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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6072423" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>IMO big box stores are far more important to the gaming hobby than FLGS's are.</p><p></p><p>An FLGS is occupying a really small niche. It's not generally suitable for beginners. It's an intimidating environment full of long-time and fairly hard-core gamers. On the other hand, those gamers are mostly there out of habit at this point, since they know perfectly well that they can get things cheaper online. The only real function for an FLGS is to serve as a meeting place, but the internet is pretty good at bringing people together. Meaning that (like many retailers), the FLGS is an anachronism. If I were trying to open a business, I wouldn't even think about rpgs as an option.</p><p></p><p>Personally, my own experiences in this regard were a WotC store that closed ages ago, and the one FLGS in my general region (highlighting a notable dearth of such stores in the area). The latter was, to be fair, within walking distance of where some of my players lived for a while, but I never bought anything there. I tried once and it didn't strike me as worth my time.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, I spent many long hours at big box book stores reading up on gaming books during my youth. That's where new players can come from. That's where someone who isn't actively seeking out an rpg can have a D&D book catch their eye. That's where a gift shopper can buy a book for a child without really knowing what it is. That's where you can get access to the many people who don't have a gaming store in their area.</p><p></p><p>If I were in a position to do so, I'd be negotiating the best deal I could for those bigger retailers, especially since the strength of that deal could really influence what they carry (i.e. they don't really need D&D, they just kind of want it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6072423, member: 17106"] IMO big box stores are far more important to the gaming hobby than FLGS's are. An FLGS is occupying a really small niche. It's not generally suitable for beginners. It's an intimidating environment full of long-time and fairly hard-core gamers. On the other hand, those gamers are mostly there out of habit at this point, since they know perfectly well that they can get things cheaper online. The only real function for an FLGS is to serve as a meeting place, but the internet is pretty good at bringing people together. Meaning that (like many retailers), the FLGS is an anachronism. If I were trying to open a business, I wouldn't even think about rpgs as an option. Personally, my own experiences in this regard were a WotC store that closed ages ago, and the one FLGS in my general region (highlighting a notable dearth of such stores in the area). The latter was, to be fair, within walking distance of where some of my players lived for a while, but I never bought anything there. I tried once and it didn't strike me as worth my time. OTOH, I spent many long hours at big box book stores reading up on gaming books during my youth. That's where new players can come from. That's where someone who isn't actively seeking out an rpg can have a D&D book catch their eye. That's where a gift shopper can buy a book for a child without really knowing what it is. That's where you can get access to the many people who don't have a gaming store in their area. If I were in a position to do so, I'd be negotiating the best deal I could for those bigger retailers, especially since the strength of that deal could really influence what they carry (i.e. they don't really need D&D, they just kind of want it). [/QUOTE]
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