Nan's Games & Comics Toys — Local services in Houston

Nan's is a hallmark of Houston's comic and gaming scene, and really shouldn't be skipped if you're in the area. Selection is great, but prices will be MSRP or slightly higher. They keep an excellent mix of current/trending and older/back catalog books and merchandise. Staff is friendly, if at times a bit cranky (but really, Bryan is an awesome guy). That said, there is some room for improvement: The store is musty. This has gotten a bit better over time, and it's never been as bad as Third Planet (used to be? I haven't been in a while), but this is the kind of thing that happens to a nerd store with a lot of older merch that stays in the same location for a while. They don't have any space to actually play the games they sell -- they leave this up to other establishments. Check out Asgard further north on Shepherd, or Geek Life or Tea+Victory in the Heights for...

I bought Android: Netrunner. After taking off the shrinkwrap, and reading through the rules, I noticed that the box was damaged and torn up some. I never played the game or popped out any of the tokens, so I brought it in hoping they could just put shrinkwrap back on it and give me store credit. The most they would offer me is 50% value. They said they wouldn't be able to put the shrinkwrap back on, and that they wouldn't be able to sell this to anyone else, so they would not give me full credit. I'm pretty sure they have a shrinkwrap machine to rewrap it, they just wanted to avoid giving me my money back. I only kept the game because I hate having my money wasted. I'll take my business to a store that treats their customers better. If you sell a damaged product to a customer, then they should be allowed...

Good selection of older and new comics. This really isn't a trades type of place, for that I'd try Bedrock. They do have games, but it is clear that is not their main focus.

Frankly, this is not a place for browsing. You can rely on the friendly staff for suggestions, but if you are into comics without collecting actual comics and prefer trades like me, I wouldn't go out if your way to go here, because that isn't what this place is for. This place is small compared to other comic retail stores in the area.

Gaming has always been an afterthought here and there are no tables or places to game here. They have some niche games, but Barnes and Noble has a similar sized game area. I'd recommend heading to a games store.

I like the staff a lot, but I don't really go...