Pyat and the Time Portal

[pyat]

It occurs to me that I should not have been so pleased and surprised by the reemergence of the old gaming materials at Hamilton Hobby Specialities. You see, Hamilton actually has a dedicated gaming store that always has ancient stuff on display. I've written about it before. J&F Hobbies in the west end is like a dusty photograph of a game store, circa 1992. I went there today and picked up three "Monstrous Compendium" packs for $15. The owner, John, has mint condition 2nd ed corebooks and supplements on the shelves, gathering dust. Lots of dust.


He has a little alley filled with lead minis.


The store has moved into progressively smaller digs three times in the eleven years I've known of its existence. In 1998 he was in a very expansive (and cluttered) storefront, and seemed to be doing a fairly brisk business in Warhammer minis. I don't think that's true anymore, as all the minis seem to be a closed off little aisle and don't seem to move. Still, there has been some improvement. He's sharing the space with a model airplane seller now, and he sold all his stacks of used books to a woman who runs a bookstore, so the place is looking much less shabby and crowded than it did last time I visited.

It occurs to me that J&F Hobbies has everything I need to start an AD&D game in any setting. While I was thinking of using Greyhawk, J&F seems to have the needed books for any of the other AD&D settings, with the exception of Maztica.

So, tell me, Internet, if you were silly enough as to go back and run an AD&D game...

[Poll #1366176]

Comments

[pyat.livejournal.com]

They have some 3.5 stuff, but I'm not sure about the corebooks. I was not specifically looking. Next time I'm there I'll photograph the RPG display.