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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9273416" data-attributes="member: 7044704">That was true in the past.&nbsp; Over the last five years or so many of the more proactive game stores (especially those who stock comics) have been forced to get accounts with book trade distributors to improve their chances of actually getting what they order when they order it.&nbsp; The game trade distribution network has become extremely unreliable, especially about restocking items.&nbsp; Calling their purchase agents risk averse is a gross understatement these days, and it's simply impossible to get a lot of products through them that are easily ordered through B&amp;N and the like.&nbsp; I know the competent FLGS near me has resorted to book distributors for WotC books in the past to supplement the nearly inevitable shortfalls from Alliance and (for the comic trade) Diamond.The traditional game distribution system is really struggling in the face of direct and online sales, and was even before the pandemic gutted purchaser budgets.&nbsp; Losing Random House as a D&amp;D source is a bit more meaningful than it may seem at first glance, although the industry sales leaders like D&amp;D and Magic are doing better through game distribution than less dominant games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9273416, member: 7044704"] That was true in the past. Over the last five years or so many of the more proactive game stores (especially those who stock comics) have been forced to get accounts with book trade distributors to improve their chances of actually getting what they order when they order it. The game trade distribution network has become extremely unreliable, especially about restocking items. Calling their purchase agents risk averse is a gross understatement these days, and it's simply impossible to get a lot of products through them that are easily ordered through B&N and the like. I know the competent FLGS near me has resorted to book distributors for WotC books in the past to supplement the nearly inevitable shortfalls from Alliance and (for the comic trade) Diamond. The traditional game distribution system is really struggling in the face of direct and online sales, and was even before the pandemic gutted purchaser budgets. Losing Random House as a D&D source is a bit more meaningful than it may seem at first glance, although the industry sales leaders like D&D and Magic are doing better through game distribution than less dominant games. [/QUOTE]

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