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<blockquote data-quote="coz" data-source="post: 7781662" data-attributes="member: 6631"><p>Yes it's a bad thing. Amazon doesn't create community. Amazon and Walmart and B&N and Target and... all might sell the books, but none of them offer space to play the games, none of them offer a meeting place in meat-space for gamers to gather and talk and play games. If you're into magic, sure you can buy draft packs at Wally-world, but when was the last time you ever saw them offer a draft (never)? If you have an FLGS and you choose to shop at Amazon then you are the problem! Frankly, you should only shop at your FLGS, the publisher directly and DTRPG. Anywhere else is doing much more harm than good. Where will we go to meet and play when the last FLGSes close? Who will support our (especially local) cons when there's no FLGSes. Where would we go for FreeRPGDay, Tabletop Day or GM's day? I would pay a premium over MSRP at my FLGS if it helped them stay open. I game four nights a week at my FLGS, I would never have that much gaming at my age (40) if not for the space offered by my FLGS - it's the most (and best) gaming I've had since graduating college (where we could and did play 6-7 nights a week).</p><p></p><p>Despite new people being introduced to gaming via Critical role and other streams and casts, the FLGS is still an important part of making new gamers - sure they can go to Amazon once they get hooked on CR - but where will they go to play?</p><p></p><p>tldr: stop killing the FLGS, buy local, play local!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coz, post: 7781662, member: 6631"] Yes it's a bad thing. Amazon doesn't create community. Amazon and Walmart and B&N and Target and... all might sell the books, but none of them offer space to play the games, none of them offer a meeting place in meat-space for gamers to gather and talk and play games. If you're into magic, sure you can buy draft packs at Wally-world, but when was the last time you ever saw them offer a draft (never)? If you have an FLGS and you choose to shop at Amazon then you are the problem! Frankly, you should only shop at your FLGS, the publisher directly and DTRPG. Anywhere else is doing much more harm than good. Where will we go to meet and play when the last FLGSes close? Who will support our (especially local) cons when there's no FLGSes. Where would we go for FreeRPGDay, Tabletop Day or GM's day? I would pay a premium over MSRP at my FLGS if it helped them stay open. I game four nights a week at my FLGS, I would never have that much gaming at my age (40) if not for the space offered by my FLGS - it's the most (and best) gaming I've had since graduating college (where we could and did play 6-7 nights a week). Despite new people being introduced to gaming via Critical role and other streams and casts, the FLGS is still an important part of making new gamers - sure they can go to Amazon once they get hooked on CR - but where will they go to play? tldr: stop killing the FLGS, buy local, play local! [/QUOTE]
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