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<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1060910" data-attributes="member: 7473"><p>This all has the rusty cogs turning in my head. To wit: I have three stores in my vicinity that I could go to for my gaming fix, but each with their own quirks. </p><p></p><p>One is my standard FLGS, where I do most of my shopping. They have a great selection of RPGs, and a knowledgable staff, but 1) they are in a crappy shopping center with awful parking on weekends, and 2) their RPGs are on a second floor, accessible only to people who think to go up there. For the handicapped, and people like me with knee injuries, it can be a scary climb. More importantly, they have no gaming table, miniature gaming, card gaming, or anything. Strictly retail. They also seem to have been on the verge of folding for about 10 years.</p><p></p><p>Another is a somewhat scuzzy comics and games shop. They have gaming tables in the back (Mostly WH40K and Magic played there, but occasional D&D), but have a very strange RPG selection. They carry more 2nd Edition than newer stuff (or did, last time I was there). It's great for out-of-print books, or finding obscure WoD books, but I wouldn't go there for new D&D. It happens to be in a very good location though, and gets a lot of foot traffic from the movie theater a block away.</p><p></p><p>The last is a world-class comic and toy store, in maybe the best location of the three (sandwiched between <strong>two</strong> high schools!), but with only a rudimentary RPG selection and some card games. Alas, no gaming tables.</p><p></p><p>Someone needs to sit down with these three owners and work something out. Together, they could be the preeminent comic/game/toy store in the Bay Area.</p><p></p><p>Hmm. Must organize a summit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tarrasque Wrangler, post: 1060910, member: 7473"] This all has the rusty cogs turning in my head. To wit: I have three stores in my vicinity that I could go to for my gaming fix, but each with their own quirks. One is my standard FLGS, where I do most of my shopping. They have a great selection of RPGs, and a knowledgable staff, but 1) they are in a crappy shopping center with awful parking on weekends, and 2) their RPGs are on a second floor, accessible only to people who think to go up there. For the handicapped, and people like me with knee injuries, it can be a scary climb. More importantly, they have no gaming table, miniature gaming, card gaming, or anything. Strictly retail. They also seem to have been on the verge of folding for about 10 years. Another is a somewhat scuzzy comics and games shop. They have gaming tables in the back (Mostly WH40K and Magic played there, but occasional D&D), but have a very strange RPG selection. They carry more 2nd Edition than newer stuff (or did, last time I was there). It's great for out-of-print books, or finding obscure WoD books, but I wouldn't go there for new D&D. It happens to be in a very good location though, and gets a lot of foot traffic from the movie theater a block away. The last is a world-class comic and toy store, in maybe the best location of the three (sandwiched between [B]two[/B] high schools!), but with only a rudimentary RPG selection and some card games. Alas, no gaming tables. Someone needs to sit down with these three owners and work something out. Together, they could be the preeminent comic/game/toy store in the Bay Area. Hmm. Must organize a summit. :D [/QUOTE]
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