"Chicago, Il" Topic

If you have time to do one wargame related stop on a Sunday in Chicago where would you go?

No question: Games Plus in Mount Prospect. Not in the city, but by far the best game store in the area.

While there are a bunch of others, they will all have stuff you've seen a thousand times – GW, Privateer and Magic cards.

Games Plus (reachable by Metra train) is far and away the only place to go – boardgames, minis, terrain, RPG material, paints and flock, etc. etc.

If you want to go to a game store, it's, as the previous posters have said, Games Plus. If you just have an afternoon and are interested in stuff to inspire you for wargaming, you could visit the U-boat at the Museum of Science and Industry (U-505), or Cantigny in the west suburbs with it's First Division Museum.

As previously stated on all counts. Games Plus is in Mt. Prospect not even a block away from the NW Metra line to Harvard. If you are without a car, the Museum of Science and Industry has a lot of great exhibits that will inspire you. The Cantigny collection and all the tanks on the grounds of the park are pretty far out, but amazing to see.

I hadn't even considered non-retail options…

Another vote for MSI (U505, Spitfire & Stuka) or Cantigny (First Division Museum). If you're arriving by air, there's a Wildcat at O'Hare, and a Dauntless at Midway, both with displays explaining the significance of their respective airports' names. Finally, if your interests are more medieval, the Arms and Armor exhibit at the Art Institute is well worth a look.

Thanks for the recommendations for Games Plus, a most excellent place. Huge selection, great staff – I wish every city had such an establishmwnt.