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<blockquote data-quote="Uruk" data-source="post: 1146059" data-attributes="member: 3135"><p>Depending on where you're at in Indiana location is going to be a major factor. Downtown Comics and Comic Carnival have pretty good coverage of Indianapolis eventhough their selection is pretty poor, basically only D&D. The Game Preserve and Boardroom Games are both on the north side of Indianapolis though they do have detracting issues. I'm not sure about the surrounding areas, but you also get into the boondocks pretty quick until you get to Lafayette or Bloomington which 1. aren't that big and 2. are all poor college students.</p><p></p><p>Having said all of that there's no game store that has both a nice variety of stock and that doesn't shrinkwrap all of their books. There's also nobody that has any decent frequent buy programs to incentive buyers to come in the store versus go on-line. Also, I don't believe there are any stores that carry any of the plethora of gaming software packages out there. I'm sure at least one company out there would work with you to setup a demo for your gaming area to help them sell product and to give you an additional draw for clientele.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uruk, post: 1146059, member: 3135"] Depending on where you're at in Indiana location is going to be a major factor. Downtown Comics and Comic Carnival have pretty good coverage of Indianapolis eventhough their selection is pretty poor, basically only D&D. The Game Preserve and Boardroom Games are both on the north side of Indianapolis though they do have detracting issues. I'm not sure about the surrounding areas, but you also get into the boondocks pretty quick until you get to Lafayette or Bloomington which 1. aren't that big and 2. are all poor college students. Having said all of that there's no game store that has both a nice variety of stock and that doesn't shrinkwrap all of their books. There's also nobody that has any decent frequent buy programs to incentive buyers to come in the store versus go on-line. Also, I don't believe there are any stores that carry any of the plethora of gaming software packages out there. I'm sure at least one company out there would work with you to setup a demo for your gaming area to help them sell product and to give you an additional draw for clientele. [/QUOTE]
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