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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 5251682" data-attributes="member: 17969">Sounds like a wonderful idea.  A similar store (albeit focusing on coffee & pastries) opened near my house last year, and It's doing well.I offer the following advice:En World is the absolute worst place to ask for input.  ENWorld skews older, wealthier, and (obviously) towards the RPG segment of hobby gaming.  People on this site usually have a stable group of people with whom they game, and suitable gaming areas within their own homes.You, by contrast are looking for people who don't have a settled gaming group or a particularly good place to play.  Younger gamers, who either still live with their parents or who have tiny apartments.  The store by my house thrives because it's a mile from the local university.CCGs are going to be your cash cow (especially magic).  CCGs are great pick-up games, which means that people can walk into your store with a Deck of Magic cards and probably find someone to play against, whatever day or time it is.  And CCG packs are cheap enough to be an impulse buy--nobody walks out of a game store with an RPG hardback he didn't plan to get walking in.Minis gamers will love your store--they never have enough space.  But it will probably be hard work actually making money off of them--you likely won't be able to stock most of the items that they want, which means you'll have to convince them to order through you (or at least buy a lot of snacks from you)Flexibility of space is important.  The store by my house has several folding tables that it can set up when table space runs out--and can even move its shelves to the side to fit more players when necessary.Look for gaming companies that have good support for demos and organized play.  Have regularly scheduled events--Magic Friday nights, Warhammer tuesdays, etc.</blockquote>

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