My anti-D&D LGS
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Treebore
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Timeboxer
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Blue Highway Games, at Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington.
Just immediately Googling them, they seem to have gotten at least one rave review from BoardGameGeek. Strange that they weren't keen on letting me run a D&D game, unless they just didn't like the look of me.
Dragonbait
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Maybe the owner was one of those types who decided one kind of gaming was 'good' and was was not 'real' gaming? TTRPGs are bad games, but board games are good and true games. Much like the mini players vs. CCG players, and so on.
Treebore
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Your just talking about "availability", I am talking about the sales pitch. I think if they were to push how family oriented the game is, and how great the memories and family unity that results form it can be, it would help push it into the market further.
I don't know about you, but I think I would have much more vivid memories about any D&D games I played with my mom and dad then I do have about our games of Monopoly, Spades, Chess, etc... IE I never played D&D with my parents.
I do play with my kids, and I do know they already have many great memories of our games to carry with them through their lives. Far more vivid then those I have playing board games, video games, and card games with my family when I was a kid.
I don't know about you, but I remember my RPG game experiencess, and what happened in them, far better then I remember my games of Axis and Allies, RISK, WoW, PS2, X-box, Heroscape, etc.... I have played with my friends, wife, and kids.
Treebore
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Are you punk/goth, or some similar out of the ordinary dresser? That could definitely affect his perception of family oriented because of the associated stereotypes. Such dressers are "typed" as being rebellious and anti family.
Plus he could belong to a church that preaches that D&D is evil, and he doesn't want to be caught playing the devils game, let alone selling it from his store, or having the rituals (games) taking place in his store.
There are even more possibilities. If it really bugs you go back and ask him point blank. You might get a good answer.
frankthedm
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Wow, bigger place than i thought it was. Does look like the cut off is the roleplaying games though. If this is working profitably for them... School Game Nights ... i could easily them saying No. to RPG's just in case. Though it might just be that the ratio to Store time used Vs. dollars spent is just to low to give space to RPGers.
Timeboxer
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Not really -- I'm a fairly well-dressed software development professional, which is how I was presenting at the time. Also I'm female, which you would think gives me points.
Admittedly I do have a streak of red in my hair, but.
You'd think so, but there's a very very small D&D shelf in there, so I was operating under the assumption that they would support the idea of someone playing a game that they're actively selling. Also Seattle is a fairly liberal city, considering.
As with picking how best to sell minis you sometimes have to chose where to get the most money from.
D&D players may not buy so much and with the library concept they may just come in and use the books without ever buying anything compared tot he families that play the board gamers.
Also the families that play the board games and such may not want their kids around a large crowd of adult gamers that play games and not leave room for others. D&D takes a lot more space than most board games.
So the store owner has to think where the most money is coming from.
Keep the families that make a constant income to support the stores bills, or risk the D&D players that may drive away the constant income?
Exactly like the choices made to make 4th edition and the newest change to the D&D miniature product lines, stores must consider their bottom line at the deepest levels.
This doesn't mean they might not have just been
.Dragonbait
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Maybe the store owner wanted you to try to be a little more "convincing?"
..*cough*..
..What?
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