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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 7086737" data-attributes="member: 14159">I'm a gamer who doesn't get to game much anymore.  It's been more years than I'd like since I've been able to game with any regularity, thanks to a variety of personal and professional happenings keeping me busy.  I still hope to get back to regular gaming "one of these days". (Cynically, I sometimes think it won't be until retirement, but I hope not)However, I still do think of myself as a gamer, and when I get the chance while travelling I sometimes duck in at a local FLGS.Today I stopped in at one for the first time in roughly two years.  What I saw was disheartening, and it makes me wonder if it's typical for a FLGS now, or was this just a particularly weak one.The store billed itself as a place for comics and games.  I'm not a comics guy, I can't comment on its quality there other than to say it looked about like every other comics shop I've ever looked at.  It had a wall of board games with an okay selection of advanced board games. . .but with regards to tabletop RPG's and miniatures it was rather disappointing.For its entire tabletop RPG section, it had a shelf of D&D, which was to say a couple of copies each of the 5e PHB, MM and DMG, and about a half-dozen other 5e supplement books and one starter box set, and it had a shelf with a Pathfinder box set, the Pathfinder core book, and again about a half dozen or so hardcover supplements.  Then there was a third shelf with a few supplements (but no core book) for a Doctor Who RPG, a lone copy of a Firefly RPG book, and a starter box for the current Star Wars RPG. . .and that was it for RPG's.  I was rather shocked, I figured an actual gaming store would have more, unless there's no more out there anymore.For miniatures, they had a decent selection of X-Wing and Star Wars: Armada minis. . .and that was it, no other minis of any kind for sale (not even HeroClix, which I found odd for a comics-heavy store, unless that game is on the decline too).  They had a box of boosters for the current Magic: The Gathering expansion by the register, and that was it for CCG's.  There was actually a decent selection of dice under the glass of the front counter though.So, for a lapsed gamer looking back on the hobby with an eye towards getting back to gaming one of these days, was this a typical FLGS now and reflective of the current state of the hobby. . .or was this a comic store with a small gaming sideline that was substantially exaggerating when it billed itself as a place for both comics and games?</blockquote>

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