Welcome to An Armory Guide To Aotearoa where I aim to visit and review every FAB armory in NZ.
Gaming DNA is at the northern end of central Hamilton, near FMG Stadium. If you’re staying in a hotel in the centre of town it’s walkable but a long walk. Chances are you’re going to be driving. There is some street parking and with a supermarket carpark just across the road, parking isn’t a problem.
On the food side of things, there’s the supermarket across the road. Relatively nearby there’s a couple of pubs, sushi and other places to eat along Victoria Street, you’re going to want to stop and eat there then drive the last bit rather than walk. You can even get food delivered from Last Place (they have a special Gaming DNA! menu).
On the drinks side of things they have a good range in their fridge in store and if they don’t have what you want there is the supermarket across the road.
Flint and Paul behind the counter are really helpful when you come in and will show you where the FAB table is. Whilst this was our first visit to Gaming DNA we knew a bunch of the community from when we’ve played at Card Merchant Hamilton. They are a welcoming and helpful crowd. The play style is at the casual end of the range even if I did go 0-3 on the night.
FAB is not the only game being played and it can get noisy. If you are sensitive to noise then don’t forget your earplugs.
I was really impressed with the range of deck boxes and we couldn’t resist picking up a couple. They also have a very good range of armory decks available.
Meeting a new group of people is daunting for many of us, Braiden and Michael are friendly faces to help welcome you into fold.
* Gaming DNA
* Level 1/550 Anglesea Street,
* Hamilton 3204
* Website
* When is the armory? Thursday 6:30pm
* What format? CC
* How much and prizes? $15 and everyone gets to choose 2 booster packs from a range of releases. GEM packs for the top 10 players
* Is food allowed and/or available? There’s the supermarket across the street and a range of eateries on the nearby Victoria Street. Delivery to the store and bringing food into the store is allowed
* Does the LGS sell drinks? Yes there’s a good range in the fridge
* What parking is there? On street parking and a big supermarket carpark across the road
* How many people turn up? There were 11 when we were there but 8 is normal
* What’s the game culture? Casual
* Are there casual games before/afterwards? Yes there are casual games before
