Gamesmanship stays one step ahead of the competition. (toy store) (Company Profile)

From: Playthings | Date: August 1, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Costa Mesa, CA-based Gamesmanship is a toy store that specializes in adult and family type games. The 3,000-sq.ft. store has been in business since 1983 and has branched out from being a basically chess and backgammon store to one that sells a wide variety of strategy and party games catering to adults. Sam Hamo, the store's owner, advertises in 50 different telephone directories.

Specialty store pleases affluent clientele with wide spectrum of games

When Sam Hamo opened his store Gamesmanship, in 1972, offering Chess and Backgammon to shoppers in a 600 square foot store in Costa Mesa, ...

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