Yottaquest
Encyclopedia
Yottaquest is an American
gaming store in Mt. Healthy
, Ohio
. The store was founded in 2004 by Matthew Fay, and since then has increased its business an average of 25% a year, even during the recession.
The store specializes in board games, role playing games and card games; they also recently branched into selling comic books. They carry a selection of both new and used games, including hard to find older editions. Yottaquest also stocks or demos new and independent games. No electronic or video games are carried in the store, stressing socializing and personal interaction.
Goodman Games
awarded Yottaquest the title of "America's Favorite Game Store" in July 2009 following a competition and voting on their website.
One of Yottaquest's business philosophies is establishing a strong gaming community throughout the region. The store has an extensive gaming space usable by their customers and members of the gaming community, and frequently hosts tournaments and events.
The founder of Yottaquest, Matthew Fay, is also the President of the Mount Healthy Business Association.
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United States
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gaming store in Mt. Healthy
Mount Healthy, Ohio
Mount Healthy is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. The population was 7,149 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mount Healthy is located at ....
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. The store was founded in 2004 by Matthew Fay, and since then has increased its business an average of 25% a year, even during the recession.
The store specializes in board games, role playing games and card games; they also recently branched into selling comic books. They carry a selection of both new and used games, including hard to find older editions. Yottaquest also stocks or demos new and independent games. No electronic or video games are carried in the store, stressing socializing and personal interaction.
Goodman Games
Goodman Games
Goodman Games is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Goodman Games is best known as the publisher of the Dungeon Crawl Classics series of adventure modules, as well as the Dragonmech and the award-winning Etherscope role-playing games, and has...
awarded Yottaquest the title of "America's Favorite Game Store" in July 2009 following a competition and voting on their website.
One of Yottaquest's business philosophies is establishing a strong gaming community throughout the region. The store has an extensive gaming space usable by their customers and members of the gaming community, and frequently hosts tournaments and events.
The founder of Yottaquest, Matthew Fay, is also the President of the Mount Healthy Business Association.
Name
The name "Yottaquest" was suggested by the founder's son, Jonathan Fay, from the metric prefix "Yotta-", the largest SIInternational System of Units
The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system of units of measurement devised around seven base units and the convenience of the number ten. The older metric system included several groups of units...
prefix, denoting a factor of 1024. In other words, quests, or one septillion quests.