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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilderslist" data-source="post: 4845491" data-attributes="member: 84292">Dragon's LairImagine walking into a store and being greeted by an 8 foot tall statue a Conan in full battle attire, with his sword slung over his shoulder. The cash register is wrapped in an island in the middle of the store and you can always expect to be acknowledged and showered in smiles upon entering the store. This is how it has always been at Dragon's Lair of Austin, TX.     If being hailed into the store by a barbarian and treated more like a friend than a customer wasn't enough already to store has everything a gamer could hope for. The cash register island is filled with all manner of knick knacks. It sports an impressive selection of dice from chessex preset dice boxes to bins of dice where you can mix and match to your hearts content. There is also a section of the island devoted to collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering, Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh, among others.      One side of the store, on the wall, is entirely devoted to comics. They go from the floor all the way up to the ceiling. I've personally never been into the comic scene, but their selection impresses even the most devout comic book nerd friends. There is also a robust selection of graphic novels, Manga and Anime DVD's to choose from. One of the really neat things is you can rent an Anime from the store and return it in a week if you do not want to purchase it. I've yet to see any store that wasn't a movie store to begin with do that!     The other side of the store is mainly devoted to tabletop RPGA games. They have many old and new systems to choose from book wise. There are also plenty of battlemats, terrain tiles, magnetic initiative trackers and other great tools to improve your gaming experience. There is a portion of the wall devoted to Warhammer Fantasy and 40k, complete with every type of paint and primer needed to make your minis shine. There is also a display case where they have locally painted figures on display. A great place to get inspiration for mini painting. To top it all off there are plenty of board and card games to choose from. The employees are more than happy to help you pick out something suited to your playing style as they have intimate knowledge of all their board games. There is always at lest one one, if not two, of the these board or card games on display around the store so you can test  it out.      In the back of the store is a game room. There are plenty of tables and chairs huddle together were gaming groups gather. They have plenty of terrain available for use with these tables, just in case your in need of a forest or urban environment for your games. Many people make terrain for the store and donate it to help out the community. There is also an even calender for various games on certain days. On these days you can be sure that there are plenty of groups slaying dragons, demolishing robotic mech-warriors or pounding super heroes and villains to the ground. Complete with snack and drink dispensers!     There is of course a huge selection of reaper and D&D minis to choose from as well as action figures. This combined with a group of friendly and knowledgeable staff makes for the best shopping experience. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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