No Game Store In Town, Best Brick and Mortar Venue for Game Ad?

[Zhaleskra]

The hypothetical situation is that I want to post a physical game ad somewhere in my home city. As stated in the title, this city has no game store. The nearest one that's easiest to get to is 3 towns away.

What my town does have (that I know have bulletin boards):
* A public library
* A coffee shop
* A brewery

Given those choices, where would you post? I know each venue will have its own quirks.

 

[BriarMonkey]

Does your burg have a Community College? If so, they often have bulletin boards too.

As to your question, I would post in the order you have listed. But, I'd wait a little between each one to gauge any feedback so as to know if I needed to move on to the next locale.

 

[Zhaleskra]

Nearest community college is in same town as preferred game store. Attempted to form a gaming club there when I was a returning student there. Didn't quite know how to answer a question of "why form a club" because I hadn't thought of how to present "do you know of any other systems, would you be interested in x, is there a genre that you'd like to play that you don't know a game about" type questions.

 

[Wik]

Why can't you do craigslist? It seems to me that it took the place of public ads, for the most part.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

(D) The Gamers Seeking Gamers Forum at EN World.

 

[Zhaleskra]

Why can't you do craigslist? It seems to me that it took the place of public ads, for the most part.

1. Contrary to common belief, not everyone has access to computers. 2. Craigslist's interface is the polar opposite of user friendly.

(D) The Gamers Seeking Gamers Forum at EN World.

Got an ad posted there, put it up yesterday actually.

 

[Mark CMG]

I think putting ads in all those places is a good idea, unless there is some cost that is preventing multiple ads. Do you game at home or use some public venue? Can more than one game result from the ads? Can you game on multiple nights? Can the space where you play hold more than one game at once?

 

[Zhaleskra]

Those all depend. Ideally, I want to use my apartment as the game space. Because it is small, I need to limit the number of people in addition to me to 4-5. The coffee shop and the brewery are both game friendly, though table wise, I'd go with the brewery.

 

[Mark CMG]

Those all depend. Ideally, I want to use my apartment as the game space. Because it is small, I need to limit the number of people in addition to me to 4-5. The coffee shop and the brewery are both game friendly, though table wise, I'd go with the brewery.

You might want to begin a game on neutral ground and run it for a while to be sure the players are people you can trust in your home before inviting them there. Adding one or two players to a large group in a home feels safer because there are other established players watching your back. Make sure at least to thoroughly interview potential players at a coffee shop or the brewery.

 

[Zhaleskra]

Hours wise, the brewery wins that battle. Distance wise, the coffee shop does. Distances from my apartment:

Library, a couple blocks
Coffee Shop, 5 doors
Brewery, 5-6 blocks (depending on what side of the street I walk on)

Now that I've given it a little more thought, the coffee shop does have One spacious table.