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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7087456" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Sadly, it's "Kinda typical" in that it's the mean (average)... but it's not typical of true game stores.NB: when I speak of linear feet, that means measuring a shelf with about 12"-18" of clearance.Let's take 6 I'm familiar with...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bosco's Comics, Main Store, Spenard, Alaska: 2000+ sf floor space of store, about 600 sf of play space, 15 linear feet of demo games shelves, about 600 sf of mixed board and RPG gaming, about 600 sf of sportscards and memorabilia, and  300 sf of videogames, 200 sf of other collectibles, about 800 sf of comics. The RPG shelves are about 80 lft of shelves, and stocking cores for about 20 RPGs, and supplements for most of them, plus RPG battlemats and accessories. About 1000 lft of boardgames on shelves, and about 200 of CCG's and LCGs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Boscos Comics Diamond Store, Anchorage, Alaska. About 1200 sq ft, about 100 lft and 100 sqft for RPGs, cores & supplements for Traveller, Pathfinder, D&D 5, FFG star wars, Rifts and a couple lesser known anime games, about 200 lft of boardgames, scattered above the comics trays throughout the store, collectibles likewise.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matts Comics, Corvallis Oregon. abotu 1400 sf of store space, about 1500 sf of play space/warehouse. Of the store, about 50 lf of RPG's, the equivalent of 400 lf of boardgames, and comic trays running 40'x10'. The Used Games room is about 400sf, and has about 30 lf stacked to 5' high. The Play space is 65% of the warehouse, the demo collection is about 10% of it, stacked 5' high, and the warehouse portion itself is walled off with non-functioning videogame consoles (which may be functional, but are not turned on.) Note that Matts has a second store in Albany, but I've never been there.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pegasus Games, Corvallis, Oregon. Maybe 500 sf. RPGs: 15 linear feet; Pathfinder gets 10 of that, D&D 2, Traveller and Star Wars 1.5 each. CCGs get the equivalent of 10 lft. Warhammer gets most of it. The "Organized play space" is a single diner corner booth left from when the shop was the diner attached to the greyhound station (the bus station is still next door). Owner is argumentative and, in the 20 minutes I was there, drove away 10 customers, counting myself. while making one sale. Not typical, IME, but representative. He's rabid in his fandom of Pathfinder and Warhammer 40K.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trump's Hobbies, Corvallis, Oregon. Primarily a general hobby store 50 lf of RPGs in a single, sparsely filled, not refilled since 1998 or so pair of TSR racks. Still has NIS Dragonlance 5th Age and the original Blue Planet... about 100 lft of shelved boardgames, pretty current. About 15 lft of CCG's and LCGs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hobbycraft, Diamond Center, Anchorage, Alaska. 200 lft of RPGs, 1000 lf of boardgames and wargames. RPG's include D&D5, Pathfinder, FFG Star Wars, GURPS, and a few others with both cores and supplements. Selection has high overlap in D&D, PF, and FFGSW with Bosco's DC, which is about about 100m down the hall. Staff are mostly models and trains afficionados, but the manager is a gamer, and keeps the gaming stock fairly current. The tax sales are often pretty good.</li> </ul>At Boscos (either), Hobbycraft, and Matts, anything they don't have that you want, they'll order if you prepay. Boscos and Matts both also have pullboxes, and will do games in pullboxes, too. Boscos and Matt's also do mail order happily.There's two more, that I've been to only a few times. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guardian Games, Portland, Oregon. RPG section is about 500 SF with about 500 lft of RPGs. (2x 15x15 bays with 7 shelves.) 3+ such bays for boardgames. Restaurant in store. several thousand SF of gaming space. Loaning library of boardgames. Knowledgeable staff. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Comic Shop, Fairbanks, Alaska. Same kind of selection as Boscos main store. Similar SF, but I don't know if they have a play area or not. Friends tell me that the selection is still current, and still thriving. (and that the employee who is the reason I walked out last time is no longer even allowed in.)</li> </ul>Guardian is one of the largest in the nation. Absolutely astonishing. went in late (after 9pm), and there were a dozen people browsing, not counting myself. Parking is a nightmare by day, so the two times I've driven past in the day, the lot was full...</blockquote>

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