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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7776939" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>I'm not buying that FLGS are critical to the hobby. Helpful, sure, and I'm glad to have them. But less expensive printing, lower retail prices, and cheap or free printing help more people sell and buy more gaming material. I think YouTube and streaming have more to do with the resurgence of the hobby than FLGS's. </p><p></p><p>I support FLGSs that are worth supporting. I don't feel the need to support them just because they exist. I'm not going to cry over a lost FLGS any more than I did over the loss of the local video-rental store. </p><p></p><p>In the 80s game stores were just specialized retailers and hobby shops for the most part. Walden Books was probably more important to D&D than the gaming stories. I didn't go to gaming stores until I got into Warhammer 40,000 K and needed all the expensive miniatures and special paints, brushes, and terrain. I found other gamers either through school and friends or from postings in gaming magazines and newsletters, or flyers posted at the local library. </p><p></p><p>25 years later, I got back into gaming and I found folks to play with through Meetup.com. </p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I love the two FLGSs I visit and I've spent a lot of money at both of them. But if they disappeared, it would not prevent me from gaming or enjoying my hobby. It would be more akin to losing a restaurant I like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7776939, member: 6796661"] I'm not buying that FLGS are critical to the hobby. Helpful, sure, and I'm glad to have them. But less expensive printing, lower retail prices, and cheap or free printing help more people sell and buy more gaming material. I think YouTube and streaming have more to do with the resurgence of the hobby than FLGS's. I support FLGSs that are worth supporting. I don't feel the need to support them just because they exist. I'm not going to cry over a lost FLGS any more than I did over the loss of the local video-rental store. In the 80s game stores were just specialized retailers and hobby shops for the most part. Walden Books was probably more important to D&D than the gaming stories. I didn't go to gaming stores until I got into Warhammer 40,000 K and needed all the expensive miniatures and special paints, brushes, and terrain. I found other gamers either through school and friends or from postings in gaming magazines and newsletters, or flyers posted at the local library. 25 years later, I got back into gaming and I found folks to play with through Meetup.com. Don't get me wrong, I love the two FLGSs I visit and I've spent a lot of money at both of them. But if they disappeared, it would not prevent me from gaming or enjoying my hobby. It would be more akin to losing a restaurant I like. [/QUOTE]
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