The Boardgames Thread / Board games

Indeed. I must admit I was slightly put off by venturing into a Games Workshop expecting that they still sold 'other' games, and being completely ignored by the staff and assorted hangers-on playing a huge game of Warhammer in the centre of the room. :)

Games Workshop used to be very good, a very long time ago, for games although always harboured a preference for Role Playing Games and fantasy based stuff. Unfortunately it changed it's business model in the '90s and focussed only on it's lucrative wargaming lines (It also abandoned the TSR distribution rights which was a bit of a nail in the coffin for D&D in this country until Waterstones realised that pasty dice rollers were also often fairly frequent page turners). It has made efforts to get away from the tabletop systems but unfortunately it's staff, many of whom are dedicated geeky tabletoppers, don't help much in this.

If you want a really good shop then Playing Games on Museum Street is about as good as it gets.