When Jimi first arrived in London and moved into the Hyde Park Towers hotel with Kathy Etchingham they had time on their hands but very little money and not many gigs on the horizon; playing board games was a good way to pass the time. Then, as now, there is only really one shop in central London for such items; yes, other shops sell toys and games, but the soon to be biggest star in the world could only shop at the biggest toy shop in the world, Hamley's. The games included' Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, and Twister the last of which must have been a vision to behold. When they had a little more money Jimi would purchase a Scalextric slot car racing set but wasn't too pleased when Kathy was too quick for him.