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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 1659893" data-attributes="member: 9959">If a game store does demoing, and they expose NEW players to the hobby, then they are earning our business. Think of it like this:* if every gamer bought online, then there would be NO game stores.* Without game stores, those of us who play other games, like warhammer and magic (or add other miniature or CCG in place), have no place to play together regularily. D&D (and other rpgs) aren't as immediately affected by a lack of a place to play. But, all hobby games eventually suffer, and here is why.* Since all of us are playing from our homes in this scenario, we are only recruiting people to play with us who are direct friends of ours. This is when we are trying to convince people who don't already game to game. YOu have the option of meeting people over the internet (like in a forum like this), but there are still obvious barriers (distance, and the fact that it is difficult to evaluate each other) that are removed when you live in the same town and can meet in a public place. The CCG and miniature open play in a FLGS allows hobby games to recruit new players that wouldn't have otherwise joined in. Likewise, the best group to recruit new role players from is other hobby gamers.  * A large percentage of players who commit to one hobby game, eventually play another. * Kids eventually grow up. What happens is kids play a game like Yugioh (or Pokemon before). They come into the FLGS that supports that stuff. When they are old enough, they start playing Magic or Warhammer. Eventually, if the RPG bug bites them they meet someone who is playing down there and then they start role-playing.Without that, roleplaying games cannot recruit new players. Without new players, the hobby fails to grow, it fails to gain new designers, artists, writers, and our beloved hobby of role playing dies out due to lack of cash flow and profitability. So, by supporting a GOOD FLGS that does all of that, you are investing in the future of our hobby. BAD LGS shouldn't be supported for the same reason.If gamers really love their games, then we should support them. Our priority should be the long term survival of our hobby.</blockquote>

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