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On Dec 30, 10:42 am, tel999 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info, do you have an address for them? > > I normally buy online or goto 'Gamers' in St.neots because it's only a > mile away from my house but I go to Cambridge every so often to pick > up wine for my shop or Corals for my Reef tank so i'll take a look > next time i'm there > > On Dec 30, 10:32 am, Zimeon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have wanted to post this for a while, but I'll just scratch the itch > > by posting it here on BGG down instead. > > > I was over my sister's in Cambridge for Christmas, and hadn't bought > > Christmas presents for my nephews yet. I knew what to get my godson > > and the eldest nephew, but I had problems with the 11-year old. > > > Also, as my usual habit, I had brought some games to play, but I had > > made a serious mistake in the selection - I hadn't accounted for the > > whole family to participate in games, just the three nephews, so I > > hadn't thought ot bringing Cash'n'Guns, which my sister reprimanded me > > for. And then the youngest asked "You did bring Ricochet Robots, > > right? That's the sweetest game ever!". I saw it coming. I had to buy > > both, one for my nephew and one for the whole family. > > > A couple of years ago (maybe more than a couple, time flies by so fast > > these days) there had been two board game stores in central Cambridge; > > Lingard's Games and one more. I used to browse them when I was over in > > Cambridge, it was at the time when board game shops were small and > > when information (for me) was scarce, and I had to shop by gut feeling > > (fun time, I have to admit). Anyway, none of those shops were left. > > Lingard's had closed down, the other I couldn't find. > > cambridgeonline.co.uk gave nothing except Games Workshop. Shit. When > > walking towards Grafton, I stumbled upon Forbidden Planet that carried > > some Settlers, Carc and Munchkin and a few more (Game of Thrones, some > > Warcraft). Damn. I asked the clerk for other stores, she knew no shop > > carrying board games. I tried Toys'r'Us in the Beehive, hoping that > > they might have at least Ticket to Ride or Niagara or something, but > > no. They claimed having "hundreds of board games". They had exactly > > none. (OK, they had hundreds of quiz games and kid dexterity games, > > but where the hell was Arbos or Bausack?) > > > I ended up walking to Games Workshop as a last resort, asking them for > > advice. They told me WH Smiths might have some, but then they seemed > > to catch on what I had in mind, and mentioned a shop ten minutes walk > > from there, called Inner Sanctum. The name seemed promising… and it > > was. > > > I learned from the clerks at Inner Sanctum why the shop didn't show up > > on cambridgeonline or a google search for Cambridge and Boardgames; > > they had opened just this year. > > > 'Cozy' isn't the word I'd use to describe Inner Sanctum, and I've seen > > nicer board game shops in my days, and after my diligent search it > > felt like heaven on Earth for me. It was a simple, big room, with > > board games along the wall and tables with chairs in the middle. And > > the selection of games… they had virtually all games that I have in my > > collection and consider as "really good". Oh yes, they had Ricochet > > Robots. They had Cash'n'Guns. They had Chicago Express. They had some > > of my favourite games that I never had seen in other shops. The clerks > > were nice and you could tell they knew their business. I can only > > imagine gathering there for games, contrary to many other board game > > shops, one wall of Inner Sanctum was windows out to the street and the > > shop was all in white, very clear. I'd kill to have that shop in my > > town. > > > Wanted to post my thanks for Inner Sanctum. Their pure existance made > > my Christmas. And as I only found them due to the GW shop, I figured > > perhaps there are other people out there not knowing of their > > existance, and they deserve better.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
