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Dustin Coy, 29, of DeKalb, picks out a board game to play during International Tabletop Day at New Game in Town, 811 W. Lincoln Highway. The store had many classic games as well as new games for people to play.

Tabletop Day includes mixture of compelling games for Saturday

By Nate Linhart | April 6, 2014

New Game in Town employees proved board games are anything but boring Saturday.For those non-geeks out there who didn’t know, Saturday was International Tabletop Day. Friends gather and play any kind of game on a flat surface, including card games,...

Jeff Jett plays HeroClix

By Brandon Semel | March 16, 2014

Jeff Jett plays HeroClix. Jett, Aaron Tymee, James Hays and Michael Schulz spent Saturday afternoon playing HeroClix at New Game In Town, 811 W. Lincoln Highway, a gaming store. They hope to get a head start practicing for the official gaming event, which...

Preparing for HeroClix

By Brandon Semel | March 16, 2014

(Bottom left, clockwise) Jeff Jett, Aaron Tymee, James Hays and Michael Schulz spent Saturday afternoon playing HeroClix at New Game In Town, 811 W. Lincoln Highway, a gaming store. They hope to get a head start practicing for the official gaming event,...

Shops see less business with summer

Shops see less business with summer

By Erin Kolb | July 8, 2013

From comic book stores to bars, local businesses find themselves seeing change over the summer as a result of students going home during the school break.One change noticed by Cora Vasseur, co-owner of Babs & Coco’s Tea Emporium, 818 W. Lincoln...

Between the Lines: Bear Wolf

By Jessi Haish | December 2, 2012

Bear Wolf is working toward world domination by doing what he loves to do. “I plan to take over the world one small town at a time,” Wolf, owner of New Game in Town, 811 W. Lincoln Highway, said. Wolf is in the process of opening a second store in...

Comic Book Club to host costume party Wednesday

By Shelby Devitt | October 28, 2012

The newly-formed NIU Comic Book Club is hosting a Halloween costume contest during their regular meeting time 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at New Game in Town, 811 W. Lincoln Highway. The contest is one in a series of events the club and comic book store are co-sponsoring,...

DeKalb offers dynamic duo of comic book stores

By Joe Palmer | April 30, 2012

Some local vendors say comic books are making a comeback, and DeKalb has you covered from cover to cover. Since summer of last year, comic books have taken a dramatic rise in popularity thanks to new titles, new stories and new artists, said some local...