tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post5313437990318986879..comments2024-03-27T02:00:21.637-07:00Comments on Erny's place.: Here’s to the Guardroom.Ernyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-16445336845228752502023-08-10T04:52:28.332-07:002023-08-10T04:52:28.332-07:00looking all over for 1/300 diecast cottages houses...looking all over for 1/300 diecast cottages houses wargaming scenery loads to find in the magazine ads of the 90s where are they to find today ....anyone????????Jim Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576118834064311997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-44310724018020872082020-04-27T22:19:24.178-07:002020-04-27T22:19:24.178-07:00Hi everyone, I have just opened a plastic bag of m...Hi everyone, I have just opened a plastic bag of my late fathers and found a number of mini figurines (minifigs).... little metal figurines of soldiers, some with horses. They are very heavy and came with the original documentation from "The Guardroom".... hence why I am here! Anybody still into these figurines? I have many!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423841017441289628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-2812922674466560112020-03-08T18:39:26.228-07:002020-03-08T18:39:26.228-07:00I remember Dave coming over to Leighton Buzzard Wa...I remember Dave coming over to Leighton Buzzard Wargaming club in the mid 80's. You could phone him up at teatime and place your order then a couple of hours later he would be at the club with your figures! A real shame that it's goneDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648364368609287473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-76932562180441586852019-11-03T01:53:42.416-08:002019-11-03T01:53:42.416-08:00Great post. I loved the Guardroom. As a kid I did...Great post. I loved the Guardroom. As a kid I didn't realise how lucky I was to have this magical little place on my doorstep.Spikepit Podcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429983408792444973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-76612494843777956152017-09-07T06:53:52.291-07:002017-09-07T06:53:52.291-07:00Oh Good Grief! The Guard Room was the first gamin...Oh Good Grief! The Guard Room was the first gaming shop I ever encountered, back in the 80's when I was still at school and college in Dunstable. I used to love that place.<br /><br />TeddyTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673539670274496992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-38278172408902393282017-01-11T20:14:55.619-08:002017-01-11T20:14:55.619-08:00I used to take the bus there from Luton fairly reg...I used to take the bus there from Luton fairly regularly and brought a number of RPGs - many of which I still have.<br /><br />I remember the bespeckled proprietor used to wear splendid waistcoats and always had time for a chat. A friend of mine knew him well and said he sold it when he retired and the plan was for the new owners to carry it on but for one reason or another they never did and the area lost another gaming and hobby store.<br /><br />Does anyone remember the miniatures store that was on Silver Street in Luton in the late 80s/early 90s?<br /><br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144033233090090197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-58172870319347479992014-03-26T03:33:22.831-07:002014-03-26T03:33:22.831-07:00Sounds awesome, such a shame such places don't...Sounds awesome, such a shame such places don't exist anymore.Ernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-10276217306524357782014-03-12T06:08:52.849-07:002014-03-12T06:08:52.849-07:00I remember Axle from the White Dwarf adverts well....I remember Axle from the White Dwarf adverts well. I once made a pilgrimage to The Guardroom while visiting an aunt and uncle in Luton, and my uncle bought me MASTERS D&D when it had just come out (I already had BASIC, EXPERT and COMPANION and eventually obtained IMMORTALS when it came out too).<br />Living in Kent near Canterbury, Westgate Games by the Westgate Towers (mentioned in these comments) was my usual haunt. I got quite a few miniatures there, Citadel, Ral Patha etc. also the Runequest RPG and most of my D&D stuff. There was another wonderful dark and mysterious game shop in Herne Bay, although I forget its name. Westgate Games was brilliant though, because it was above a flea market selling incense and counter-culture merchandise, and you had to go up a set of steep stairs to this other-worldly aladdins cave. Happy times...Johnny Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902832025000490604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-89858661573172396982013-06-04T00:46:36.543-07:002013-06-04T00:46:36.543-07:00Fair bet I guess Dave, were you from Dunstable as ...Fair bet I guess Dave, were you from Dunstable as well?Ernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-12957122674404476382013-05-31T06:12:38.323-07:002013-05-31T06:12:38.323-07:00I just came across an advert in an old dragon maga...I just came across an advert in an old dragon magazine that brought me here in a round about way. I used to hang out in the Gardroom in the late 80's would have been around 13 as well. <br /><br />I seem to remember i got my first molds in there to cast my own figures.<br /><br />Great shop, dam it brought back some memories, glad i'm not the only one. Funny to think we may well have run into each other in there allmost 30 odd years ago dam now i feel old ;)<br /><br />Dave<br /> <br /> <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570953713466704809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-52451487827071699702012-09-10T12:06:03.903-07:002012-09-10T12:06:03.903-07:00Sadly missed, mourned forever moreSadly missed, mourned forever moreThe Horned Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621939913460581672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-28873800258942178292012-08-27T23:58:47.524-07:002012-08-27T23:58:47.524-07:00This is exactly what I was hoping to hear! Somewhe...This is exactly what I was hoping to hear! Somewhere we need to record all these amazing places that used to be.Ernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-87972034333068594782012-08-27T08:03:11.084-07:002012-08-27T08:03:11.084-07:00It was the unforgetable time of little shops
In F...It was the unforgetable time of little shops<br /><br />In France, we had those marvellous little shops too in some rare locations...now it's time of big ones in each town plenty of Citadel products<br /><br />I remembered a little journey in Canterbury with my school mates (it was in 1992), we were searching after a miniature-RPG shop but didn't find it until we saw West Gate Games behind a big medieval tower...we found the Grail !!! I bought the Terminator Box at very cheap price than in France...it was a kind of magic...there was something special in the air in those little dark shops...hard to find nowadays<br /><br />Masp (David)Maspaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055895892642332878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-4059985485401781892012-08-27T07:49:22.415-07:002012-08-27T07:49:22.415-07:00It was the unforgetable time of little shops
In F...It was the unforgetable time of little shops<br /><br />In France, we had those marvellous little shops too in some rare locations...now it's time of big ones in each town plenty of Citadel products<br /><br />I remembered a little journey in Canterbury with my school mates (it was in 1992), we were searching after a miniature-RPG shop but didn't find it until we saw West Gate Games behind a big medieval tower...we found the Grail !!! I bought the Terminator Box at very cheap price than in France...it was a kind of magic...there was something special in the air in those little dark shops...hard to find nowadays<br /><br />Masp (David)<br /><br />Maspaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055895892642332878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-37930525215678407252012-08-27T01:53:39.520-07:002012-08-27T01:53:39.520-07:00I remember those adverts! We had the Warlord Games...I remember those adverts! We had the Warlord Games Shop in Leigh on Sea near Southend and it was a true place of pilgrimage for us as young gamers. They later opened a second shop in Southend itself but apparently hit hard times and this one didn't last too long. The first shop was bought by Caliver Books and was renamed as such but since they relocated it is more of a storage area these days. We all still call it 'Warlord' though!wardy-lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848392735582069545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071854826133661871.post-26905902645632081042012-08-23T14:33:53.041-07:002012-08-23T14:33:53.041-07:00Very interesting indeed.
In the late eighties w...Very interesting indeed. <br /><br />In the late eighties when I got into fantasy gaming the only place in Exmouth (where I'd recently moved) to buy lead was a small tobacconists called Tucketts, hidden up a side road. Oak panelled and so rather dark inside, the place carried a surprising array of gaming goodies: from numerous Citadel blisters and other miniatures I cannot remember to ICE MERP modules the place was a veritable treasure trove of strangeness. It closed down about a decade ago. I often wish I could go back in there and have a nose around!Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486311422850536804noreply@blogger.com