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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 2398971" data-attributes="member: 18832">The three role-playing gaming stores in Sydney proper don't offer me as a roleplaying gamer anything other than products which may or may not be competititvely priced. One of the three stores hosts gaming events, but this takes the form of Magic: the Gathering or Legend of the Five Rings drafts and the like.Ironically, the one that does this is also far and away the least friendly of the bunch - the staff are generally cool (I've worked there myself for a few months, and the current staff includes two friends of mine from my university gaming society) but the proprietors are dismissive and seem to wish that they could survive selling only jigsaw puzzles and board games.They have a very good range, but it's not any better than at the other dedicated gaming store in the city. This second store has a much friendlier staff, but unfortunately has little to offer apart from their range - their prices are generally slightly higher than at the first store, which has the advantage of being vertically integrated (so to speak) with its proprietors' importing and distribution company.The third store majors in historical wargaming and only minors in roleplaying games, but tend to have pretty good prices. It's good for major releases, basically.I understand that there is a store in Burwood and another in Blacktown which offer actual roleplaying gaming action, but I have no desire to drive that far to a single store.Besides which, I have no need or desire to game in-store. Sydney has three universities with fairly active gaming clubs - and several annual conventions if you're into that sort of thing - so it's not too hard to find gaming action.Admittedly, though, I personally know several people who found these clubs by asking the staff at various gaming stores.I like to shop at them when I can, but sometimes it's just not worth the hour's drive into the city from my home. Realistically, I have to factor the cost of the drive and parking into the cost of the books.</blockquote>

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