Tuesday, January 19, 2021

From Aberdeen to Paris: Mapping the British gaming advertisers circa 1985

So here's something I've wanted to try for years. I logged the names and addresses of all the ads in White Dwarf issue #68 (September 1985), excluding the small ads (i.e. the classifieds). I only know a tiny thimbleful of British geography, but I really wanted to see where all these game companies, retailers, play-by-mail outfits, and miniatures manufacturers could be found. So I put the data into Google maps:


You can play around with it here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1HJ-XTRGYBhMRuixEhn0BZ5EUe2HbzI6v&usp=sharing
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Posted by Jeff Rients at 8:14 AM

2 comments:

  1. Nick5:45 AM

    It looks like the old country with it's UFOs, faeries and dolmens, thought RPGs were too close to home. So no/minimal West Country, Cornwall, Ireland or Scotland.

    Of course, it's also a population thing, but it's curious all the same.

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  2. Grufflehead6:52 PM

    I was at university when the Virgin Games Centre in Aberdeen was open. Many bargains were had, which was great for a poor student!

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