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<blockquote data-quote="Arc" data-source="post: 2391466" data-attributes="member: 12184">I never go to my FLGS to buy a specific book, or even a pack of minis or some dice. Books are cheaper online, it's easier to look through and choose from thousands of miniatures catalogued and categorized on company websites, and I can get dice any color of the rainbow and any shape that bows to euclidean geometry from a number of websites.What I go my FLGS for is to thumb through newly released books, take a look at other systems and games that I hadn't before considered, watch a Warhammer 40k match, read half a comic book, and debate class balance in 3.5 vs 3.0 with the shop owner. Not suprisingly, I end up spending far more money at my FLGS than all my internet purchases combined. Partially because I rarely know I want a specific book beforehand, but mostly because I don't buy a book or mini or game without a good referal to it. That's what my FLGS is for. If something is recommended to me by a member of my group... I can borrow their copy. But when I want something new, I go to the place I trust.If my FLGS wasn't around to provide that, then I imagine my gaming spending would cut back dramatically. So maybe the question that should be asked is &quot;How much do the FLGS' support gaming economically?&quot; (including introducing new players)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arc, post: 2391466, member: 12184"] I never go to my FLGS to buy a specific book, or even a pack of minis or some dice. Books are cheaper online, it's easier to look through and choose from thousands of miniatures catalogued and categorized on company websites, and I can get dice any color of the rainbow and any shape that bows to euclidean geometry from a number of websites. What I go my FLGS for is to thumb through newly released books, take a look at other systems and games that I hadn't before considered, watch a Warhammer 40k match, read half a comic book, and debate class balance in 3.5 vs 3.0 with the shop owner. Not suprisingly, I end up spending far more money at my FLGS than all my internet purchases combined. Partially because I rarely know I want a specific book beforehand, but mostly because I don't buy a book or mini or game without a good referal to it. That's what my FLGS is for. If something is recommended to me by a member of my group... I can borrow their copy. But when I want something new, I go to the place I trust. If my FLGS wasn't around to provide that, then I imagine my gaming spending would cut back dramatically. So maybe the question that should be asked is "How much do the FLGS' support gaming economically?" (including introducing new players) [/QUOTE]

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