Goblin Games Recovery and Destruction
Tables and chairs sit in the Goblin Games temporary store after a preliminary qualifier for the Pro Tour. The store hosted the qualifier two weeks after having their original location flooded during the Labor Day floods in Manhattan County. The floods lead to a state of emergency being called by Kansas Govenor Jeff Colyer. On the day of the flooding Goblin Games was filled with 6 feet of water. They were able to re-open thanks to an offering of free space at Manahattan Town Center. (Rowan Jones|Collegian Media Group)
With leftover mud clinging to the packaging, Magic the Gathering cards sit in a box. These were one of the few items they were able to salvage from the flooding. Almost all of their products were lost in the floods. (Rowan Jones|Collegian Media Group)
One of the Magic Cards that did not survive the flooding sits on a table out side of the now abandoned Goblin Games store front. Logan Wyatt and co-owner Anne Higley plan on not returning to the location. The store was filled with 6 feet of water destroying everything in it. As of now they continue to search for new locations around Manhattan. (Rowan Jones|Collegian Media Group)
Inside of Goblin Games a couple of vending machines and an old arcade console are some of the only items remaining. All of the store is covered in left over sediment, creating a slippery floor as rain continues to fall making even more mud. Insects have started to gather in the wet swamp of a building, and mosquitos constantly buzz around. Biting you just to remind you of their presence. Apart from the mud, advertisements for new Dungeons and Dragons merchandise alongside old Gatorade bottles and the occasional slip of paper cover the floor of the storefront. (Rowan Jones|Collegian Media Group)
On a mud coverd floor a beam of light, cast from the open back door, illuminates a ruined box of poker chips resting next to a model building meant for roleplaying games. These are just some of the items that were lost to the flooding. (Rowan Jones|Collegian Media Group)