The legend of Kay and Max.

In the early days of the gold rush a young merchant came the Cariboo, he was known only as Max.  He had a thick eastern European accent and spoke of how soldiers had chased his family off their farm in the old country.  Max also had a traveling companion, a gambler, card sharp, and teller of tall tales, some say he was on the run after a deal in the banana business had gone bad.  He is known to have told others that he had taken the last of a plantation owner’s fortune in a poker game and “they” were after him, history knows him as Kay.  On the journey to the Cariboo the men became the best of friends.  

Kay and Max opened a gaming store together shortly after arriving In the Cariboo. The two men quickly became well respected community members and the store became known for its exotic games, hand painted playing cards, ornate chess sets from the east, alabaster poker chips, and mother of pearl dice, anything one who played games could want or need.  then when it came time to play, they were some of the bests.  Max was probably the first real chess master in northern B.C.  While Kay always had a poker game, after the store closed or down at the saloon. 

Unfortunately, their partnership was doomed to fail like so many others before and since.  Kay had fallen completely in love with the world-famous saloon singer Evangelina Martinez from Peru.  Maybe it was his calm and steady ways or maybe his kindness but from the moment she met Max, she fell for him and Max felt the same.  After years of resentment and melancholy Kay lashed out with a pistol shooting his former friend and partner as stood behind the counter.  Wounded Max fired back with his own gun maiming his former friend.  In the end both men would survive and leave the Cariboo shortly after.  Max and Evangelina Martinez returned Peru and lived out their day on the shores of Lake Titicaca.  Kay was lost to time.  

The store passed from owner to owner, business model to business model, at one time even renting VHS video tapes.  Today we carry on the best of Kay and Max by offering an excellent selection of games toys and hobbies, and a welcoming gaming community for all.  The legend of Kay and Max truly is a legend.