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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 1904749" data-attributes="member: 2174">Build it in Ballard so I can walk to it.No cats.I'd strongly suggest stocking Warhammer, D&D Minis, and especially Confrontation, which is becoming more and more popular. As someone said, miniatures turn more frequently than RPG products, and the point should be to stay in business and make a little scratch for yourself. Look for affordable retail space that will allow you to have 5 or 6 tables in addition to a healthy amount of display space. This will allow you to run card, miniatures, and RPG organized play events. Get in touch with the local RPGA club (in your case, the "Seattle Mob") and offer your space for their gamedays. Find out from Wizards of the Coast, Wiz Kids, and Upper Deck about their card and miniature organized play programs. These events _will_ get people into your store, and they will buy stuff while they are there (especially dice and candy and the game they came to play).You're going to want to carry some embarrassing crap like Yu-Gi-Oh cards. It's smart to follow the tween trends, but don't get too caught up in it. Focus on developing your "hobbyist" clientele and they will stay with you through several trends, rather than abandoning you as soon as their kid finds some other shiny piece of crap to pester them about.Please carry Dragon and Dungeon.--Erik Mona</blockquote>