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<blockquote data-quote="khantroll" data-source="post: 5350527" data-attributes="member: 95652">Here in Fort Smith, AR, we used to have a store called Mystic Domain. It was actually a subsidiary of a store called Crazy Earl's...which can best be described as a novelty shop. The owner of both rented an entire mini-mall for space, and gave roughly 10% to MD. The employees did their best with that, and I can remember being able to quickly find anything for any game currently in major production at the time. The store got even better (from a layout perspective) when the owner moved both businesses into a huge warehouse on the other side of town and gave them more space. At this new location, there were tables people were free to sit and play at, as well as demonstration games run every day the store was open. Even though I only played D&amp;D at the time, I remember the demos being both popular and profitable for the store. Several times, people would see demos of warhammer 40,000 or&nbsp; V:tM, and then buy a full set of materials to start playing. Whenver I think of an FLGS, it is Mystic Domain that comes to mind. &nbsp;Sadly, the owner left town for a while and two key employees left as well. By the time the owner came back, the store was suffering from most of the maladies mentioned in the signed leter thread. With profits down, the owner just closed the store down. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry&nbsp; &nbsp; :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />&nbsp;&nbsp;As far as for a good example of a well done, currently operating FLGS, I highly recommend the <a href="http://www.shopofmagic.com" target="_blank">Little Shop of Magic </a>in Las Vegas, NV. Plenty of space, separate gaming rooms, plenty of product, and good people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="khantroll, post: 5350527, member: 95652"] Here in Fort Smith, AR, we used to have a store called Mystic Domain. It was actually a subsidiary of a store called Crazy Earl's...which can best be described as a novelty shop. The owner of both rented an entire mini-mall for space, and gave roughly 10% to MD. The employees did their best with that, and I can remember being able to quickly find anything for any game currently in major production at the time. The store got even better (from a layout perspective) when the owner moved both businesses into a huge warehouse on the other side of town and gave them more space. At this new location, there were tables people were free to sit and play at, as well as demonstration games run every day the store was open. Even though I only played D&D at the time, I remember the demos being both popular and profitable for the store. Several times, people would see demos of warhammer 40,000 or V:tM, and then buy a full set of materials to start playing. Whenver I think of an FLGS, it is Mystic Domain that comes to mind. Sadly, the owner left town for a while and two key employees left as well. By the time the owner came back, the store was suffering from most of the maladies mentioned in the signed leter thread. With profits down, the owner just closed the store down. :.-( As far as for a good example of a well done, currently operating FLGS, I highly recommend the [URL="http://www.shopofmagic.com"]Little Shop of Magic [/URL]in Las Vegas, NV. Plenty of space, separate gaming rooms, plenty of product, and good people. [/QUOTE]

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