Quest Keepers is a brand new Gaming shop, opening today in Salters Court in Newport. We meet the owner for a chat.
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00:00Hi, my name's Sebastian. I'm with Quest Keepers. Come check out my store.
00:08Lead the way, sir.
00:21Cool.
00:25Aha, the world of gaming.
00:27Yes, indeed.
00:28So how long have you been in then, Sebastian?
00:30In the store. This is our first day, so we're opening up.
00:34Awesome. So fill us in for someone who doesn't know what Quest Keepers is, because you know a lot of people won't.
00:39What are you all about then?
00:41So our main products at the moment are Warhammer, which is a miniature tabletop wargame.
00:46So you buy the models, build them up, paint them and have some wargames with them.
00:52On top of that, we've also got a whole bunch of accessories here.
00:55So we've got all these fancy dice, dice cups, all these little bits to base your miniatures on.
01:02And then a few other little bits and bobs as well.
01:05So what's your painting skills? Have you painted any up yourself?
01:08Yeah, so this is one of mine.
01:09I did wonder, yes, as I glanced around.
01:12And we've got a few little bits and bobs over here that I've put together and painted as well.
01:17So what came first for you? The interest of the painting and the crafting side or the gaming side?
01:22Definitely the painting, the crafting and the building of the models.
01:25Because that's where you have to start.
01:27And then, yeah, it started in Covid when we were all locked up inside.
01:31Picked up my first box and fell in love with it.
01:34And now I've got a shop.
01:36Yeah, as you do.
01:37So where were you from yourself then?
01:39So I stayed just outside of town.
01:42Originally, though, from South Africa.
01:44Me and my wife moved over.
01:46I was going to say, yeah, I was getting the accent there.
01:48Yeah, yeah. So from South Africa to Newport.
01:50From South Africa to Newport, yeah.
01:52So my family are traditionally from the UK.
01:55So we moved over and started here.
01:57So where were your family from in the UK originally?
02:00Hull.
02:01Oh, okay.
02:02Yeah, yeah.
02:03So a bit of a northern twang knocking about in the family down the line.
02:07And what are you making of Newport and Shropshire compared to South Africa then?
02:12Colder.
02:13Yeah.
02:14But very, very beautiful.
02:16Nice and green.
02:17We love taking the dogs out into the hills for walks and that.
02:20So we fell in love with the Midlands in general.
02:23So yeah, we're enjoying it.
02:24Great stuff.
02:25So in terms of the gaming, we'll swing you around.
02:28Go on, come up to that corner for us.
02:30Warhammer's massive, isn't it really now?
02:34It is.
02:35And all made in the UK.
02:37Is it?
02:38Didn't realise that.
02:39They've got a massive factory up in Nottingham.
02:41Oh, wow.
02:42So all this is in plastic moulding done by them.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Boxed up there and shipped all over the world.
02:48I was going to say, because I knew it was big here, so it's popular all over then.
02:52Yeah, yeah.
02:53Very, very big.
02:54That's a nice export we've got there then.
02:56Definitely.
02:57So opening times, when can people catch you at the shop here?
03:00So to start with, we're open on a Saturday from 1 o'clock until 5pm.
03:04Great stuff.
03:05And we'll be looking to expand those alleys with all the support we've been getting.
03:08Cool.
03:09Well, good luck in business, Sebastian.
03:10Game on.
03:11Thank you very much.