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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 9051461" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>That seems to be the issue, this event is not really on game stores radar or even a priority. Three years running, the same thing happens in my neck of the woods.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I make the phone call to a game store to remind them about the event, which they either did NOT know existed or totally forgot existed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The store takes its sweet time getting around to order the kit. I warn them there is a deadline.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They finally get the order in after FRPGD deadline and can't get the order.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">50/50 chance said store claims the event would not have made them any money as a sour grapes comment.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Repeat next year.</li> </ol><p>South Florida has no excuse, the middle county has like five game stores within 45 minutes of each other but all of them forgot FRPGD or had no clue until I called.</p><p></p><p>To be fair, the bigger stores only have one weekly event for D&D and the rest of the time it is GW or Magic because those two titans bring in the money. The one store that focuses on RPGs/boardgames is hurting right now.</p><p></p><p>I think the thing that hurts FRPGD is that, unlike Free Comic Books Day, most FLGS don't already have a good chunk of the featured games in stock.</p><p></p><p>Yet, instead of stocking those featured games, the store owner hopes to sell whatever else they have on the shelf due to the increased turn out and volunteers running demos of ... the featured games.</p><p></p><p>So I guess for any store owner who is only willing to stock D&D and D&D adjacent stuff, the event looks like a double investment. Buy not only the kit but also these rpgs that might sell - or sit on the shelf.</p><p></p><p>Or it might also be a DM supply problem? Would be be easier to get DMs for non-D&D games or harder?</p><p></p><p>I know for me, I could demo at different levels of capacity, Dragonbane, DCC, Swords of the Serpentine, Mazes, and Vampire. Does that make me an average DM or a crazy one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 9051461, member: 15582"] That seems to be the issue, this event is not really on game stores radar or even a priority. Three years running, the same thing happens in my neck of the woods. [LIST=1] [*]I make the phone call to a game store to remind them about the event, which they either did NOT know existed or totally forgot existed. [*]The store takes its sweet time getting around to order the kit. I warn them there is a deadline. [*]They finally get the order in after FRPGD deadline and can't get the order. [*]50/50 chance said store claims the event would not have made them any money as a sour grapes comment. [*]Repeat next year. [/LIST] South Florida has no excuse, the middle county has like five game stores within 45 minutes of each other but all of them forgot FRPGD or had no clue until I called. To be fair, the bigger stores only have one weekly event for D&D and the rest of the time it is GW or Magic because those two titans bring in the money. The one store that focuses on RPGs/boardgames is hurting right now. I think the thing that hurts FRPGD is that, unlike Free Comic Books Day, most FLGS don't already have a good chunk of the featured games in stock. Yet, instead of stocking those featured games, the store owner hopes to sell whatever else they have on the shelf due to the increased turn out and volunteers running demos of ... the featured games. So I guess for any store owner who is only willing to stock D&D and D&D adjacent stuff, the event looks like a double investment. Buy not only the kit but also these rpgs that might sell - or sit on the shelf. Or it might also be a DM supply problem? Would be be easier to get DMs for non-D&D games or harder? I know for me, I could demo at different levels of capacity, Dragonbane, DCC, Swords of the Serpentine, Mazes, and Vampire. Does that make me an average DM or a crazy one? [/QUOTE]
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