My cousin passed away a few weeks ago, and I drove solo to attend the funeral in New Jersey.
On the way back, I tried to circumvent some traffic disasters on I-80, and ended up meandering the back roads and into Stroudsburg in the first time in quite some time.
Desiring a break and perhaps a few moments out of the sun, I stopped by Gamer's Edge on Main St. I had last visited them in their early days at a smaller location further down the street in 2014. An update was certainly was in order.
The "new" location is now 580 Main St in Stroudsburg, right square in the middle of the downtown business district.
DISCLAIMER: I do know that another business on Main St had a fire and that The Gamer's Edge did take some smoke damage. That might explain the lack of ceiling tiles when I entered the store, when the tiles do appear in pictures on their website.
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| Open Gaming Area |
Board Games: A nice variety of games, luckily there were some gaps on the shelves to accommodate the narrow aisles.
Comics: Hiding in the first "cage" was the new comics section, all bagged up with a sign essentially stating "Ask for assistance if you want to look at any comics." Since I haven't been interested in comics in over a decade, I won't waste my time with much more, other than the color palette the artists are using for cover art is atrocious!
Video Games: A fairly large section of used systems, games, and accessories. Unlike many store with video games section, this one look clean and organized. Kudos!
Minis: Minis and Paints were looking a little sparse, although two display cases bordering the gaming area were for customers selling their GW minis. Pretty neat!
RPGs: I breathed a sigh of relief and hidden joy when I rolled into the RPG "cage" Current product, used product, even vintage product proudly filled. I had to giggle when I found some older product with the Dreamscape Comics pricetags still on them. Purchases were not on my schedule, but I am interested in a few items.
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| This might be the actual copy of Masterbook I owned many moons ago. |
The biggest negative about the store were the loud gamer bros narrating their life stories in the back while I perused the shelves.
On the Gaming with the Gnomies 5-Gnome scale, I give Gamer's Edge three and one half gnomes.
Gamer's Edge is located at 580 Main St in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
After how the staff treated my wife whrn she asked them a question (they looked at her, rolled their eyes and ignored her) but fell all over themselves to answer me when I asked the same question 2 minutes later...well we have never been back inside and won't spend any money there. This store is just one bad afternoon away from becoming The Cove. Stores like these, with atrocious service like we had, are just another reason why we shop on Amazon or order our gaming books and whatnot directly from the company stores (Paizo, SJG, etc).
ReplyDeleteCan’t Blame you at all. The store is relatively clean so I put it a few days away from being the Allentown Encounter Back when I was next to Blockbuster video.
DeleteI do wins a bit at the Cove comparison, because my FLGS is just starting to build up the clutter. I am tempted to simply pull together with store credit I have And follow the same route as you, although Truth be told, I’ve picked up a number of items at conventions rather than brick-and-mortar at full price