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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 2402602" data-attributes="member: 23094">Huh, that's funny ...I wonder if the staff at my FLGS have been reading this thread.For the record, I live in Northern Virginia - my FLGS is the Game Parlor in Woodbridge, VA, which is the second store opened by the owner of the original in ... somewhere around Herndon, I think.Anyway, I'd been there several times in the past, mostly to pick up things like dice, or a particular miniature, or something else small, specific, and needed-now.The other day, with my normally 3.5 group, we played a little Pirates of the _____*, a collectible card game in which you actually build 3D models of your ships from the plastic cards.  I had a blast.So, yesterday, I went in to the Game Parlor and asked about buying some ship cards of my own.  The gentleman at the counter - name of Chris, whom I'd dealt with before - welcomed my wife and me into the store, asked if we had any questions, pointed us to their collection of Pot__ cards, and then greeted the next group coming in.  The store's soundtrack consisted of classical music, sci-fi / fantasy soundtracks, and the excited buzz of the miniatures games and RPG players in the well-lit, clean back.When we'd decided on what we wanted, he brought them over to the register so we could continue shopping, pointed out the Card Coffins designed by a local group (Cheese Weasel Logistics) for carrying Pirates and Magic cards around, told us about the new Wednesday night Pirates gaming, and invited us to join the store's "Frequent Buyer" reward program.For only the price of my immortal soul - and some contact info - I gain 5% store credit on every (pre-tax) dollar I spend, which can be applied to any future purchase I make.We discussed the game - and how his girlfriend coopted all his British ships, making him switch nationalities, the exorbitant rates of MMORPGs, and other trivia, I paid for my purchases, and I left.It was one of the friendliest, most professional, encounters I've ever had in an LGS - F or otherwise.It's good to see that some GSs are doing their part to keep their industry alive.* There are three sets in current circulation:  Pirates of the Spanish Main, Pirates of the Crimson Coast, and Pirates of the Revolution.EDIT: Grammar.EDIT: Darnit!  50 / 50 shot on Shore vs. Coast.  I couldn't remember which!  <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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