One of Birmingham’s newest shops will open this month, described as a ‘brilliant place’ with ‘amazing nerds’. Warhammer is a tabletop game in which people use miniature figures to battle against each other on a model battlefield.
The tabletop game has gone from strength to strength over the years and there are over 500 Warhammer shops across the world. Beyond the game, there is a video game series Warhammer 40,000 and a rumoured television series starring Henry Cavill set to debut on Amazon Prime.
Cavill is perhaps Warhammer’s most famous face, a super fan and an executive producer on the planned TV show. The Superman actor has been a fan since the age of ten and described it as ‘the stuff I do in my free time’.
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The new store will include figures, paints and more, including exclusive deals as part of the new opening. The shop will open on Corporation Street on January 25, replacing STA Travel.
The imminent move to Corporation Street means the current Warhammer store, in The Priory Queensway, will close its doors.
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On Facebook, Warhammer Birmingham said: “New year, new store. That’s right. You read it correctly. We are officially moving location to 37 Corporation Street on January 25.
“Join us in celebrating the next chapter of a Warhammer Birmingham journey. Alongside a beautiful new store, we will have a bunch of awesome events and activities as well as super cool exclusive Warhammer items only available with a new store opening.
“Come down and say farewell to our old store and find out more.”
Warhammer Birmingham has a 4.7 score out of five stars on Google Reviews. This Is based on over 200 independent reviews.
Oliver Herrington said: “Really incredible and kind staff, helping find what you need and checking through stock that just got delivered for items I was looking for. Brilliant place, some amazing nerds are always present.”
And Jake Bates added: “The people that I spoke to in there were nothing but kind, polite and extremely helpful. When I asked about paints, they knew what they were doing and saying and were explaining things very easily to me and other people.
“When someone walked in, they greeted them and went over and offered them help. I can’t explain how good the people were and I can’t recommend this place enough.”