Following a move to the fine town of Burton upon Trent (which consists mainly of breweries), a second shop was opened in 1988. Four years later the early Nineties recession, plus a Games Workshop and a Virgin Games both opening around the corner, put paid to the Croydon shop. With board games going out of style most of them also went out of print, so the remaining shop was heavily reliant on roleplaying and wargaming, which did not quite add up to enough trade - in the nick of time Magic: The Gathering arrived, and kept things going until the board game revival led by Settlers of Catan. Within five years the shelf space needed for all the board games had increased from 5 feet to 100 feet, and 114 Station Street was added to give us enough room. Another 5 years on, and 115 Station Street became available, so we expanded sideways and moved out of 98, life being much easier in one big shop than in two little ones on opposite sides of the road. With no further room for expansion, we just kept cramming more stuff in somehow. Around 2014, we moved to the end of the High Street, a better position and a better layout in the shop. We had a few good years but by the time covid hit we were working all hours to keep things afloat, so retirement beckoned, leading to the current online setup.