I come to you today from THE FANTASY SHOP in beautiful St. Charles, MO.
This gamestore was the host for the WMCQ and our home-base for this leg of our adventure!
With some of the friendliest staff around, HUGE gameplay area, and a MASSIVE variety of stock, this is by far the BEST gamestore in the St. Louis/St. Charles area!!!
THE FANTASY SHOP2426 West Clay Street St.
Charles, MO 63301
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| MTG needs!! |
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| tons of rpg books! |
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| go go miniatures!! |
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| Ms. Dawn...manager lady |
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| yay casual magic!! |
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| soft weapons!! |
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| doing a demo of RED DRAGON INN |
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| So Many Games!!! |
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| gamespace that can fit over 100 players for FNM!! |
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| John, asst mgr, scared of a little flash!!! |
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| John, chatting with a customer |
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| The boss man Mike, and ME!! |
The Fantasy Shop, opened in 1981 by Dave and Kelli Wallace, started with one store, and grew rapidly by the late 1990's to a total of 9 stores in 3 states. Over time, they consolidated down to the 4 stores they have currently, all four in the Greater St. Louis area: Maplewood, Florissant, South County, and the location that we frequented on our visit: St. Charles.
The staff here is AMAZING!!!! When we first arrived, we met Dawn, the Manager of this location, she was more than helpful, friendly, and introduced us to the GM, Mike. Though he was swamped with a late delivery and getting ready for the WMCQ the upcoming weekend, he took the time to chat with us, and took a sincere interest in what we were doing. I know when people are being fake, and "providing customer service", but not in this case. Everyone here is uber friendly, and draws happiness from their customers being happy gamers. Every person that enters the door is greeted with a smiling face, pleasant greeting, and in most cases is greeted by name...even with Peter and I after the first day!!!
With a stock that is so diverse, you would think that it may be cluttered, or games overlapping, but you would be wrong. Everything has its place, and has its players, and the shop schedules to accommodate everyone.
Though everyone that works here is amazingly knowledgeable and friendly, for me the stand-out person was John, the assistant manager. Every day that we came in, he was more than helpful, extremely friendly, and went out of his way to make sure that we were thoroughly enjoying our visit.
Because of the staff, game selection, and stellar player base, I look forward to my visit to St Charles again.
This has been my favorite stop so far, but I have to move on. Peter and I are staffed for SCG Worcester, and gotta take off for that leg of the trip, but will be making our way back to St Charles in a couple weeks. It is absolutely worth spending a night or two in St Charles simply to visit this store that seems to do everything right, which in turn makes for a great gaming experience, no matter what your game of choice is.
Until next time,
Mikey
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