Would you play your game here?
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GreatLemur
Explorer
From my perspective, a rented gaming space seems like a tricky thing to make work, since it's got to be a better option than the home of anybody in the group, and everybody in the group (except maybe the GM; I like that rule Turanil mentioned) would have to be willing and able to chip in for it. I think for me to be interested, it would have to provide a decent tabletop projection and sound system (preferably with a computer available, for groups without their own lapops). Some audio recording gear might be cool, too (I'm a big fan of RPGMP3.com and Yog-Sothoth.com).
Without such elaborate amenities--or at least a really comfortable environment--I think it'd be a hard sell to get people to actually pay for a room. A gaming store would probably do better letting people game for free and just selling them gaming materials and snacks the whole time. Captive audience, you know? Once you've got 'em in there, they'll find themselves buying stuff from you all day. And if the pencils, paper, and Mountain Dew are a little more expensive than they'd find elsewhere, they'll still pay just for the convenience of having them right there.
Without such elaborate amenities--or at least a really comfortable environment--I think it'd be a hard sell to get people to actually pay for a room. A gaming store would probably do better letting people game for free and just selling them gaming materials and snacks the whole time. Captive audience, you know? Once you've got 'em in there, they'll find themselves buying stuff from you all day. And if the pencils, paper, and Mountain Dew are a little more expensive than they'd find elsewhere, they'll still pay just for the convenience of having them right there.
Thornir Alekeg
Albatross!
Probably not. As with others it would require a fantastic setup for gaming. Even then it would be unlikely.
No, but that's because I (and several of my players) have good set-ups in our houses for playing, and minimal competition for that space -- in my case, the residents of my house are just my wife and me, and my wife plays with us. In another case, one of my players lives by herself, and has set up her nicely-finished basement for hosting games.
Back when I was single and renting, and few of my players owned their own places, I suppose I might've been interested in renting space to play. (Then again, back then, many of us were not exactly rolling in dough, and the price might've gotten prohibative.)
Back when I was single and renting, and few of my players owned their own places, I suppose I might've been interested in renting space to play. (Then again, back then, many of us were not exactly rolling in dough, and the price might've gotten prohibative.)
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
Why pay, when you can play in a place that for free; which I have done many moons ago.
Jubilee
First Post
A few years ago my husband and I joined a game that was located at a rather new game store; they had a room set aside with a table for gaming, and it had a door we could close. However, the room got really stuffy really fast with the door closed, and unfortunately most Saturdays there were MtG tournaments (those people are loud!) and I found it to be a major distraction. We also got random walk-ins who didn't mind hovering or interjecting with unhelpful bits of chatter.
After a couple of months, the store started charging for the table space, at which point my husband and I volunteered to host the game at our house instead (we have a perfectly nice gaming room with a conference table, lots of books, and tons of minis).
For a while we did play a game at the store on Tuesday evenings, which we paid for, and it wasn't that bad because Tuesdays were usually quiet and we didn't get wanderers, but then the game store building was damaged badly in a wind storm and had to be emergency moved and when it found a new location a few months later, it only had an open floor for gaming, and was much noisier (all concrete, warehouse style space). It wasn't bad paying for that game, and was nice to not have to clean the game room up on Tuesdays (it's also the craft room, and the table gets rather cluttered).
The store was only charging, I think $3 per person, and it was store-credit for the night, and we usually bought stuff when we were there anyway, so it wasn't like a great burden, but wasn't much of a "value" for what the space offered.
So it has to offer something really special to lure me out of our perfectly good hobby and game room if I'm going to pay for it.
After a couple of months, the store started charging for the table space, at which point my husband and I volunteered to host the game at our house instead (we have a perfectly nice gaming room with a conference table, lots of books, and tons of minis).
For a while we did play a game at the store on Tuesday evenings, which we paid for, and it wasn't that bad because Tuesdays were usually quiet and we didn't get wanderers, but then the game store building was damaged badly in a wind storm and had to be emergency moved and when it found a new location a few months later, it only had an open floor for gaming, and was much noisier (all concrete, warehouse style space). It wasn't bad paying for that game, and was nice to not have to clean the game room up on Tuesdays (it's also the craft room, and the table gets rather cluttered).
The store was only charging, I think $3 per person, and it was store-credit for the night, and we usually bought stuff when we were there anyway, so it wasn't like a great burden, but wasn't much of a "value" for what the space offered.
So it has to offer something really special to lure me out of our perfectly good hobby and game room if I'm going to pay for it.
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