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<blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 3611713" data-attributes="member: 18832">I live in the northern suburbs of Sydney, about forty-five minutes' drive from the city itself. I haven't had access to what I would consider a Local Gaming Store since about 1995, when the one which used to operate in Hornsby went out of business for the usual reasons - i.e., the guy who ran it was basically using his access to distributors to buy cheaper games for himself, and not focused on running a profitable business.There are stores north of the city which sell gaming products; for instance, there's a Games Workshop not far from me in Chatswood, another in Hornsby, and a branch of the city gaming store at which I used to work in Warringah on the coast, but only the last sells roleplaying games and only very much as a sideline to their mainstream boardgame and puzzle sales.So, as far as I am concerned, the only accessible gaming stores worth the name are found in the city. I won't shop at the store at which I used to work, but there are two others from which I'm happy to buy. Their prices can't compete with Amazon (even including shipping to Australia), but I would be willing to pay them anyway (to a point) for the sake of convenience.Unfortunately, they're very much not convenient. A forty-five minute drive one-way plus parking adds a real premium to the cost of the book, and there's absolutely no attraction for me in the idea of a games store as a meeting place or whatnot. Besides which, I have my old university gaming club for that.In the next few weeks, I'm moving much closer to the city, so things may change then - but I haven't had a real LGS for over a decade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhacdebhandia, post: 3611713, member: 18832"] I live in the northern suburbs of Sydney, about forty-five minutes' drive from the city itself. I haven't had access to what I would consider a Local Gaming Store since about 1995, when the one which used to operate in Hornsby went out of business for the usual reasons - i.e., the guy who ran it was basically using his access to distributors to buy cheaper games for himself, and not focused on running a profitable business. There are stores north of the city which sell gaming products; for instance, there's a Games Workshop not far from me in Chatswood, another in Hornsby, and a branch of the city gaming store at which I used to work in Warringah on the coast, but only the last sells roleplaying games and only very much as a sideline to their mainstream boardgame and puzzle sales. So, as far as I am concerned, the only accessible gaming stores worth the name are found in the city. I won't shop at the store at which I used to work, but there are two others from which I'm happy to buy. Their prices can't compete with Amazon (even including shipping to Australia), but I would be willing to pay them anyway (to a point) for the sake of convenience. Unfortunately, they're very much [b]not[/b] convenient. A forty-five minute drive one-way plus parking adds a real premium to the cost of the book, and there's absolutely no attraction for me in the idea of a games store as a meeting place or whatnot. Besides which, I have my old university gaming club for that. In the next few weeks, I'm moving much closer to the city, so things may change then - but I haven't had a real LGS for over a decade. [/QUOTE]

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