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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 9274879" data-attributes="member: 3457">When I took over managing the game/comic store I worked at the RPG section was woeful. Lots of Vampire & Shadowrun book but no core rules for example. Lots of unsellable D20stl (3.5 was a few years out and they were all the QUintessential books from Mongoose) books as well. The owner asked me specifically to first take over the game department so I dug in and told him the problem and why popular stuff wasn't selling. This was not an uncommon issue in game stores back then (2005) and going back to other ones I frequented. They would get the core book when a new game came out and supplements and then they wouldn't get core rulebooks back in. I thought it was an issue with the stores or big sellers but it turned out to be Alliance. The only thing we could stock easily was D&D and Exalted. I made about a dozen calls and was able to fix everything. We pared down what we carried, clearanced what was taking up space (we reduced to Goodman Games, Malhavoc Press and Troll Lord on D&D 3PP) and focused. We were also able to fix the rest of the White Wolf woes and start getting the core rules for WoD. Then of course nWOD... the move to PoD by White Wolf was painful to be honest. We sold a LOT of Requiem and Mage. When I left we were selling these games like cookies Cthulhu, Runequest from Mongoose, Mutants & Masterminds 2e, D&D (duh), Shadowrun 4e, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying, what nWoD we could get, and Eden Studios one shot books like All Flesh MUst Be Eaten. Turned it around in about 4 months and it was out earning the comic part of the store.Upshot, our sales on Warhammer also increased and we were one of the two stores in the area that could stock the entire range and we made a lot of cash on that including selling old stuff when new stuff replaced it. I see things now selling for like 2-300 bucks that we used to get in as trade ins and wonder if those people are now regretting the decision to sell us some of that stuff!</blockquote>

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