My buddy Wooly continues to dig through his garage like an archeological dig, undercovering layers of battlemechs, t-shirts, and other gaming paraphernalia.
He sent me this about a week ago, probably circa 1998, when our friend Mike moved his indoor flea market tables into a legitimate game store.
Wind Gap was a Mecca of gaming in eastern Pennsylvania: equidistant from the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley, just off the highway, it was the perfect spot for one day cons (Bogglecons, Gobblecons, and the early Mepacons), we had plenty of folks come from all over to game, and buy stuff.It ended up being the last to the triumvirate of game stores I had the pleasure at working at, and the one I could proudly put the title "General Manager" to my name.
Good god, it was a long time ago. Mike, the owner, passed away this past year. The strip mall has already seen another gaming store, Bushkill Cards and Games, come and go. Heck, even the teenage minions I sometimes needed help from to mind the store when I was finishing up my classes at East Stroudsburg.... are now middle aged!
It was a good time, for great D&D, for the finest in Mordheim and Necromunda, and occasionally you'd find a gem of a game or book none of the other game stores would have for miles.

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