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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3608378" data-attributes="member: 53">Whatever you think it means.&nbsp; Basically, whatever distance you consider reasonable to visit any gaming store.It likely varies by area.&nbsp; Non-metropolitan Alaska probably has a wider local area than mid-Atlantic Coast, for example.In my case one of the stores I visit regularly (The Days of Knights) is less than a 5 mile trip, the other (Between Books) is slightly over a 20 mile trip. We had a third that lasted about a year.&nbsp; It had a huge gaming area, an internet cafe (supposedly the center of the business) &amp; costume shop. It used to be a ballroom and one ballroom was the gaming area, and an area next to it was supposed to be not used (from what I hear) by LARPers used to use it (the &quot;bash each other with fake swords&quot; type) and the noise was supposed to be distracting.However, they were silly enough to open across the street from one of the existing gaming stores.&nbsp; Both stores have been around the area since 1981 or earlier, so large number of gamers avoided it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It also hurt that they catered to a crowd that tended to hang out and not buy much (or so I've heard).&nbsp; It didn't end well (one owner showed up and loaded up a truck one day and started loading stuff up so he'd get something out of it).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3608378, member: 53"] Whatever you think it means. Basically, whatever distance you consider reasonable to visit any gaming store. It likely varies by area. Non-metropolitan Alaska probably has a wider local area than mid-Atlantic Coast, for example. In my case one of the stores I visit regularly (The Days of Knights) is less than a 5 mile trip, the other (Between Books) is slightly over a 20 mile trip. We had a third that lasted about a year. It had a huge gaming area, an internet cafe (supposedly the center of the business) & costume shop. It used to be a ballroom and one ballroom was the gaming area, and an area next to it was supposed to be not used (from what I hear) by LARPers used to use it (the "bash each other with fake swords" type) and the noise was supposed to be distracting. However, they were silly enough to open across the street from one of the existing gaming stores. Both stores have been around the area since 1981 or earlier, so large number of gamers avoided it. It also hurt that they catered to a crowd that tended to hang out and not buy much (or so I've heard). It didn't end well (one owner showed up and loaded up a truck one day and started loading stuff up so he'd get something out of it). [/QUOTE]

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