New Store 31 Dec afternoon

Hi!

Ceiling is finally cleaned of nails and loose debris, and finally got the dumpster emptied and returned. So we could put the rest of the ceilig and such into it. I really underestimated the amount of time it would take to peel the ceiling, and how fast it would fill a 20 foot dumpster.

As you can see we've gooten the wainscotting moved downstairs where it will sit for all of eternity with luck. Up in the fron of the store we discovered a door hidden behind the nasty wallpaper. that's going to be completely sealed off with no trace of its existence. Also we uncovered a second back door, which is also going to be sealed and covered up.

I was going to remove the old plaster and learn-as-i-go re-plaster the north wall, but i learned at Lowe's that the under-plaster (its the gray cementy looking stuff) has to be removed completely or its just falls off with the new plaster. And since the bricks are over 100 years old, it was decided that taking a hammer to know it off would probably a lot of the bricks. So, the back and north wall are going to be framed, insulated and dry-walled. Which also is going to add to the time.

I'd ordered the drywall from CU Drywall for delivery last friday. With the Ice and all, they said it would get delivered monday. It didnt show up monday and the time requested, so i started calling. No one answered the phone all day. When i got a hold of them Tuesday, the response was" what? I thought that was taken care of? Let me look into it." 3 hours later, i called them back, canceled the order, and ordered it from Negwer Materials. Paid for it and they brought it out this morning.

The drywall was delivered this morning, at freaking 7am! It was cold, and its been a looong time since i had to be up at 7am.... But it was pretty cool how they took it off the truck and into the building.

Now we're waiting on the building permit, and have been for a week. The city keeps sending the application back with more questions. I really don't understand how construction people keep their sanity.

It looks like we'll be reopening in our original location on the 6th of January. Hopefully a week after that we'll start the move.

New Store Saturday Morning

Hi!

It's at the point where a new and empty dumpster is required. To roll the scaffolding to finish pulling out the nails and scraps of plaster and lathe from the edges of the ceiling, a reasonably empty floor is needed. No room in the dumpster means we can't finish that. Today and tomorrow will be finishing what can be reached.

New Store 3rd Morning

Hi!

Wednesday afternoon and Christmas Day was mostly getting the rubble from the ceiling out to the dumpster. The dumpster is almost full. The scaffolding and heaters we got from Rental City here in town.
Pretty quick to deliver and easy to deal with.

Today the drywall is supposed to be delivered, but got a call saying that the truck is stuck with the ice covering their parking lot making getting the truck moving in the intended direction nearly impossible . So they're working on that, which works out for us, giving us a little more time to get the floor ready to storethe drywall.

The south wall needs replastering so we'll prob start that saturday or sunday, and the north wall needs some repairs and maybe some replastering as well.

New Store Morning 2nd Day of Renovation

This is what it looked like after the first day.

New Store 205 N Market

The new store address is 205 north market. Its the first building behind 44 E Mainstreet. Its on the same block. North market is a one way street, and its also the street the newspaper delivery guys line up on to get their papers.

Parking is the same as before, just a little farther away now.

If we open by 8 Jan I will be very happy, but it may be a little later. we'll keep the updates on the Board, the blog and the website.

This is the first of the daily videos so you can see how its going. Tomorrow i'll put up the one showing the work done today.

13 Dec 2008

Hi!

More stuff showed up yesterday.

Something that I found on the internet: HBO has given a pilot order for a fantasy project "Game of Thrones".
Please let someone responsible be in charge and don't let the movie makers get crazy....


FOW GE GBX22 Jagdpanther for David Hayes


New Stuff:

Source Books:
FOW FW104 Fortress Europe $40.00
FOW FW207 Stalin’s Onslaught

Miniatures:
FOW US P47 Thunderbolts
FOW SU Katayusha Rocket Battery
FOW GE SdKfz 251/17D (2cm)
FOW GE StuG G Platoon
FOW SU Tankdesantniki
FOW SU SU 57
FOW GE 15cm siG33 Gun LW (x2)
FOW SU 152mm Artillery Batallion

thanks

John

Week of Dec 11

Hi!

Here I am again. Can't speak for the others, but I'm feeling better.

Yes, the Dragon's Table is moving, so is GMart. This was not by our choice, but

rather the landlord found someone who will pay triple our current rent and

renovate the space. Appearently, the time is ripe for a new eyeglass shop in

downtown champaign.

The current possible location is 205 N Market street, the old Graphics Press

building. And old it is. Theres a lot of work that needs to be done before im

willing to move in, and the landlord insists that i pay for the remodeling, which is

basically new walls, ceiling and some other stuff.

We're in negotiating phase with the landlord, which is kinda like talking to the

entire cast of Third Rock from the Sun :). It's very tiring.

So at the moment we have no idea whn the work will be done, and when the

actual move will be.

I'll be putting up a video record of the work being in the new place from start to

finish, should prove amusing.....

There's a Monsterpocalypse Tournament scheduled this Sunday at 1pm, come

on by. Play in the tourney or we can teach the game. It's all free.

Anything on a christmas list is 10% off. A christmas list is considered to be the

full list of thing you want from friends and relatives, not just the Dragon's Table.

Special Orders:

UDC WOW CCG Drums of War Starter (a.kouzmanoff)
RGG Lost Cities (g.beard)
ZMAN Pandemic (c.younkers)
LOO Are You A Werewolf? (d.witzany)
WWP Exalted 2nd Ed (s.galasso)

New Items:

BoardGames:
FFG Android $59.95
FFG Cosmic Encounter $59.95
FFG Cold War CIA vs KGB $24.95
FFG Talisman rev 4th ed $59.95
MFG Tigris & Euphrates $55.00
RGG Fast Flowing Forest Fellers $39.95
RGG Lost Cities Board Games $39.95
LOO Treehouse (pink) $13.00


Tokens, Game Aides:
GF9 WarCogs 3" Smoke Effect $14.99
GF9 WarCogs 3" Fire Effect $14.99
GF9 WarCogs 3" Poison Effect $14.99

Card Games:
LOO Fluxx 4.0 $16.00
LOO Are You A Werewolf? $4.00
PLE Bakers Dozen $12.00
SET Quiddler $13.99 *2


Miniatures:
RPR 2008 Xmas Sophie $11.99

CCGs:
UDC WoW CCG Drums of War boosters $4.59ea

Puzzles:
WMP Puzzle In A One Horse Open Sliegh $14.95
WMP Puzzle Perennials $14.95
WMP Puzzle Noah's Ark $14.95
WMP Puzzle Checking It Twice $14.95


Events:

14 Dec 08 Monsterpocalypse Tourney @1pm
20 Dec 08 40K Escalation Tourney @2pm ask for details
21 Dec 08 WoW CCG Tourny @1pm
24 Dec 08 Xmas Eve Store Closes @7pm
25 Dec 08 Xmas Day Store Closed
26 Dec 08 Store Opens End of Year Sale Starts 25% off Everything
and 10% off any other discounted items.
31 Dec 08 New Years Eve Store Closes @ 6pm and Year End Sale Ends..
1 Jan to 5 Jan Closed For inventory/maybe moving, who knows?