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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 5284577" data-attributes="member: 30022">Another Kiwi (New Zealander) posting in the thread.I'm based in our largest city, Auckland - which has about 30% of the country's population living in it. Having said that, even in Auckland (our "New York"), there are only four "gaming shops" that stock RPG supplies... and only one of them approaches the stock of a typical US store. The best of these has one wall of RPG stuff (mostly 4e D&D, with a smattering of supplements for Dark Heresy, Star Wars saga and Pathfinder), and three walls of wargaming supplies (Warhammmer, Flames of War, etc).Prices are high. I usually buy game manuals locally to support the gaming stores, but I always order minis (boosters or singles) online. Purchase price, even with priority international shipping, is approximately 33% cheaper than buying locally. I could probably get the same sort of discount for buying manuals as well, but spending an extra $10 every now and then to support the local store doesn't bite as hard as spending an extra $50 to buy a case of 12 mini boosters.Due to the lack of venues, most gaming is done in the home, amongst a circle of friends. I've only rarely gamed at a store. Most people in the stores will be playing Magic the Gathering.Attracting new players is generally a matter of recruiting friends and workmates. I've been fortunate in that one of my players is an extroverted kind of guy who has many friends/workmates who used to play D&D back in the 80's. We've had great success in bringing new players back into the fold with both 3e and 4e. Our group generally fluctuates between 5 and 7 members. We've only ever lost members due to people moving out-of-town, but this does happen quite often. Kiwis are notorious travelers. However, we've always managed to find new players by looking around our circle of friends and workmates, or having an ex-player move back into town again after several years.</blockquote>

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