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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7087370" data-attributes="member: 20564">Well, my local FLGS closed because they couldn't compete with Amazon.  Actual RPG inventory was ridiculously undercut online that they moved little of it and couldn't afford to invest in stock.  CCGs sold okay as long as they had space and allocated resources to advertising+running regular & special events.  But even there, he'd tell me of running a Yu-Gi-Oh event and barely selling anything and spending half an hour cleaning up trash they left.  They branched out into used video games as an additional draw, something that Amazon wouldn't be directly undercutting them on, but it didn't have enough turn-over.My current FLGS isn't really a gaming "store".  It's a pay-per-seat place to game that schedules and runs RPGs.  DMs are free plus get a ticket to play for free for a day when they run.  When something new comes out they'll take orders for whomever wants it and buy those through their distributor, but carrying inventory isn't their focus.  They also sell food/drink, but at $1 a pop for anything, not theater prices.  Thy got an article about them by the AL:  <a href="http://dndadventurersleague.org/spotlight-nn-adventuring-company/" target="_blank">http://dndadventurersleague.org/spotlight-nn-adventuring-company/</a>But even though it's a lot cheaper then going to the movies, gamers still don't like to pay to play.  $7 for the seat all day, cheaper in bulk.  Tables, soundproofing, walls of minis for use, an enforced code-of-conduct so they can keep it friendly and inviting, even a Fantasy Grounds setup with a bg TV for mixed groups or that like to use it to help run.  Good place.</blockquote>

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