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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Twowolves" data-source="post: 3622620" data-attributes="member: 18093">I know exactly what you mean. I can count on both hands the number of times my father has been outside the county in the past 20 years (well, before cancer made him leave for treatments!) It's 100 miles round trip for me each day. Going 20-30 minutes to a game shop would be fantastic!See, I live closer to a Borders than I do to my FLGS, but it's the selection that makes all the difference. The FLGS is the only place in town to get the independant/3rd party stuff, as well as the boardgames, figs, paints, etc etc. One of the two biggies in my area has a back room that hosts games all the time, and the selection is a major draw. I can understand the draw of lower prices, but there is also the "instant gratification" factor, the "browse the releases I hadn't even heard of" factor, and the fact that every single time I order anything from Amazon, I have to wait 3 or more months for my stuff to arrive, and half the time the order is missing or incorrect. Oh, and one of the game carriers in my area has a 25% off box, a 50% off box, and has 20% off sales quarterly, so I get the best of both worlds AND I get to support my local stores.</blockquote>