"Do not walk, RUN (to a new shop in CENTRAL LONDON!)" Topic

I have just visited DARK SPHERE a new shop selling GW, FOW and other products.

They have 25% discount on everything until Mid January!!!

They are open til 9 PM tommorrow, Christmas Eve. (web site says ten, they told me nine…)

They are really nice guys and deserve your business!

They will also have Games nights at the store, see darksphere.co.uk/shop at last I can recommend a GOOD games shop in London! Pop in say hi to Alexey, have a chat. You might even see me getting some last minute bargains.

Ooo any Wings of War there?

Did not see any but they are looking for customer ideas. I will send the owner the link to this page. Maybe they would like to advertise here, hint, hint ;).

I'm kinda keeping an eye out for a few in January sales as they are just too expensive for me right now. Hope the shop is a success.

Hmmm, I imagine it will take me longer than that to run there, given the fact I live in the USA, even if I do catch a ship, or plane to get across the pond.

Thanks for the heads-up though. ;-)

Swim? London has other attractions!

that is good news, when the wife wants a shopping trip ive got somewhere to go.

Steve

A shame the product range is pretty much limited to GW and FOW, still theres always Ork's Nest for something else…

Any other good shops in town to recommend?

You buy the plane tickets to London and I'll run down there – heck I'd even WALK from the airport for the sale if you bought the plane ticket! Just to visit London again!

London is relatively short of good minatures stores (but there are one or two other interesting things to look at when you are in town…). Good to hear about a new store opening up – good luck to them!

A bit far from Canada, but a great looking shop based on their website.

Imperial War Museum is very near, as is the pub where a certain games group does their Thursday night gig. Very interesting! Yes, best of luck. Please stay in business at least until I can get to London again.

Excellent news, and not a million miles away from Embankment (which I visit occasionally for work from Bristol)

Isn't there a model shop nearby as well ? Or is this the one ?

Cool, now I have two shops I can visit in London. I love Orcs Nest but its always good to have another shop with different ranges in stock.

This is fantastic news, a London games shop other than GW and Orcs Nest. Plus it's on the same street as Ian Allen in Waterloo who do a good range of military books and the full range of Vallejo paints.
Must pay a visit soon.

Obviously not if you have scissors in your hand.

Well done Major B for finding this shop.

Simon – the shop is not on the same road as the Ian Allen bookshop, but close by on Lower Marsh.

Artslave – do drop into the club one Thursday evening when you are next in London.

I'm up in Newcastle at the moment but looking forward to visiting this shop on return to treat myself to some post-Christmas presents.

Ezza

Perhaps a post by Major Blunder indeed.

If someone has a serious accident by running to this shop when they should have walked then I suspect Major Blunder could be liable for damages.

Nevertheless a welcome venture, deserving of success

There are good games shops in London, but more are always welcome.

Visited Dark Sphere and also managed to have a chat with Alexey, who is a very nice chap.

Their main lines at present are, as mentioned by Varglives, are GW and FOW. Seems they are looking to get established with the main known brands before starting to take on less well known (to the general public) brands.

The shop is quite small so they cannot hold too much, but they should be able to stock one or two items of a particular line and then do their best to order additional or similar items for you. Sounded as though they would be interested, once established, to stock some more historical bits and bobs. Probably from companies that produce a broad range of products for various historic periods rather than anything with too narrow a timeframe.

I mentioned to Alexey that in London it was quite hard at times to get hold of various montly wargames magazines. He suggested that if enough people contacted him and asked them to be stocked he may hold a few copies.

As mentioned before the shop is trying to establish itself first before branching out on different product ranges, but do let them know of any suggestions you may have. If Alexey and his staff don't know what we are looking for how will they know what to stock?

Ezza

Excellent news – any more stores is a good thing, just a shame it's GW and FOW but, still, more power to 'em !