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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 3622982" data-attributes="member: 813">Depends on how you define Gaming Store. The Game Room is a store in a mall near me that has always sold &quot;gaming&quot; equipment: poker, billiards, and darts equipment. They've had RPG/wargaming supplies for as long as I can remember as well. But I don't know when it started. At least since the early 80s. Their website says they started in 1974 but they also don't like RPGs on their website at all. Their heart is in gaming equipment and interior design.Likewise depends on how close local is. There's never been a gaming store in my small hometown but the local bookstore (long since closed) had a decent gaming supply: bought my first Dragon Mag there (#63 IIRC). The Compleat Strategist had a shop in Montclair, only 25ish miles away that I went to as a teen several times. And they advertised in Dragon which is why I mention them by name.The only hobby store I spent a lot of time in (post college and single) opened in 1993 as MtG started up and closed 4 years later. Again not local, about 15 miles away, but that's the only gaming store I ever actually played RPGs in (a long missed Fantasy Hero game).The gaming group I play weekly in originally met in one of the player's own gaming stores. He opened in 1985 and closed in 1991 (and gave up his Chessex retailer relationship in 1999). I only set foot in the physical store once or twice and didn't join the weekly game until 1993.Is this what you wanted?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 3622982, member: 813"] Depends on how you define Gaming Store. The Game Room is a store in a mall near me that has always sold "gaming" equipment: poker, billiards, and darts equipment. They've had RPG/wargaming supplies for as long as I can remember as well. But I don't know when it started. At least since the early 80s. Their website says they started in 1974 but they also don't like RPGs on their website at all. Their heart is in gaming equipment and interior design. Likewise depends on how close local is. There's never been a gaming store in my small hometown but the local bookstore (long since closed) had a decent gaming supply: bought my first Dragon Mag there (#63 IIRC). The Compleat Strategist had a shop in Montclair, only 25ish miles away that I went to as a teen several times. And they advertised in Dragon which is why I mention them by name. The only hobby store I spent a lot of time in (post college and single) opened in 1993 as MtG started up and closed 4 years later. Again not local, about 15 miles away, but that's the only gaming store I ever actually played RPGs in (a long missed Fantasy Hero game). The gaming group I play weekly in originally met in one of the player's own gaming stores. He opened in 1985 and closed in 1991 (and gave up his Chessex retailer relationship in 1999). I only set foot in the physical store once or twice and didn't join the weekly game until 1993. Is this what you wanted? [/QUOTE]

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