10 before 30: Hungary

On our way home from Prague we stopped in Budapest at our eight store. We managed to get to Gep-Haz store just before it closed.

10 before 30: Czech Republic

After Poland we headed to our seventh location which is Czech Republic. Our first stop in Prague was at Ogry Doupe. They also had a lot of miniatures, some Golden Daemon awards and a fair amount of space for playing. Here we bought an Ork Painboy.

10 before 30: Poland

Number 6 is Krakov. We arrived late in Poland, but the next day, as soon the sun was up, we raided two stores and got lots of goodies. I was amazed that both stores had a lot of merchandise, even web store exclusive. Fist we visited Vanaheim were we got a Blood Bowl Skaven pitch and a Treeman Ancient at 60% off.

10 before 30: Oslo edition

Took us a while to get to number 5, but here it is! We raided the shores of far north and had to get to Games Workshop as soon as we landed in Oslo. It's pretty easy to find, close to the train station and city center. And it was a treat!

We got there on a sunny Friday and it was swarming with people buying and painting stuff. The shop was large enough to spend some time ogling the painted minis and terrain and make a mental wishlist for the following pillaging expeditions.

The staff was super friendly, impeccable English and really helpful. They didn't carry any Blood Bowl stuff (except for some books) but they did order the Skavenblight Scramblers for us to pick up the following week.

They also helped with picking some better sturdier white acrylic paint from Citadel (Pallid Wych Flesh).

Some of the minis were really masterfully painted.

While other were... more conventional?

I really liked this piece of terrain. There was Gandalf standing up to the Balrog on that bridge but the walls were really something we think we can also do at home (with silicoane foam), so the picture is focused on that.

Some nice ideas for trees as well... I guess most of improving is stealing ideas :D

Overall, it was pretty good. The prices seem quite OK for Norway (considering they are the online shop prices but overall Norway is freaking expensive), so probably there's a ton of collectors around. It's worth a visit. And if you're also looking for other places people play and buy Warhammer at check out Outland, there's two of them and they're awesome.

10 before 30 - Denmark and Netherland

After going to a couple of Games Workshop stores we came up with a personal travel and gaming challenge - to visit 10 different official GW shops in 10 different countries (and, of course, buy 40k stuff from each) before Cristi turns 30. We've been to three so far and there's one more coming up this year, so we've got three more years to punch out six more shops. Not bad, I'd say.

The first one was in Copenhagen, as part of our honeymoon trip to Sweden and Denmark in September of 2015. These guys had really cool terrain and window displays and they were very welcoming.Cristi got some Khorne data cards there - little luggage space - but managed to cram a Bloodthirster from Malmo (bought at Playoteket, a miniature and boardgames shop) on the plane.

Next was Amsterdam - they have two official stores here. We started with the less central one (Amsterdam South). People were playing, assembling miniatures and painting and we got to see some super crafty conversions (a huge aircraft pieced together with elements from several races and factions - the picture is blurry and does it no justice), handmade terrain elements and wicked brushwork. Their shop guy was a super nice guy we really enjoyed meeting and talking about 40k with. I guess that's when the seed of the idea of an Orkz army was first planted :P Also, Cristi got another Bloodthirster from here.

Amsterdam West is larger but a bit "colder". Or we just got there when there wasn't much action, don't know. This time a Forgefiend was purchased and we got a few more stamps on our little card that got us a Tzeentch die from the South store :D

And, recently, we took a train trip to Vienna (from Budapest) to get to the shop on Mariahilfe - Wien I (since it was a one day trip, Wien II was way out of our way), which was packed with people playing and painting. I almost got some black orcz (but I've been trying to compel myself to paint more by not buying stuff until I do the work) and Cristi bought a Vermin Lord, another miniature we've been ogling since Amsterdam. But I did get "Predator, Prey", the second book of "The Beast Arises" series, from the motherload of Viennese geek shops Damage Ultimited - they have new and second hand Sci-Fi, Fantasy, anime, you name it, books, boardgames, miniatures, cosplay and larp gear and clothing, collectibles, dice and so on. I loved it!

Next on the list is Cleveland, where Cristi is going this month. And next year we're thinking about Oslo.

"Chaos exists in a state of permanent victory over you - you dance to our tune, mortal one" (Ghargatuloth, Daemon Prince of Tzeentch)