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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sparxmith" data-source="post: 1658990" data-attributes="member: 14838">I'm considering one in Gladstone along N. Oak Trafficway, or on Barry Rd near I-29.  (I'd like to put one in the new Boardwalk that's been built, but at $10/sq. ft. cost is prohibitive.)  Thanks for all of the suggestions.  To address the cleanliness issue, I've got that one under control.  I work for the number 3 pizza chain in America.  One of the ways we beat up on the number 1 and 2 guys is buy maintaining a higher level of storefront attractiveness.  This is something that I emminently understand.Currently, I'm 25 years old, and have no family.  So for me, running a game store full time (even very late into the evenings) wouldn't be a problem.  If could do it for a pizza joint, I can do it for D&D and Magic.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Depending on profitability, I'd probably only have 1 part-time employee the first few months.  My only real concern with that is that I'd get burned out.  The fact that it's my hobby makes me optimistic in thinking that I won't; however, too much of anything can be bad for you.  Any thoughts?Here are my thoughts on the different products/categories suggested.  If you disagree with my thoughts, feel free to explain.CCG's and CCG tournaments:  I'm an avid Magic: the Gathering fan, and I think any FLGS that doesn't carry Magic/Yu-Gi-Oh/Next Big Thing singles is missing out on a serious oppurtunity.  And as several people have suggested, I'd be running tournaments regularly.  I'm from Louisiana originally, and in Baton Rouge there was as store that would hold a sanctioned draft tournament anytime they had 8 players who wanted to play.  I really liked that.  (I'm also already working on becoming a certified DCI judge.)Computers:  I like the computer idea.  Setting up a LAN and running computer game tournaments doesn't sound like a bad idea.  Though I'm sure this will change, any suggestions on games?  (I'm not an avid computer gamer.  I still play on a MUD :\ )D&D and d20:  Obviously a large selection of books is mandatory, and having the latest books in stock on a regular basis would lead to repeat customers.    I will definitely provide a room or two for playing home games, as well as running several of my own.Comics:  I'm not really sold on comics.  I'm not a comic book fan, so I may just be biased.  I know that for those who collect comics, it's as important to them as D&D and Magic are to me, but I'd have to: a) learn the comic trade or b) hire someone who already knows it.  I'm not terribly interested in A or B. Fiction Books:  One of the stores I used to go to had as large a collection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels as it did of anything else.  I became a Heinlein fan because they carried all of his books.  In the course of 6 months, I bought every book Heinlein ever wrote.Thanx for all the input!Sparxmith</blockquote>

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