Independent retailers

I thought I'd do a little article on the local hobby and gaming stores in and around Exeter (where I live) and promote them out to the wider community.

I have to say that Exeter has a lot of great independents that stock both GW and tabletop games. 

Here are the ones that I recommend visiting;


OMG! Comics

The original (and in my opinion the best) Comic Book store in Exeter, located in McCoys Arcade on Fore Street.  Stocks all your comic book needs plus a selection of tabletop games such as Star Trek Catan, Munchkin, Fluxx and some of the Fantasy Flight 40K games, such as The Horus Hersey.   Also has an awesome selection of T-Shirts!


Kirton Games

Located in the Creedy Centre Crediton (Just outside of Exeter) this shop stocks Games Workshop as well as Fantasy Flight products and offers a 10% discount! They have a great online store as well as a fantastic physical shop where they have regular gaming nights.  They also do offers of the week that usually tie in with the latest's GW release. Well worth checking out!


Clifton Road Games

As the name suggests this shop is located on Clifton Road in Exeter.  It has a large selection of board games, miniatures, Card Games and accessories as well as a gaming area.  They host regular tournaments for games such as Magic and Star Wars X-Wing.  They don't stock and GW stuff but sell pretty much everything else.  They also held an International Tabletop Day event in 2014.


Critical Mass Retro Videogames & Manga

Located opposite OMG! Comics (which is handy as you can kill two birds with one stone) this shop is Exeter's premier retro videogaming shop and has recently started stocking Games Workshop products with a 10% discount! From time to time they also get in the odd retro GW game (for example a few months back they had a copy of Heroquest and Advanced Heroquest for sale!).  I've bought several retro games from there (mostly Star Wars related N64 games) and have found them very reasonably priced. 


All of these stores are run by very lovely people who are passionate about they things that they sell and are always up for a chat when you pop in to see them, so if you find yourself in Exeter (or Crediton) why not pop in and see them (or use their online stores!).