Hi all,
I was there on Saturday, fairly late on, and managed to have a bit of a chat with Guy, the owner of the shop. I also got to take a few pictures. At the moment, there doesn't appear to be a huge range of stock in, and most of what stock is present is wargames related. But it's probably a good move to keep stock levels low initially and then see what people want (rather than tie up lots of capital on things that might not sell).
I ended up buying the 1st World War Famous Aces version of
Wings of War, together with two models - a Fokker Triplane and a Sopwith Snipe.
This is the main section of the store (it's on three split levels):
And another view from the coffee area:
It's not yet fitted out, but the area above the main shop is going to be a coffee shop, where gamers attending the club (and parents of gamers attending the club) can get refreshments. From what I could see, it looked like a pretty good "full cafe" set up, rather than the traditional fridge plus snacks arrangement you get in lots of games shops.
There's also customer toilets in that area too, which is pretty nice.
And then beyond the coffee shop is a third level, which will be the games club room. This will be open all day (including evenings) on weekdays, and then during the day on Saturday and Sunday. From the first week onwards it will only be open to members of the "Valhalla Club". (I didn't get any details of that). It's pretty big.
When I was there, it was set up with various wargaming displays, but I'm guessing that once it gets going there will be plain tables for people to play board games or RPGs.
It's a pretty impressive setup.
