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<blockquote data-quote="Fenris-77" data-source="post: 7999148" data-attributes="member: 6993955"><p>I'm grateful for the first FLGS I ever called home. This was in the early 90's, and the town I lived in had never had a gaming store with space to play. Before that, through the 80's, here were a couple of comic book stores that also sold some RPG stuff, and another store called <em>Imperiums to Order</em> that was a games store, but was housed this wonderfully cramped turn of the century home and which didn't have any space to hang out or play. It was one of those stores that seemed to never have enough room for it's inventory, never mind a gaming table, and there were always piles of books stacked precariously on every counter. I did buy my first GW figs there, a lead Human Bloodbowl team (Go Reikland!).<em> Imperiums</em> also had the first real used RPG section that I'd ever experienced. It was in a narrow hallway at the back of the store, with shelves on both sides so you almost had to shimmy in sideways. None of the books were in bags or anything, and I spent many happy hours pouring over cracked copies of old D&D modules, Conan books, Top Secret, and all sorts of wonderful and arcane gaming materials.</p><p></p><p>In the early 90's my new home opened. It was called the <em>Gamer's Guild</em>, and it was glorious. It had all the RPG stuff, but also an enormous selection of miniatures, and it had not one, but two gaming tables, plus a painting station. Talk about Nirvana. That store, and the regulars there, were my first real gaming group. I learned how to play Warhammer there, and had a great time watching a couple of the regulars put the boots to a couple of gents who had come down from the GW office in Toronto on a 40K challenge. There was always a good crowd around, and it was a wonderfully friendly place. In retrospect I'm kind of shocked and how easily a really wide range of ages and backgrounds just kind of melded together. </p><p></p><p>The <em>Guild</em> was also where I played D&D for the first time with some serious players. Previously it had all been lads from the neighborhood I played with, and while that was great and those guys were the guys I grew up with, the guys at the store were a little older and they seemed<em> professional</em>. They had been there and done that, and didn't give an owlbear turd about being nice to the new guy, they were there to play. I really felt I had to bring my A-game to game with them. They laughed in the face of TPKs and liked to drink lemon vodka in little glasses out of the freezer in the back when we played after hours.</p><p></p><p>I pretty much lived at the <em>Gamer's Guild</em> until it closed, and I'm thankful for the years of great times, the great people, and the opportunity to really spread my wings as a gamer in the company of like-minded questers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenris-77, post: 7999148, member: 6993955"] I'm grateful for the first FLGS I ever called home. This was in the early 90's, and the town I lived in had never had a gaming store with space to play. Before that, through the 80's, here were a couple of comic book stores that also sold some RPG stuff, and another store called [I]Imperiums to Order[/I] that was a games store, but was housed this wonderfully cramped turn of the century home and which didn't have any space to hang out or play. It was one of those stores that seemed to never have enough room for it's inventory, never mind a gaming table, and there were always piles of books stacked precariously on every counter. I did buy my first GW figs there, a lead Human Bloodbowl team (Go Reikland!).[I] Imperiums[/I] also had the first real used RPG section that I'd ever experienced. It was in a narrow hallway at the back of the store, with shelves on both sides so you almost had to shimmy in sideways. None of the books were in bags or anything, and I spent many happy hours pouring over cracked copies of old D&D modules, Conan books, Top Secret, and all sorts of wonderful and arcane gaming materials. In the early 90's my new home opened. It was called the [I]Gamer's Guild[/I], and it was glorious. It had all the RPG stuff, but also an enormous selection of miniatures, and it had not one, but two gaming tables, plus a painting station. Talk about Nirvana. That store, and the regulars there, were my first real gaming group. I learned how to play Warhammer there, and had a great time watching a couple of the regulars put the boots to a couple of gents who had come down from the GW office in Toronto on a 40K challenge. There was always a good crowd around, and it was a wonderfully friendly place. In retrospect I'm kind of shocked and how easily a really wide range of ages and backgrounds just kind of melded together. The [I]Guild[/I] was also where I played D&D for the first time with some serious players. Previously it had all been lads from the neighborhood I played with, and while that was great and those guys were the guys I grew up with, the guys at the store were a little older and they seemed[I] professional[/I]. They had been there and done that, and didn't give an owlbear turd about being nice to the new guy, they were there to play. I really felt I had to bring my A-game to game with them. They laughed in the face of TPKs and liked to drink lemon vodka in little glasses out of the freezer in the back when we played after hours. I pretty much lived at the [I]Gamer's Guild[/I] until it closed, and I'm thankful for the years of great times, the great people, and the opportunity to really spread my wings as a gamer in the company of like-minded questers. [/QUOTE]
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