Dear Game Store Owner, I am trying to understand why you don’t regularly sponsor, support or promote diverse gaming at your establishment. Well, except for magic the Gathering and other card based games. Yes, we the gaming public, understands these games pay the bills and keep the lights on, but to the near exclusion of…
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My Paradigm Shift: Why I Shop Online
The other day on Facebook I posed a question to my local gaming club of some 380+ members regarding a local store. More precisely, I asked: “Boardgame night seems to be taking off at Final Round, does anyone still game at Realms?”, both Final Round and Realms are local stores. The responses I received were…
Small Business Saturday – Get Out There Now!
Today, in the United States, it’s small business Saturday, where consumers are encouraged to visit local small businesses to make their holiday purchases. There are many, many benefits of shopping at a small local business and game shops are no exception. I will be visiting several of my local game shops this afternoon after my…
Building A Local RPG Community – An Analytical Look [Part 3]
In this, the last installment, of my analysis on the building and fostering of a local RPG community panel, we are going to explore what defines a gamer and how to create safe spaces for your local community. I have touched a few of the safe space principles in the first installment, but we’re going…
Building A Local RPG Community – An Analytical Look [Part 2]
In this installment of my analysis of the building and fostering a local RPG community panel, we are going to explore the online avenues that the panelists suggested. The online realm is vast and very diverse, therefore it is ripe for finding locals that may be interested in checking out what it is you are…
Building A Local RPG Community – An Analytical Look [Part 1]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of moderating some panels at VirtuaCon. For those that are not aware, VirtuaCon is a three-day online virtual RPG-centric convention hosted by RPGGeek.com. One of the panels is of particular interest to me directly. The panel topic I am referring to is about building and fostering a local RPG…
What Draws You To A Convention?
Conventions are an important component of our hobby. What draws you to a convention? What considerations factor into your decision to attend or not attend a particular convention? I really want to hear your opinions! ~ Modoc
Gamers Are Ruining Our Hobby: Musing About External Stereotypes
Why is it that when we tell someone that we’re a gamer we get odd and often times confusing looks. it’s almost as if we have to give each person a rundown on what a gamer is and what specifically we play. Only to hear the usual responses “oh. that’s like risk, right?” or the…
Update – 2014 RPG Challenge: Play Five RPGs You Have Never Played Before
I wanted to give a quick update on the RPG challenge I began last january. I had signed on to participate in a challenge that required each participant to play five new (to them) RPGs during the course of the year. Well, it took a while due to my hectic schedule, but I got in…
Pay to Play, What’s Your Thoughts?
Today, let’s delve into a slightly touchy subject for some gamers. Some, but not all game stores charge customers a small fee to play their games at the store. Some will go so far as to offer a discount or waiver the fee altogether if a customer makes a minimum purchase. All three of my local…
Rolling Boxcars 