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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balsamic Dragon" data-source="post: 1731790" data-attributes="member: 2433">Boston (Cambridge) MassachusettsI live in Boston where there are more gamers per square inch then in most parts of the world, so we have a lot of FLGS' <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Here's my favorite:Pandemonium Books and Games (<a href="http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com" target="_blank">www.pandemoniumbooks.com</a>)This is a science fiction and gaming store in Harvard Square, Cambridge, just across the river from Boston proper.  It's a small store (although decent sized for the city), well lit with hardwood floors and a nice storefront display.What you will _not_ find here: fading posters of well-endowed fantasy girls, grubby carpets that haven't been cleaned since the 1980s, guys who hang out at the store all day long because they have nowhere else to go, Magic cards.What you _will_ find: a comprehensive inventory of RPGs and RPG supplies from all the major companies and most of the independent ones, a decent bunch of used games for low prices, lots and lots of science fiction, fantasy and horror books (both new and used), a small, but select collection of graphic novels and magazines, a British imports section, stuffed Cthulhu dolls and dice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Also, friendly and knowledgeable staff!  Of course, I may be biased, because I game with the owner and several other folks who work there <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I particularly like Pandemonium because it breaks free of the mold that I see far too often: a gaming store that when you step inside the first thing you notice isn't the games, it's the smell <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />  I also appreciate a store that doesn't have the home decor of a bachelor gamer's bedroom in his mom's basement.Anyway, this review may seem a bit negative, and if so, I apologize, I'm in a critical mood today.  I'm not singling out any other local stores, but Pandemonium is definately above average in quality and selection.  Go check it out if you are in town!Balsamic Dragon</blockquote>

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