Canton is a fairly good size town, 25.48 sq. miles, with a population of just over 73,000 and has NO gaming stores. The nearest gaming store is in Massillion, which covers over just over 18 square miles with a population of just over 32,000 and has 1 game store which is 8 miles away. (Say wha?) Needless to say Massillion also hosts more gamers than Canton area and I believe I'm 1 out of a handful, if not the only one, who is an event organizer for the Canton area for several Meetup groups, which brings me to the point of this blog.
I host a monthly meetup at a nice cozy local coffee shop, albeit small for International Tabletop Game Day. This year I'm fortunate to be able to host International Tabletop Game Day at a local church (okay it's the church I go to) and hoping it will be a big success by bringing in non-gamers and introducing them to the hobby as well as having a large venue for those gamers in Canton/Masillion area.
Now gamers you gotta love 'em and I suppose to some degree this really doesn't surprise me, but shortly after posting the event at several meetup sites, I get the question if beer is allowed. I'm not against drinking and having a good time, however the person in question was able to see the event was taking place at a church and was stated in the description to promote the hobby, meaning there might be the chance of non-gamers checking it out as its a public event and not inclusive of the groups themselves. I had to post to his question, that it would be family friendly (as there might be the off-chance of minors present). Again, this shouldn't have surprised me but it did. You just never know what we gamers are capable of sometimes.
If interested, I have the event posted up at g+ as well. Go to Canton 2015 International Tabletop Game Day and hit the yes button if you like to come.
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