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' W " . «‘3qu r]; 1" -.-. . 1 fiancee larissa Hayward. decided to open a ‘ 3‘ ' ‘ i [‘3‘ ‘3‘ ‘ r3 1.. ' Eff": n. 1""; ‘ -“7.: business. they decided to go with what they % 3 in, i at g ‘1 ~3 3. . I. 1 1 i know. . .. . 3 1 ‘33 , ' . ” .' j ‘31 1 3, “We're big nerds." Alicia said. “We decid- '1 . . ‘ 7 . ' 1 » 1.? ’1». . we 1 ed we would best appeal to our own people. ' ' : s x . 3 . 33 ..,..._.__3 “s '. ” K’ 1 and that we'd know the product. . 'L ‘3 'E k. 1~ . ' ' 1 “Customers would be much more capa- i . g " 3 $- . ' .9 " i ble of liking the store if they knew we were ' ‘ .3; ,; 3 . ' .. . 5 ‘ 33 3 . passionate about what we were selling.” ‘ 3: 3| ll all Rug“. ._ r 1 3 3 The result is lust By Chance Games. a 3 ' F" i=I". ? t we ‘ . .. . l new gaming store on Phillip Street in Waterâ€" 3 3 _ “ g 3 ,3 7" 1 loo. . in 1 " ' .‘ j The store sells a number of tabletop role» *Wmflmuu . if. , 9' " 33 . playing games such as Pathfinder, Shad- . 1.. . owrun and White Wolf. traditional board ' a 1 . .- games. as well as miniature games such as '. .9 :s. . Warhammer. I 1*, ”3&3 j Part of the appeal of opening a gaming ”fig-.33 store for lustin was his familiarity with the 3 3 . ’ j I; ' products. 3 its. \ 5‘ ‘ "To be honest. i don’t think there’s a sin~ .. . ‘ ‘3. gle thing in this store that I haven't played or ‘ . .1“: 3 at least know something about.” he said. “it‘s I 33 3 a ' alwaysbeen a hobby of mine." 1“ 3' . ‘ l - - He sees tabletop gaming as another 3 fig? ‘3. entertainment option. S. H“ _ fig... ' “They're a myriad of alternative things to §§a ‘93. . do versus say, going to a club or anything . i3 5212?: ‘ 3:5" 33 . _ 3:. . 1 . like that.” Justin said. "A lot of people just . . ’t j ‘5? saga? I u - _ l Sweficéstgnbfgglszlmoghfi 2:133:31: them Siblings Alicia and Justin Loomes are co-owners of Just By Chance Games, a new store that opened on Phillip Street last who“: W 1 . were i mosgggrfirgglfigfle a Wide selection 0f Originally from Newfoundland, Water- “There were people waiting at the door again. we would do italot more'efidently. 3. Just By Chance Games also has a space loo's inherent nerdliness convinced the whenweopenedat 10 a.m.," Justin said. “it's been a learning experience and it's 1 for games to play in the store, with a num- 100mm and Hayward toset up shop here. Just By Chance is still getting its legs been really fun. Even though it’s a lot of . ber oftables set up in the rearofthe building “We'd done research about a whole under it. The store planned to have an work. working all day, every day, when you ‘ ' 1 where customers can set up games free of bunch of different towns in Ontario.” Alicia extensive collection of manga. graphic nov- pick something you love, it's not stressful ; c h any, said. els and comics ready for the grand opening. and it doesn’t myou.” 3 “We wan. this to be some place where “After spending a couple of hours on (the but the shipment got held up at the border. $1 “‘ i .3513 3: _ 3...... kg}: 2 r if; . people with eclectic tastes in entertainment University of Waterloo) campus and hearing Justin is also hoping to start some gaming 4:33.: W _ 3‘51'33 3 it: 1 can come in and hang out and do whatever a number of comments about comic books toumaments in a couple of weeks and the £333 ’ 3:33. ‘3' 3e 1 ~‘ ‘ ”as 1 they want," Alicia said. and seeing a bunch of shirts with the pi sym- owners are looking for suggestions on which 511:? i350 . ‘ .& :Ev'as'. 3 She envisions the store as being a gatherâ€" bol on them, and walking down city blocks games and products to bring in. 3‘ -' é... . . . .. _. wows; , . ing place for“the nerd community." that had nothing but RIM building. we fig- None of the owners had any business ,5-3‘3 . 3 3. .. 5 . 3,l..33.3‘.. .73.-. 3 3.3.3,,« 1 “We grew up having a store like this in “Ed this was ideal.” . exp33enence before opening 11!“ ByChance. .3» s "is": a?" 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