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<blockquote data-quote="Tatsukun" data-source="post: 2390305" data-attributes="member: 15511">Well, if you want expensive, try a Tokyo LGS. Now you are talking $50 for the PHB and $65 for the DMG. Ouch. The way I see it, the FLGS is becoming a thing of the past. To stay ‘alive’ it has to change. The ones that can’t change will shut down. (Ok, here’s one of those (in)famous Tatsukun analogies)Imagine you had a wheel-smith shop, and you specialized in big wagon wheels. You would do fine in the ‘old west’. But, then imagine that people started driving cars. What would you do? It seems some people want to demand that every car have at least one wagon wheel to ‘save the dying industry’. I, however, think that’s silly. The wheel-smith has got to learn to make something for cars, or he has got to change in some way to stay alive. ---Ok, so how can the FLGS stay alive when online places are better, cheaper, faster, and more convenient? One in Tokyo has stopped selling books and started renting out booths to gamers. They even have coffee. Think of it like a DnD café. Another shop might feature better service / help.These aren't not the only ways, there are millions of ways. But, simply clinging to the now obsolete business model doesn’t work, and shouldn’t work. It’s time for the FLGS to die out it all it’s doing is offering overpriced stuff to a formerly cornered niche market. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -Tatsu</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tatsukun, post: 2390305, member: 15511"] Well, if you want expensive, try a Tokyo LGS. Now you are talking $50 for the PHB and $65 for the DMG. Ouch. The way I see it, the FLGS is becoming a thing of the past. To stay ‘alive’ it has to change. The ones that can’t change will shut down. (Ok, here’s one of those (in)famous Tatsukun analogies) Imagine you had a wheel-smith shop, and you specialized in big wagon wheels. You would do fine in the ‘old west’. But, then imagine that people started driving cars. What would you do? It seems some people want to demand that every car have at least one wagon wheel to ‘save the dying industry’. I, however, think that’s silly. The wheel-smith has got to learn to make something for cars, or he has got to change in some way to stay alive. --- Ok, so how can the FLGS stay alive when online places are better, cheaper, faster, and more convenient? One in Tokyo has stopped selling books and started renting out booths to gamers. They even have coffee. Think of it like a DnD café. Another shop might feature better service / help. These aren't not the only ways, there are millions of ways. But, simply clinging to the now obsolete business model doesn’t work, and shouldn’t work. It’s time for the FLGS to die out it all it’s doing is offering overpriced stuff to a formerly cornered niche market. -Tatsu [/QUOTE]

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