Whenever I'm walking around my shopping precinct (the Elmsleigh Centre in Staines, Middlesex, if you really want to know) I always find it very hard to walk past the beguiling Games Workshop emporium without giving it a second glance.
More often than not I find myself pausing to peer at the earnest young lads inside, grouped around the game stable and plotting elaborate military manoeuvres with their miniature orcs and elves. And all the while I’ve got a wistful glint in my eye. That’s because, way back in the mid-70s, I too was obsessed by the genre of sword and sorcery, so the sight of my friendly neighbourhood Games Workshop in full, fantastical flow always brings some whimsical memories rushing back.
