I was a little apprehensive about visiting Little ...

I was a little apprehensive about visiting Little Shop of Magic for the first time based on some of the reviews on here. My daughter and I are completely new to tabletop games and I was hoping to find some good advice from friendly, helpful people who wouldn't make me feel like they were having to dumb everything down for us OR like we were wasting their time.

Additionally, my daughter is autistic. So, she can randomly ask unrelated questions in the middle of an explanation, not answer questions, seem to be completely uninterested, or grab random things off shelves and hand them to store workers etc. all things that can annoy people who don't understand.

We were helped right away by someone who listened to our needs and had both recommendations for us and actual explanations about why certain games were good for two people, replayability, and whether certain titles were cooperative vs competitive. He was also very kind to my daughter. I was really surprised later to find out that this was John. I didn't get a condescending or impatient vibe from him at all contrary to other opinions on here.

Next, John sent Brook over to offer any recommendations she might have in addition to his and we were again treated with really great customer service from a very knowledgeable person. Even Eric at the register was really upbeat and friendly and didn't seem annoyed when I asked him to see if they carried a game I remembered right before I was about to pay. We will definitely be choosing these guys over Amazon to build up our baby-sized board game collection from now on.

***TL;DR Version*** As a brand new tabletop gamer looking for gateway games for two, one being a child, I had a phenomenal level of customer service from John, Brook, and Eric at Little Shop of Magic. I can't recommend them enough. If you're an introverted boardgaming noob like me, give this place a shot. You won't regret it.