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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shades of Green" data-source="post: 5348435" data-attributes="member: 3297">I think that there are two separate issues in here - per to play and pay to browse. Pay to play would be OK under the right conditions - especially if a private room is provided, and/or if a good DM/GM is employed by the store. But pay to browse is bad business. I mean, some malls I know provide you with free benches, tables, chairs and sometimes even children activity just to get people to stay in the mall, and thus get exposed to the merchandise and be more likely to buy it. And, besides, if you want to compete with Amazon, you have to offer something they do not offer, not charge for browsing while browsing Amazon is free.Plus some people would like to try out a game before playing it. So game-store-organized games are actually advertising in some cases - a good store should organize free demo sessions of varied games just to get people to be exposed to your merchandise.And there are better ways to profit from players staying in your store rather than charging money for people staying in the store. Selling snacks and/or food is an option, as are renting private rooms, renting books/minis and so on.</blockquote>