever played such a game before. The game was Simple Superheroes, a game which I designed, developed and wrote. In some circles, there has been a big push to...

The experience in my research is the same. The only real exception is two downtown stores on Yonge within a block -- one is a Diverse Store (eg also carries comics) without game space and one is a Game Store with game space. There are other stores here in the Toronto area that located near each...

The Order beating up Nale isn't exactly new. But is is refreshing ;)

khantroll I'm curious if you and your associate have moved forward on this. I recently went on vacation in Victoria, BC (A city of 80,000 or metro area of 350,000). I was surprised to discover that 4 local comic and game stores (including a Games Workshop) had located within a single block...

The "destination store" debate is one that is very important to have. In my research when discussing location decisions with owners over 50% mentioned that they considered there shop a "destination store" and that affected their location decision. We like to categorize things as a dichotomy...

Great topic, in fact I did my Masters thesis on Comic and Game stores in the Toronto Area. This invovled visiting and speaking with 52 store owners. It include things like clustering stores into types and delineating trade areas. I would be happy to share some of the findings if you are...

This just shows why Red Cloak is awesome. An evil character who is able to take insults, in order to maintain his overall scheme? Great. When that scheme is threatened? Horrifying smack-down. That's a great evil character in my book.

While I am too far away to be participating in this I wish you all the best. Up here in Toronto, my group and I will be playing some AD&D in a homebrew world that uses the Blackmoorian calendar (well the names of the months anyway). We'll be sure to raise a glass to the great man!

Amirad inspects his hand with a little more caution. "I'm fine, by the grace of Solinar." "I would like to order some plate-mail armour, if there is a worthy armour-smith hearabouts. And see about purchasing some steeds and hiring a torchbearer. But first I must head to the Temple and tithe...

Amirad grabs for his axe and dagger, wishing his bastard sword wasn't hanging up across the room. His hand spasms briefly from the poison but it seems the grace of Solinar has protected him once again. He slices into a centipede with each blade.

"Ouch. It bit me . . ." (Amirads save vs poison is 12).

The above was figured out before the 1500sp and Brim left (I'm not sure whether we should feel obligated to give him a cut or not, maybe 1/2?).

might I humbly suggest http://www.enworld.org/forum/talking-talk/244593-recruiting-fresh-again-old-school-1e-ad-d-25.html the OOC thread? Amirad looks at Lidia struggling to work out the division of treasure. "Let's not count our coins before they are revealed." He turns to the final small...

Apparently Goblins will be there, which is pretty cool.

So who else is going to Toronto's FanExpo? I'll be running my Simple Superheroes game on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon. In the Toronto Area Gamers RPG room (I think it is room 703). I'll also be running a AD&D game Sunday afternoon. I missed FanExpo last year, so I'm really...

"It certainly looks fine on you. Better then it would on myself. I was thinking I might purchase some plate-mail armor if a worthy artisan could be found." Amirad takes a few steps over to the two chests they recovered, and rests a hand on one of them. "Well it is high time someone opened...