I can't remember any of the names, but when I was on a brief visit to Worcester last year I was amazed to find three shops all selling board games. 
One was a dedicated games shop, one was at the back of a minimart type place (a bit bizarre but a reasonable stock of games) and the nearby toy shop had a huge board game section.

Quote from: sunjester on 22 February 2015, 09:10:39 AM
I can't remember any of the names, but when I was on a brief visit to Worcester last year I was amazed to find three shops all selling board games. 
One was a dedicated games shop, one was at the back of a minimart type place (a bit bizarre but a reasonable stock of games) and the nearby toy shop had a huge board game section.

Must be some Worcester Sorcery at work

 

Quote from: Fenton on 15 February 2015, 10:09:30 PM
Esdevium Games was a shining light in the concrete jungle that is Aldershot

Just realised I haven't been down there for a couple of years! 

Esdevium sold the shop to one of their managers a couple of years ago. It's now called The Games Shop and has a sister shop called The Little Games Shop in Farnham IIRC.

Where before they used to get everything on Esdevium's new release list, when the shop was sold the new owner had to move onto a more commercialy viable business model, hence the shift to more of a toy store business. The amount of dead stock he had to shift was phenomenal - shelves of old RPG and board games...

They've also got an interest in supporting children with disabilities and special educational needs, so stock toys for this market and run groups in their games rooms, etc.

I believe they still host clubs in their games rooms as well as hosting Magic, GW, etc events.

So, still friendly last time I was there, just not so games-y as they used to be

Esdevium, meanwhile, continue to be the main UK importer and wholesaler of games, just no direct bricks-and-mortar presence any more

Cheers from Camberley!

Meirion

Quote from: Subedai on 13 February 2015, 08:36:56 PM
Used to have one here in Maidstone up until about 6 months ago but then it closed down...now I'm left with GW or Modelworld; neither of which sell Vallejo paints!

Think it's been gone a lot longer than that. Shame as I liked popping in there from time to time.
Now I use Rochester games not as local but very friendly and much wider selection of stuff.