Mercurius
Legend
The FLGS is a bit of a dying breed; for those as aged as myself, you remember how plentiful they used to be in the 80s and 90s. I can't remember when it started happening, but I'm thinking sometime around the late 90s, game stores--those specifically dedicated to tabletop RPGs--started going out of business like cassette players. Blame TSR and the internet 
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That said, like defunct technologies--such as cassettes, although more accurately CDs or maybe vinyl--there seems to have been a contraction and then a stabilization, especially over the last 5 years or so. Game stores still go out of business, but it seems that a small group have found ways to survive, if not thrive.
This thread is a place to A) Talk about game stores in general, and B) give props to a particularly good one that you know about. Feel free to mention any and all stores in your area, but I'd prefer to see only those that really stand out in some way - the gems of game stores.
NOTE: This is NOT a promotional thread and I am not affiliated with any game store. That said, I don't see why if you are affiliated, whether as owner or employee, you can't mention your own store - just tell us what makes it stand out and don't flood the thread with advertisement. In other words, props not promo!
Which brings me to the inspiration for this thread. I was in the Denver area a couple weeks ago as my family is planning a move back out there this summer, and I visited an old favorite of mine: Black and Read in Arvada (a major suburb of Denver). It is half music store, half used book/games store, and doesn't have a dedicated gaming area or anything like that. But what it does have--aside from an excellent music and used book selection--is a terrific wall of game books, a lot of which are used. I don't know how many game books they have (my guess would be about 10k), but what I like best about them is that they have a ton of rare stuff - both new games that you can't find in Barnes & Noble or even on Amazon, but also various used stuff.
Anyhow, what about you? What is a good game story and what makes it stand out? Please include a link and location.
.That said, like defunct technologies--such as cassettes, although more accurately CDs or maybe vinyl--there seems to have been a contraction and then a stabilization, especially over the last 5 years or so. Game stores still go out of business, but it seems that a small group have found ways to survive, if not thrive.
This thread is a place to A) Talk about game stores in general, and B) give props to a particularly good one that you know about. Feel free to mention any and all stores in your area, but I'd prefer to see only those that really stand out in some way - the gems of game stores.
NOTE: This is NOT a promotional thread and I am not affiliated with any game store. That said, I don't see why if you are affiliated, whether as owner or employee, you can't mention your own store - just tell us what makes it stand out and don't flood the thread with advertisement. In other words, props not promo!
Which brings me to the inspiration for this thread. I was in the Denver area a couple weeks ago as my family is planning a move back out there this summer, and I visited an old favorite of mine: Black and Read in Arvada (a major suburb of Denver). It is half music store, half used book/games store, and doesn't have a dedicated gaming area or anything like that. But what it does have--aside from an excellent music and used book selection--is a terrific wall of game books, a lot of which are used. I don't know how many game books they have (my guess would be about 10k), but what I like best about them is that they have a ton of rare stuff - both new games that you can't find in Barnes & Noble or even on Amazon, but also various used stuff.
Anyhow, what about you? What is a good game story and what makes it stand out? Please include a link and location.
