Koltar works at a game store in Cinci... I keep meaning to go down there and check it out. Probably will this weekend or next week while I'm on break.
There is also a total rping game store in cinci - http://www.yottaquest.com/
They sell a lot of story game swinery and forge crap, but they also have the whole Paladium line, tons of old school, even Tunnels and Trolls. They host a ton of tournaments. I bet they even have Pathfinder society.
Yottaquest is barely 5 to 10 minutes driving time from the store I work at.
They are our closest competition - but also our friends in many ways and good people. If we are missing a game or an item I often call Yottaquest to see if they have it and send a browser over to them - and they do likewise.
I'd say two-thirds of our inventory overlaps what they have and vice-versa.
I've run RPG sessions at their game tables and the two stores pretty share about half of our regulars.
As for a 'Dayton vs. Cincinnati' rivalry ? - I'm
NOT into that silliness. There is a local Sci-Fi convention called
MILLENNICON every year. I'm a member of the con committe , around half of the con-com members live and work in the Dayton area - sop I think Dayton area gamers, geeks, and nerds as my alliers, buddies or potential friends.
This year our Guest of Honor is the author Robert J. Sawyer - he wrote the book FLASH FORWARD, which then got turned into an ABC TV series last year. We've also got that filker guy Tom Smith.
Dayton posters on here - send me a PM and we can meet up at my store sometime or at MILLENNICON. When I'm on 'here'/this foruum I don't try to promote the store I try to let my hair down
(literally - I got a ponytail) and relax a tad.
- Ed C.