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<blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 4549204" data-attributes="member: 1154">I don't really think this is worthy of its own thread so much as I didn't want to continue polluting that thread with this tangent. So, that disclaimer said...Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4549139" target="_blank"> Why is WotC trying to kill my FLGS? </a>A couple things...1: There's a difference between board games and board games. Yes, it's elitist. So sue me. But, while there is the rare gem like Heroscape available at Target or Toys 'r' Us, &quot;real&quot; board games are only available at niche stores. To be fair, though, I have seen some of the more popular ones gaining a bit more traction, e.g. I saw Settlers of Catan at a Barnes &amp; Nobles a couple weeks ago.So all that is to say that, in my mind, saying board games are widely available based on Monopoly, Sorry, etc, is like saying RPGs are widely available based on the fact that you can walk into any department store or GameStop and pick up Final Fantasy N+1.2. Sadly, I don't have any FLGS. Best I've got are a comic store, a smoke shop, and a bookstore which all stock both boardgames and RPGs. However, I can find recent RPG releases at Waldenbooks, Borders and Barnes &amp; Nobles, hence my assertion that in my experience brick and mortar stores with RPG products outnumber those with gaming products.3. A shelf full of RPG products will have several dozen books. A shelf full of board games will have maybe a dozen, if they're all small. So while RPG products required to support a particular game do outnumber those for boardgames, they also take up significantly less shelf space.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asmor, post: 4549204, member: 1154"] I don't really think this is worthy of its own thread so much as I didn't want to continue polluting that thread with this tangent. So, that disclaimer said... Forked from: [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4549139] Why is WotC trying to kill my FLGS? [/url] A couple things... 1: There's a difference between board games and [i]board games[/i]. Yes, it's elitist. So sue me. But, while there is the rare gem like Heroscape available at Target or Toys 'r' Us, "real" board games are only available at niche stores. To be fair, though, I have seen some of the more popular ones gaining a bit more traction, e.g. I saw Settlers of Catan at a Barnes & Nobles a couple weeks ago. So all that is to say that, in my mind, saying board games are widely available based on Monopoly, Sorry, etc, is like saying RPGs are widely available based on the fact that you can walk into any department store or GameStop and pick up Final Fantasy N+1. 2. Sadly, I don't have any FLGS. Best I've got are a comic store, a smoke shop, and a bookstore which all stock both boardgames and RPGs. However, I can find recent RPG releases at Waldenbooks, Borders and Barnes & Nobles, hence my assertion that in my experience brick and mortar stores with RPG products outnumber those with gaming products. 3. A shelf full of RPG products will have several dozen books. A shelf full of board games will have maybe a dozen, if they're all small. So while RPG products required to support a particular game do outnumber those for boardgames, they also take up significantly less shelf space. [/QUOTE]

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