Stormonu
Legend
My start with D&D was actually getting the books from Kaybee toy store and Toys'R'us back in the early 80's (Red box set & AD&D PHB,DMG respectively). I was not aware of any game stores in the area where we were living (this was back in California).
Between about 88' to 01', I generally bought most of my stuff from a local FLGS in my area. However, with the rise of Amazon and E-bay, I started moving to buying online. At the same time, I don't think the hobby shop I went to has updated its stock; there's certainly nothing there now I would be interested in buying, and it doesn't have room to host games so I don't even bother going there anymore.
I think that a large percentage of gamers are in the same boat I am - there simply isn't a close enough game store (or of decent quality) to be concerned with supporting it over to just having games mail-ordered to them and playing at home.
Between about 88' to 01', I generally bought most of my stuff from a local FLGS in my area. However, with the rise of Amazon and E-bay, I started moving to buying online. At the same time, I don't think the hobby shop I went to has updated its stock; there's certainly nothing there now I would be interested in buying, and it doesn't have room to host games so I don't even bother going there anymore.
I think that a large percentage of gamers are in the same boat I am - there simply isn't a close enough game store (or of decent quality) to be concerned with supporting it over to just having games mail-ordered to them and playing at home.