Greetings,
This is going to be about one of the gaming clubs that I occasionally frequent while I'm over here in Korea.
Miniature Zone
Location: Follow these crude directions...
1) Hop onto line 6 of the Seoul Subway heading towards Bonghwasan ( 봉화산 ) and you want to get off at Dolgoji ( 돌곶이 ).
2) Once at Dolgoji you want to head towards Exit 7 and/or Imunno ( 이문로 ). Go up the steps, no escalator I'm afraid, until you see the sign in picture 3.
3) From here you want to walk for about 200 to 300m (220 to 330 yds) down this side of the street. You don't need to cross the road or turn any corners. You should walk past a Lotteria fast food eatery, a KB Bank and a HiMart electronics store, in that order. If you don't you are lost and I can't help you there...
Sorry...
Once you have walked past these three easily recognisable buildings then you will be close to the side street that Miniature Zone is down.
Once you see the Standard Charter Bank on the corner of a t-junction/ intersection across the road from where you are standing, you are near the side street that you need to turn down. When you reach the following store (note this was its appearance as of 28.05.2010/ 05.28.2010/ 2010.05.28), turn right down the street.
4) It should look like the picture below.
5) You want to walk about 30m (33yds) and Miniature Zone is in a building that looks like the below photo. There is no outward sign that there is a gaming club down there, but....
There is a mark of the noble geek fraternity that we all belong to...
6) You need to walk down two flights of stairs, surrender your soul, pay the ferryman, open the door on your left, and you are there.
Upon my entering the gaming club for the first time I nearly wept from seeing the sheer number of boardgames that were unopened and lying upon the shelf above the television, but it is the rest of the place that takes your breath away.
It is a nice and open club. It doesn't feel like a dark, dank place like some I've been to. There are three 6 x 4 tables there with huge amounts of terrain, lockers if you are a member, an airbrush and an extractor fan, a modelling area with masses of paints, tools and other shinies for the hobby. There is also a computer with army builder and a printer, if you need a list sorted out. There are masses of chairs dotted around the club, but beware; some of the seats aren't secured! I have become a victim of two of the chairs that are like this.
They do have a selection of Games Workshop and Privateer Press rulebooks, if people want to peruse or borrow them. There is also a large selection of Warmachine and Hordes models to borrow, if you wish to.
The guys who frequent this club are mostly Korean, but due to the nature of the hobby they do speak and understand English well. So I wouldn't be afraid of not being able to communicate when you are gaming there.
They mostly play Warmachine and Hordes there at the moment, but I have played Warhammer there fighting the Korean gamer who invited me to game there.
The fee is 5000won, which goes towards heating, light, air-con, electricity, rent, etc... For what you get and the atmosphere of the club it is a pittance to pay.
I am unaware as to the entire opening and closing hours of the club, but I shall endeavour to find out for a future post.
Regards,
English Pillock
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