d20 backlash??

[Turjan]

My #1 most often heard complaint was that we didn't have enough Settler's of Catan, Axis and Alies, and Avalon Hill games that long time customers expected us to have. We lost customers, but didn't get enought new ones from Pokemon to balence it out.

The shop here in Mesa did not really push other WotC products than M:tG. They had often M:tG games going and even rented some other shop in the mall for frequent tournaments. They only had very few RPG books, and they did not really know much about it. Dungeon or Dragon magazines were complete unknowns to them. The board game selection was very good, though. You could also get titles that were uncommon in other stores, and definitely enough 'Settlers'.

I want to point something out to you, something that makes little sense to me but something I've heard of other companies doing. WotC retail had to buy M:tG cards from WotC manufacturing.

That's a reasonable practice in order to keep the books transparent. This way it's much harder to conceal losses of one branch of a company.

 

[fanboy2000]

They only had very few RPG books, and they did not really know much about it. Dungeon or Dragon magazines were complete unknowns to them.

I saw this a lot in my and other stores. The employees seem to know lots about one kind of product, and not enough about others. My store never did well with M:tG, and other CCGs never clicked.

The board game selection was very good, though. You could also get titles that were uncommon in other stores, and definitely enough 'Settlers'.

That's good. Someone had to be getting all the Settlers.

I've been to the Mesa store. (Festia Mall, right?) And, IIRC, it was a converted Game Keeper. The one time I purchesed from there, I got a salesperson who was a Game Keeper holdover and seemed to know her board games.

 

[Turjan]

I've been to the Mesa store. (Festia Mall, right?) And, IIRC, it was a converted Game Keeper. The one time I purchesed from there, I got a salesperson who was a Game Keeper holdover and seemed to know her board games.

Right, that was in the Fiesta Mall; I live just 2 miles from there. There were some people who liked and knew board games, and you could always try them out, which was nice . I bought my last few when they closed in April.

 

[fanboy2000]

Right, that was in the Fiesta Mall; I live just 2 miles from there. There were some people who liked and knew board games, and you could always try them out, which was nice . I bought my last few when they closed in April.

I lived in AZ for a year and half, graduatd from Dobson High School in 94. I used to go to Atomic Comics back when it like what, 2 feet from an AMC movie theater? Now I only go there to visit my Dad, who for some strange reason continues to live in the only place in the world where it's ok that's 101 Fahrenheit because "it's a dry heat." I love my dad, but I'm only visiting him during the winter. With any luck, he and my step-mom will retire to Florida like normal people.

 

[Turjan]

I lived in AZ for a year and half, graduatd from Dobson High School in 94.

Hehe, there's just two houses between Dobson High and the place where I live . Atomic Comics are still alive and kicking. And 110 Fahrenheit are okay. You know, it's just dry heat !