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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4250979" data-attributes="member: 20854">I'll preface this by saying I don't buy much from gaming stores, these days.  I get my gaming stuff online.  New stuff is cheaper, I don't pay tax, and I get free shipping.  Old or out-of-print material is easier to find online.  Reviews, advice, and tips are easy to find online.  Gaming meet-ups and discussion with other gamers are easy to find online.  Et cetera.A game store could attract me by:1.  Being a GREAT place to play.  That means it needs to be clean, comfortable, allow food/drink, have open tables, et cetera.  This is *the main reason* I'd go to a gaming store.  If I'm there, I might impulse buy something.  Also, if a game store had a private room, I'd *pay* to use that, if it were nice.2.  Stock material that people who are gaming in the store might need.  That means dice, of course (I want Gamescience dice -- the ugly ones with the sharp edges that haven't been tumbled and polished), but it also means graph paper, mechanical pencils, overhead projector pens, snacks, drinks, et cetera.3.  Encourage/facilitate in-store gaming clubs and groups.  Maybe that means maintaining a database of local gamers that can be accessed.4.  Sell used/out-of-print material. I guess I'm describing something that is more like a place-to-game than a traditional gaming store.  That's because I don't *buy* much from a gaming store, these days.  I don't know if a viable business model could be built around the idea of "come here to play," but I'd be a lot more interested in that than in a store trying to compete with Amazon, Ebay, and Noble Knight.</blockquote>

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