{"id":16237,"date":"2019-06-26T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=58534"},"modified":"2019-06-26T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:03:23","slug":"paint-store-rolls-a-critical-hit-with-new-gaming-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/paint-store-rolls-a-critical-hit-with-new-gaming-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint store rolls a critical hit with new gaming section"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Owner George Wylie plays one of the thousands of games available on his arcade machines inside Wylie’s Paint Store, which recently added a gaming section.<\/strong>
McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Between browsing a large shelf of paint primers and a rainbow paint color sample display at Wylie\u2019s Paint Store, customers will notice some slightly unexpected products for sale, including Catan and Arkham Horror. That\u2019s because the small paint store has expanded to serve the gamers of Grand County.<\/p>\n

The unusual combination of paint and games occurred pretty organically thanks to owner George Wylie\u2019s passion for both.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went into it (because) I\u2019m a gamer anyway,\u201d Wylie said with a smile.  <\/p>\n

In the dead of winter, Wylie\u2019s Paint Shop, located in the Fraser Valley Shopping Center, doesn\u2019t see the same foot traffic it does in the warmer months, Wylie explained, but because no one knows when a paint emergency will occur, he is determined to keep consistent hours.<\/p>\n

He began to bring games into the shop to pass the time, playing Monopoly or Ticket to Ride with his associate Matthew Foster. After a few months fielding questions from customers about whether the games were available for sale, Wylie decided that maybe the answer should be yes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of clicked and it was like I should open a game store and it\u2019s amazing how many people are gamers up here, but didn\u2019t get the chance to meet other gamers, so it\u2019s become a hub all of a sudden,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been a paint store for so long, so all I\u2019ve seen is painters and people who have painting projects, but now I\u2019m getting a whole new dynamic of people in here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wylie\u2019s game selection includes the top 40 best sellers for all ages from Alliance Games, which include Catan and Ticket to Ride.<\/strong>
McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Now, his shop has an official games section, complete with old-school style arcade machines, a large wooden table for role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, a special section for Magic: The Gathering supplies and, of course, a large array of popular board and card games for purchase.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of have everything covered,\u201d he said of the game selection.<\/p>\n

More than meeting a need in the community as a game seller, Wylie wanted to create a place for people to get together and enjoy gaming. To support this goal, he offers customers the opportunity to come in and play games at his store for free.<\/p>\n

Gamers can select one of the board games Wylie provides, play the arcade machines or reserve the table for group games all at no cost.<\/p>\n

If a customer spots a game on the shelf they don\u2019t recognize or are interested in joining one of the gaming groups for the first time, Wylie and his associate Foster are more than willing to help teach them how to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no place to game up here besides in your living room amongst your friends, (\u2026) there was definitely a need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As of right now, Wylie is working on scheduling dedicated game nights to provide that community space consistently. One night would likely be focused on role-playing games, another for open board games and he would like to participate in Friday Night Magic, a Magic: The Gathering sponsored event that happens at participating game stores internationally every Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Grand County) is growing and that brings in more people who need more things to do,\u201d he said. \u201cI enjoy going out to the bar and having a drink like anyone else, but you can\u2019t do that every night, so you need other things to do. (Gaming) builds everything, it builds communication, it builds stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the future, Wylie hopes to expand his game and gaming supplies selection, but wants to do so smartly. To start with, the store will soon offer hobbyist paints, dice, miniature figurines and, of course, more games.<\/p>\n

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Owner George Wylie plays one of the thousands of games available on his arcade machines inside Wylie’s Paint Store, which recently added a gaming section.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com Between browsing a large shelf of paint primers and a rainbow paint color sample display at Wylie\u2019s Paint Store, customers will notice some slightly unexpected products for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 14:28:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}