30 Jan 09 New Store

It's really looking different with the drywall up. This is from around noon, and when i went in about 3pm they were nearly finished.

This Week 29 Jan 09

Hi!

Work proceeds at the new location. The furnance on the ceiling is working and its pretty quiet, so we'll see

how long that lasts.... They are installing the insulation for the walls now, waiting for a city inspector to show up

and make sure they're doing it right. Heh.

The temporary space still has no windows, but it's no longer as cold as it was. So that's to the good. I do have

4 tables up, it's a little cramped, but shouldn't be for much longer.

Next week the new magic set comes out. The Street Date is 6 Feb, Friday, so we'll be able to have the

midnite sale Thursday nite as usual. I didnt schedule anything with Wizards because I'm not sure where we'll

be. So for now, assume that we'll be in our temp location still.


Special Orders:
MLB Risk Reinvention (n.kennedy)
WOC A&A Naval CMG Task Force B (c.brietenfeldt)

New Items:

FFG COC LCD The Spawn of the Sleeper $9.95 *2
K2D Cherry Wood Dice Tower Kit $18.00
K2D Murdero Card Game $16.00
K2D Swashbuckled $39.95
MRP COC New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley $29.95


thanks

John

New Store 23 Jan 09

Well, its been a month since i signed the lease, and we're still not in the new store. sigh. They have been working very quickly since the building permit was issued. so that's good. Today the plumber hooked up the gas to the furnace and has started in on the restroom. Standing inside what was supposed to be the furnace room, i think i can stack the shelves a bit higher and not have to have the extra product out in the gaming area. Plus we'll have a mop basin in the no-longer-furnace-room-but-now-a-storage-room. yay!.

21 Jan 09

I'm still not all that keen on the furnace being over our heads.....

Last Saturday at the New Store

With the building permit issued. everything started moving.

Work Proceeds, and In the Temp Space now

Ok, we are in the temp location, all squeezed in. Starting to feel a bit anxious, since im not used to working in a windowless place. Don't like it.

Ceiling has the drywall up and they were building the frame around the side and back walls. Frame for the bathroom is up, as is the frame for the heating/AC......except that they are hanging the furnace and the AC from the frikkin ceiling!

I'm kinda curious about the thinking that was involved in that. The installers werent any help. They just said thats the way the plans called for. So it looks like i have a storage room after all.

Tomorrow should be fun. I'm asking for a bid on my dividing wall and also seeing what color the ceiling and walls will be painted. I'd like offwhite for the ceiling and maybe light green or brown for the walls?

I should be putting new video tomorrow.

Temp Location

Starting Thursday nite and continuing thru sunday, we will be packing up the Dragon's Table and moving down the hall to Suite #103.

We'll remain open during the move, so please feel free to come and play, buy or even help pack/move.

We'll be sharing the space with GMart Comics, so it'll be pretty squeezed in, with a good chunk of product being left in packing boxes. I'm expecting we'll be in the temp location for 3-4 weeks.

I'm hoping to have room for 5-6 tables for gaming while there. It's going to be cramped, but the new space will seem like a wide limitless horizon after this.....

After explaining to the building code people that batwing saloon doors dont have latches, and hence no need for a latch safety release, we got the building permit about 2pm today.

Tomorrow they start putting the drywalll on the ceiling, and the other construction types start their work as well.

YAY!

9 Jan 09 We still Open

We're still open, sadly, at the original address 44 E Main. I had fully hoped when i signed the lease that this wouldve been opening day in the new location, but alas, not with the city so strictly concerned about the safety of their citizens. I'm amazed that anything actually gets built in this town.

7 Jan 09 What's Happenin'

Hi!

Piece of advice to would be renters of properties: don't sign nuthin unless it's ready to move into AT THAT MOMENT!

With the renovation being done at the new store site, the city is feeling its responsibilities very keenly. Everytime the paperwork is brought

into the permit office (dunno what to call it) something else needs to be done. It would be fine if they handed you a list and said "do this and

if its not on the list we dont care", but when they do it one item at a time, you have to call shennanigans. I've come to the realization that my

present and future landlord IS NOT the city's fave landowner.

So its possible we will be moving into temporary quarters in a couple of weeks, or into the nearly finished new space. Dunno. Sigh, at least

in the temp location, it'll be rent free.....and costing the landlord any rent until this is dealt with. I can live with that, and the temp spaces are

smaller, so that'll be fun.

Instead of the beat up wood floor, the landlord wants to preserve it and so is thinking about putting another floor over it and covering that. I

said carpet would not be good, tile is better. We'll see how that goes. Also, instead of brick and plaster, it looks like the 3 walls are going to

be framed, insulated and drywalled. Which will be much better for insulation and overall look of the place. Since that's that what landlord

wants, he's paying for it. Yep, got my vote.

Building is completely cleaned out, took nearly 4 of the big 20ft dumpsters to do that. I really underestimated the time it would take.

Learning, sigh, never stops.

Lots of volunteers to move to the new site. Thanks all! As soon as I know, we'll start setting it up.

Xmas sales were great, end of the year sales were great, inventory was not fun as usuall, so i guess if its the same that would make it

great? After 7 years we're getting the inventory down pretty smooth. Next year i may not dread it so much.

Got a Warhammer 40k Tournament this saturday, at 1pm. 1500pts.

Started a new 40K league this tuesday. The last one we handed out $85 in prizes.

Hopefully the new store will be ready for the next magic pre-release. We're working on that now.



Special Orders:
PIP WM KH Mechanik Assistants (2) (w.penning)
PIP WM KH Iron Fang Pikeman Unit Box (6) (w.penning)
PIP WM Man-O-War Unit Box Set (3) (w.penning)
RGG Elfenland (n.dettman)


New Stuff:

Historical Board Games:
CPS Spanish Eagles $65.00
GMT Unhappy King Charles! $65.00

Card Games:
FFG COC LCG core Set $39.95 *2

Board Games:
FFG Moto GrandCross $69.95

Miniatures:
FFG Wings of War Airplane Series III $12.95ea(6)
FFG Wings of War Airplane Series III $15.95ea(6)
PIP WM CG Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Kaptin $7.99 *2
PIP WM KD Kovnik Markov Cavalry Character $27.99 *2
GAW 40K Ork Nobz $25.00 *3
GAW 40K Ork Battlewagon $50.00
GAW 40K Ork Kaptin Badrukk $20.00 *4
GAW 40K Ork Boss Snikrot $15.00 *4

Roleplaying:
GRR MM Freedom's Most Wanted $26.95
PAG COC Mysteries of Mesoamerica $29.95

Magazines:
OMM Miniature Wargames Mag #309 $9.00 *2
OMM Wargames Illustrated Mag #255 $10.00 *3
OMM Wargames Soldiers & Strategy #36 $10.00 *2



Events:

10 Jan 09 40k Tournament @1pm, 1500pts.
11 Jan 09 Monsterpocalypse Tournament @1pm


Gamedays:

Monday WarhammerLeague @6pm
Tuesday Mechwarrior Clix @6pm
Wednesday WarMachine League @6:30pm
Thursday Heroclix @6pm, D&D Mini's/Star Wars Minis.
Friday Sanctioned Magic Tournaments @6pm
Saturday Open Board Game Night
Sanctioned Magic Tournaments @6pm
Sunday Open Gaming