PA- Where the Toys Are...

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Krisken

Krisken

I hear it is a good game, just haven't had the chance to try it out yet. I've been interested in playing Malifaux though.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Krisken said:
I hear it is a good game, just haven't had the chance to try it out yet. I've been interested in playing Malifaux though.
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I've been hating myself for saying this the past month or so since we discovered Warmachine, but I don't feel like I can go back to 40k now.

Haven't tried Malifaux myself, but it looked interesting.

As for the comic, now that part 2 is up: I understand part one now--he wouldn't hate going there if it wasn't for the guy who owned it. My hobby shops never had "bro" species or subspecies running them, nor jerks. Love Tycho's face though.
 
Bones

Bones

thats been my experience with almost every game shop except for one very large one. the people generally looked at me as insignificant and a nobody. it was true of a few places that specialized in anime and other Japanese cultural stuff. but yes, none of those lasted long.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I can see why.

Never had that problem with a specialty place. But then, I've only been going to them for the last three years, so it's possible that after seeing their peers go out of business, the ones I've visited have learned to value their customer.
 
Espy

Espy

Krisken said:
I see... what you mean. I guess... I was a little... stuck... in the real world. My bad.
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Heh.

The hobby store I went to didn't have a bro but it did have an old guy who only stocked the RPG stuff because he knew he could make money off it since no one else sold it in our town. He hated that fact though and hated everyone one of us who came in to buy it.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

There's a comic store nearby that has RPG people coming in all the time for stuff, but all they have are Magic the Gathering and some dice sets. They had D&D books very briefly, which sold out right away, but the owner doesn't want to get more because they sell comics there.

Well, they don't sell that many comics, and he's really not paying attention to where comic book stores have gone in the last few years. Not to mention, geeks tend to cross mediums. Selling comics is great, but he'd likely get more business with a little expansion. They could make room by moving those $200 Marvel and DC hero statues that have been sitting there ever since they moved in, unsold.
 
Bones

Bones

there was one thats major deal was model planes, trains, and such they had a small section fot table top stuff and every time i came in to look and buy i ended up feeling unwelcome. eventually the mans son took over the shop and his response was much warmer.
 
Espy

Espy

escushion said:
They could make room by moving those $200 Marvel and DC hero statues that have been sitting there ever since they moved in, unsold.
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I think every comic shop has that shelf of way overpriced superhero statues that no one ever buys.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

The problem with my local gaming shop was never that the guys there were jerks, but that the place always felt like I was shopping in some guy's garage sale. Dust was on everything, there was no carpet, the whole shop had a funny smell to it, and everything was attached to a hook on the wall.

They've been in business over 20 years like that.
 
Espy

Espy

From Tycho's post today:

I want to emphasize that when you lay eyes on the entity in today's strip, really take him in, that he is a real person and we are not making him up. This is a documentary! This is like Mutual of Omaha, but with polyhedrons.
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Baerdog

Baerdog

Am I the only one with a very friendly, welcoming FLGS? The married couple who run it are very nice, especially the wife.
 
Bones

Bones

the guys the run the one MAJOR shop in the eastern twin cities, called THE SOURCE, are all very nice...when i was a new dm, I asked the guy frankly what I would need in the way of gameware and books, told him to be honest and sell me what I would need, put my trust in him. he sold me a few pounds of dice, the mondomat, markers for it, the 3 main dnd books, and some real basic mat marker pieces.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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The one big name in Finnish geek stores is Fantasiapelit ('Fantasy Games'), which operates a sizeable miniature/comic/RPG/LARP store in most major Finnish cities. I frequent mine a lot these days, checking out WoD books, comic books (purchased my set of Walking Dead from there) and other geeky paraphernalia. They also run miniature games, and more often than not you can either see a big battle going on or some people playing Magic the Gathering. The staff is quite geeky as well, which I think is a plus - as long as you don't mind a bit of greasy hair and rumpled clothes.

All in all, I like my local geek store.
 
David

David

I've recently looked around as I was thinking of getting into reading comics... and there are literally 0 geek stores of any kind in my whole city. The nearest one is a 40 minute drive away. I'd consider looking into the viability of OPENING one, except for the fact that we DID have comic/gamer stores and they all shut down, which leads me to believe there just isn't enough interest where I live to keep stores like that open.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

We have three geeky shops around here, one of which specializes only in minitures and D&D.

The other two are just chock full of awesome things...but I prefer one over the other because thestaff will actually talk to you. They are friendly and make recommendations...and they are clean cut and nice looking. The other shop...well...the owner sits behind the counter, never looking up, never speaking unless directly asked something. It's just uncomfortable. I feel like I'm being intrusive.

There's also to much stuff for the space they have. It's impossible t see everything they have.
 
Dave

Dave

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David said:
I've recently looked around as I was thinking of getting into reading comics... and there are literally 0 geek stores of any kind in my whole city. The nearest one is a 40 minute drive away. I'd consider looking into the viability of OPENING one, except for the fact that we DID have comic/gamer stores and they all shut down, which leads me to believe there just isn't enough interest where I live to keep stores like that open.
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If I ever win the lottery I'll come open a store there. I might lose money but I wouldn't care.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Our local store is like the latter one you described, Little Sin, but I actually kind of like that. We found the place and were struck with awe after the comics store disappointed us, and it was nice to just wander the place seeing what we wanted and liked without having a staffer come up asking if we needed help or anything. When we did need help, the guy behind the counter immediately dropped what he was doing, and actually was willing to haggle with Dream over the price of some old art books.

I can understand choosing one store over the other, but keep in mind in the event that you had to go into the store where the guy sits behind the counter--he's getting paid for you to bother him. Keep him having a job :p.
 
Covar

Covar

I don't really get this story arc. Really sounds like they're just angry that a hobby store could be run by a non-stereotype geek.
 
Krisken

Krisken

They're angry because the guy is a D-bag. It's really not hard to follow.

Edit: Sorry Covar, that was a little snarky. I don't think it's so much that he's not "ONE OF THEM", but that he's entirely not interested in serving his customer base despite having the only store in the area which caters to their needs. It would be like an auto dealer telling their customers they don't have time for them.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I get the storyline; I just don't get the point. This guy ain't gonna change, and if he were out of business, then what would they do, go a few towns over?

Not to mention, I find it hard to believe there's only ONE gaming/hobby store in all of Seattle. It's not like they live in a middle-of-nowhere town; it's a city.

EDIT: Within an 11-mile radius I see seven gaming stores that are not Games Workshop around Seattle.
 
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