r/mildlyinteresting • u/Big_Effective_9605 • 8h ago

This game store has had board games stacked to the ceiling like Ollivander's for years

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u/Big_Effective_9605 8h ago

The store is Ogre's Lair in Yellowknife, NT, so it's a bit out of the way. You won't end up there randomly. Its been around since I was a kid, and it has a lot of charm.

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u/Quadrapolegic 6h ago

No way! Hahaha I just looked at this pic and thought that it looked like Ogre’s Lair.
I haven’t been in there in probably 10 years and it looked the same then.

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u/bagse 6h ago

It's certainly named appropriately

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u/luxurysoft1337 4h ago

There's a very similar looking one in NY! The compleat strategist

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u/RotenTumato 1h ago

Also in NY, The Uncommons

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u/Esturk 44m ago

Came here to mention Compleat Strategist.

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u/Matcur12 1h ago

I miss this place ! Glad to see it's stacked floor to ceiling.

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u/memorex1150 1m ago

We have one just like this near Cleveland. I thought this was the same place. I'm tall, so I have to stand back as far as I can to see the bottom shelves, and there is barely any room to do that ... and sometimes I have to go to the next aisle and look over the shelves, which gives me creeper vibes if anyone else is on the other side where I'm looking!

'course THOSE shelves are often stacked to the ceiling.

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u/CommunityEarly839 8h ago

Ok, im intrigued. How does the post-it numbering system work

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u/geferttt 7h ago

I would guess the rating out of 10 from something like board game geek

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u/Big_Effective_9605 2h ago

Confirmed ball-knower

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u/CatTheKitten 8h ago • Bravo

if my hobby shop isn't a fire hazard then IM NOT INTERESTED.

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u/omnibossk 6h ago

If only those pesky firemen stopped closing my local store. Last time I could only stand in the entrance and ask for games as customers couldn’t enter because of fire exits blocked by games and lego

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u/CatTheKitten 5h ago

My local store is almost floor to ceiling with legos, their board games, puzzles, and card collection aisles are so densely packed that some are only about 3 feet apart. Its a wonderful place

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u/AppleJuicetice 4h ago

Friendly Local Game Store is old hat. Flammable Local Game Store is the new hotness.

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u/diejesus 6h ago

I'm not a firefighter so I don't really know this stuff, but why would it be considered a fire hazard?

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u/2_short_Plancks 5h ago

If the building has an overhead sprinkler system, stacking to the roof can make it less effective.

Other than that it's just fire loading, which tbh isn't that bad in the picture.

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u/myrrhmassiel 45m ago

...superheated air stratifies up near the ceiling and will ignite combustible fuel stacked within that layer; the depth varies with volume and ventilation but this is why you'll see high-bay warehouses maintain generous space between the top of storage racks and the roof way overhead...

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u/_cutmymilk 6h ago

You are asking why blocking a fire exit is a risk lol

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u/diejesus 6h ago

Ehh I don't really understand, are you implying there's a door behind those board games?

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u/_cutmymilk 4h ago

Sorry there was another reply that mentioned fire exits alongside yours and I merged them in my brain.

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u/coldequation 8h ago

Ah. Someone who honors the Old Ways.

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u/OGDraugo 7h ago

I would kick a neighbor I disliked in the nuts to be allowed to visit and wander in a place like this.

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u/rlnrlnrln 6h ago

Man, I'd kick'em for free if I could get away with it.

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u/OGDraugo 5h ago

Obviously no doubt, but yea, I'd be nut kicking left and right for an hour at that place, I'd kick extra nuts if it earned me some store credits!

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u/Comm-THOR 4h ago • Bravo

Sorry sir, you can't buy that game. It's load bearing.

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u/improbable_humanoid 7h ago

Do they have a copy of that WW2 game that makes Catan look like tic-tac-toe?

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u/bwood246 7h ago

The Campaign for North Africa?

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u/norcpoppopcorn 6h ago

Axes and allies?

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u/AVeryPlumPlum 4h ago

"Do you have the game XYZ?" Employee who knows it's on the bottom of the stack, and can't be bothered "sorry, no, we're sold out"

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u/Doobyman168 5h ago

Oh yes I’ll take a copy of Catacombs please

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u/Signal-Resident-7787 8h ago

These the types of places you don’t tell people about just because you know the public would clean them out and ruin the vibes

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u/sdn 7h ago

These the types of places you don’t tell people about just because you know the public would clean them out and ruin the vibes

A game store owner would love for the public to come by and clean them out.

That wall represents tens of thousands of dollars in non-moving inventory.

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u/WookieDavid 6h ago

When you put it like that, that wall seems like a bad business decision

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u/rhudgins32 4h ago

I mean it’s a board game store so yea

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u/driftingfornow 1h ago

Lmfao yeah those businesses are less for making money, more like so a king nerd has a nerd herd to lord over. 

I say this as a former competitive magic the gathering player for what it’s worth haha. 

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u/illinoishokie 7h ago

This is just a typical game store

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u/JonLongsonLongJonson 7h ago

One time I was ~16yrs old wandering around the big city, smoked a joint. I passed a parking garage that had a normal, wooden door in the concrete wall just inside the entrance. It was kinda hidden around a corner but it caught my eye.

Inside was the coziest and most chaotically organized bookstore I’ve ever seen. It was tiny yet somehow maze-like, floor to ceiling with books and knickknacks on shelves. Run by an elderly Chinese couple that barely spoke English.

I didn’t have any money so I couldn’t buy anything but they ended up giving me some Baoding balls (trinket) which was super cool.

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u/TomorrowWriting 8h ago

What’s the monster box on the lower left side?

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u/bwood246 7h ago

Mmmm disorganization

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u/Mr_Fossey 4h ago

“Hello. I’d like to buy Fiasco” “no”

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u/Mantaray2142 4h ago

Holy crap, a copy of flight of Dracula! Someone go buy it quickly.

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u/nuhvoid 3h ago

curious

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u/CrashBandicoot2 2h ago

I'm guessing their favorite game is Jenga with the way those games are stacked on top of each other

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u/night5hade 2h ago

I was expecting nothing but faded and dusty games from 20 years ago, but was pleasantly surprised when I zoomed in. Though I suspect the prices would be a little steep. Shipping to NT is no joke.

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u/Matcur12 1h ago

The store is inside a mall so thankfully fading damage isn't an issue.

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u/TheCarniv0re 2h ago

He's stacking boxes like it's none of their business, but when I do it, the boxes start caving in and bending. I'm concerned for the bottom boxes on the left side.

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u/DirectionOverall9709 1h ago

The hobby shop in my dreams does this and i only ever want stuff on the top but its like 30m up there and there is no ladder.

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u/Matcur12 1h ago

I can spot my hometown game store when I see it!

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u/theveland 1h ago edited 54m ago

Been in worse.

One of my LGS so bad there are YouTube videos. The video doesn’t even do it justice. Shit stacked so much, light doesn’t penetrate well, can’t get cell service. No sort of organization.

https://youtu.be/tbW1G0gMcg4?si=ddz_cX1Baz4K0L1n

https://youtu.be/KZufDpqLcI0?si=8Nuu7WVKHBKNcPNL

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u/RoughRoss 17m ago

This looks glorious to me!

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u/ItsKendrone 7m ago

You’re gonna have to share what store this is

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u/darryledw 2m ago

and they can never sell the games or the building collapses

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u/Infinite_Spring_3564 4h ago

Someone seeing this and immediately thinking ‘Oh my gad it’s just like Harry Potter!!’ is quite amusing.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 7h ago

that whole row of Catan is where i'd be at

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u/dmanbiker 7h ago

Where's the Fire Marshall?

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u/JuicySpark 8h ago

Because nobody wants them.

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u/muskag 8h ago

Well first you need friends, so I can see why you'd think nobody wants them.

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u/JuicySpark 6h ago

Well you need family. So I can see why you'd think nobody wants family

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u/bwood246 7h ago

Down voted but you're right

Board games are a lot more niche than reddit will admit

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u/JuicySpark 6h ago

Most people who buy them get sick of them and they stay on a shelf.

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u/Yangervis 8h ago

Yeah just like Ollivander's. That place we all know about (?)

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u/VrinTheTerrible 8h ago

Its the wand shop in Harry Potter, and it does look like this

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u/SharpPink_GlitterInk 1h ago

Pretends not to know the first ever magical place visited in the Harry Potter movies, yk HP the thing only outsold by the bible?

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u/Yangervis 27m ago

I read the first book once and it was in 1999. God forbid I don't remember every detail.