Store Spotlight: Gamer's Haven of Greenville and Blue Ox Games, Greenville, NC

Hey Guys,

Today I wanted to take a step back and give a little love.  As you all know, tabletop gaming requires a couple things:  armies, table space, and someone to play against.  Most of us know of a place we can go to play, most have someone to play against, and almost all of us have our own armies.  That's all good, but what about challenges, leagues, playing against new players, tournaments, and campaigns? For these, we are going to have to find a hobby store that caters to this need or at the very least can give us a place and platform to go off of.

With that in mind, I would like to highlight the two stores that really got me into the hobby and some of the neat things about them: Gamer's Haven of Greenville and Blue Ox Games.

NOVA Open Charity Raffle

Many readers may have already seen this on Faeit212, but the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation is raffling off three armies for charity. All three are beautifully painted and will be shipped to you - you don't have to be present to win!

Definitely check out their site: http://novaopenfoundation.org/

Facing the Grey Tide

To expand upon my intro post, I chose the name of the blog based on the problem I face that I believe is common to many wargamers in that I buy well beyond my ability to paint. While it had even been the case while growing up and having a severely limited budget, when I got back into the hobby last year with a much larger budget, it definitely got worse, particularly as I tried to update my armies for the new edition and codices.

As a way of motivating myself and holding myself accountable, I plan on doing a regular post on what I have in my lineup to paint and what I've completed since the previous post, as well as calling myself out on new purchases. I hope anyone reading these posts who feels like participating does so and tracks their own painting in the comments. I'd love to be able to do spotlights on other people's painting as well.