We have one store that is a pure gaming store -- won't go there because the owners swear like drunken sailors and I'm generally with my 6-year old when I'm shopping for games.
Also, they really opened it so they could clear thier old junk out of their basement (or mother's basement as the case may be). Used stuff is not marked and is intermixed with the new material. I give them a year, maybe two.
We have another that has one rack of rpg stuff (almost exclusively WotC), tons and tons of Warhammer, and some hobby games. 80% of the store is devoted to other games, toys, hobbies. It's a bit out of the way, much more expensive than online, and the rpg selections is weak.
We have a third that's not so much of a LGS as a large comic book store with a corner devoted to new and used rpg materials. If I want to page through something new, I tend to go there.
Generally -- most (perhaps 90%) of my rpg gaming material I buy off of Amazon or RPGshop. Cheaper. Instant selection, and in some cases (amazon) you can 'peek' inside the book. I buy miniatures from the local store with the warhammer fetish
Also, they really opened it so they could clear thier old junk out of their basement (or mother's basement as the case may be). Used stuff is not marked and is intermixed with the new material. I give them a year, maybe two.
We have another that has one rack of rpg stuff (almost exclusively WotC), tons and tons of Warhammer, and some hobby games. 80% of the store is devoted to other games, toys, hobbies. It's a bit out of the way, much more expensive than online, and the rpg selections is weak.
We have a third that's not so much of a LGS as a large comic book store with a corner devoted to new and used rpg materials. If I want to page through something new, I tend to go there.
Generally -- most (perhaps 90%) of my rpg gaming material I buy off of Amazon or RPGshop. Cheaper. Instant selection, and in some cases (amazon) you can 'peek' inside the book. I buy miniatures from the local store with the warhammer fetish
