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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4340876" data-attributes="member: 20854">After all my talk about how prices are so much better online, I ended up going to the FLGS, yesterday, with my wife and two of the kids, and dropping $180 on various stuff (even some stuff I could've got cheaper online).&nbsp; I guess the lesson, there, is &quot;get them in the shop...&quot;Amusingly, the whole reason we went to the FLGS was this thread.&nbsp; I mentioned it to my wife, and she said, &quot;Hey, we should go to our game store...&quot; The store we go to is well-lit, clean and pretty well-supplied (especially considering its size -- it's not large).&nbsp; The owner is friendly and attentive, which is nice.&nbsp; (His wife -- I think -- gave my kids each a free comic book that was perfect for their respective ages.) There isn't much room for in-store gaming, though, and every time I've been in, the gaming table has been occupied by people playing a miniatures game (probably Warhammer).&nbsp; I hadn't noticed anything on previous visits, but this time there was a distinctive &quot;funky&quot; body odor smell; my wife commented on it (to me) when we left.We looked for, but did not find, the latest expansion for Arkham Horror (i.e. &quot;Kingsport&quot;).&nbsp; We also looked for, but did not find Power Grid.&nbsp; We'll probably buy those online.I have to admit that I did find some interesting stuff I hadn't heard about online, like Faery's Tale (deluxe), which I bought to run for my daughters and one of their cousins, who love faeries.&nbsp; I also got Zombie Fluxx (we have Fluxx, but the zombie thing will go over well with my older kids, especially my eldest son) and Blokus (to play with the whole family).&nbsp; I was looking at Hey, That's My Fish, but decided to wait on that.&nbsp; My wife tried to convince me to get Runebound, but we've got several games in that vein, so I demurred.&nbsp; For me, I picked up several of the C&amp;C Castle Zagyg town modules, and the Mongoose edition of Traveller (which looks pretty similar to the original, which is why I bought it).&nbsp; And a new dice bag.&nbsp; And my wife bought a new set of dice.&nbsp; And my youngest son got a couple of DC lego-style &quot;action figures.&quot;&nbsp; And we scored some leftovers from Free RPG Day (and those comics from Free Comic Book day).&nbsp; All-in-all, I think it was a worthwhile trip.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 4340876, member: 20854"] After all my talk about how prices are so much better online, I ended up going to the FLGS, yesterday, with my wife and two of the kids, and dropping $180 on various stuff (even some stuff I could've got cheaper online). I guess the lesson, there, is "get them in the shop..." Amusingly, the whole reason we went to the FLGS was this thread. I mentioned it to my wife, and she said, "Hey, we should go to our game store..." The store we go to is well-lit, clean and pretty well-supplied (especially considering its size -- it's not large). The owner is friendly and attentive, which is nice. (His wife -- I think -- gave my kids each a free comic book that was perfect for their respective ages.) There isn't much room for in-store gaming, though, and every time I've been in, the gaming table has been occupied by people playing a miniatures game (probably Warhammer). I hadn't noticed anything on previous visits, but this time there was a distinctive "funky" body odor smell; my wife commented on it (to me) when we left. We looked for, but did not find, the latest expansion for [i]Arkham Horror[/i] (i.e. "Kingsport"). We also looked for, but did not find [i]Power Grid[/i]. We'll probably buy those online. I have to admit that I did find some interesting stuff I hadn't heard about online, like [i]Faery's Tale (deluxe)[/i], which I bought to run for my daughters and one of their cousins, who love faeries. I also got [i]Zombie Fluxx[/i] (we have [i]Fluxx[/i], but the zombie thing will go over well with my older kids, especially my eldest son) and [i]Blokus[/i] (to play with the whole family). I was looking at [i]Hey, That's My Fish[/i], but decided to wait on that. My wife tried to convince me to get [i]Runebound[/i], but we've got several games in that vein, so I demurred. For me, I picked up several of the C&C [i]Castle Zagyg[/i] town modules, and the Mongoose edition of [i]Traveller[/i] (which looks pretty similar to the original, which is why I bought it). And a new dice bag. And my wife bought a new set of dice. And my youngest son got a couple of DC lego-style "action figures." And we scored some leftovers from Free RPG Day (and those comics from Free Comic Book day). All-in-all, I think it was a worthwhile trip. [/QUOTE]

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