Hi Ward, I attended a few panels at DragonCon by Dave Wallace about opening your own store. And I seem to remember that his books were mentioned in your "So...
"I attended a few panels at DragonCon by Dave Wallace about opening your own store...I'd love to get my hands on copies of his books but I failed to buy them...
In case you haven't heard, the Atlanta Game Factory has closed its doors. Odds are, this is a permanent situation---thought I'd save y'all a potential trip...
... I noticed yesterday that the AGF website was now redirecting me to the Wikipedia entry for "gold mining." I wonder if there's a story there... Michael...
... When I called them this afternoon, they said they had been hacked and would reopen Tuesday. Frank, what's your source? Did they say what had changed in...
In the past 13 months (Metro) Atlanta has lost:Games Workshop at Discover MillsBatty's BestMynde GamesAge of ExcaliburSword of the PhoenixAtlanta Game Factory...
But I think I speak ... Were all these stores game shops? It seems to me like the ones I see closing of late are primarily game shops. I think hobby shops in...
Hi Eric, I knew of all the stores you listed, but seeing them all listed together was quite saddening. I posted a message to Ward a few days ago asking for...
games are a tough biz, I had one back in the 90s. the problem is your customers typically don't have huge cash. you have to have an angle to make it....
Just how many board games would you have to sell in a week to make a profit? Are there that many people in the area who would support that? We're talking...
... True. I thought (hoped) Batty's had a good shot because of the comics - that pretty much guaranteed weekly-repeat customers. Paying customers, too, not...
If you look at the one's that are still succesful, such as The Warroom, seems the profit is made, or at least well supplemented, with tournaments, especially ...
One of the big downfalls of the business has been the diminishing levels of CCG's. Poker has killed CCG sales overall (I think I read even Magic was down 50%)...
I found more information about AGFs on BGG. The thread is at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/94069 ... Hi guys- Mike Barnes from AGF here giving you the...
It may be illegal but that doesn't stop stores from selling chips and cards nor does it stop restaurants and bars from having poker nights. Many of the same ...
It may be illegal but that doesn't stop stores from selling chips and cards nor does it stop restaurants and bars from having poker nights. Many of the same...
There is a company in Marietta that did a very similiar thing and actually went to the extreme and charged cash entry and gave cash prizes with the whole...
Well, if we assume that poker and gaming (board, card, video) have a signifigant amount of crossover customers. Then pulling in a regular poker crowd, who...
My main point was I was making was saying poker is rampant around here; it was in responding to this paragraph: "Now if you could find some way to combine...
A lot of questions have been asked and a lot of points have been brought up. Let me see how many of these I can touch on. Poker. A game store running a poker...
Eric, thanks for a great post. That's the kind of nuts and bolts analysis I wanted. Sounds like a pretty tight endeavor. What do you think you could have...
... I can't speak for anyone else but I blame a poor location for pretty much all my woes. If I had gone to the other spot I was looking at (near the Wall-Mart...
... a signifigant amount of crossover customers. I don't think that's an unreasonable assumption, which may lead to another possibility for someone who wished...
Poker chips got tough as thjey entered the mainstream and Wal-Mart had sets of 400 chips for $30 or whatever. In a way if something gets too mainstream the...
... Given how many ways there are these days to score games more cheaply, I think even at list you're fighting a nearly impossible battle. Would that I were...
... Because you're talking about Toys 'R' Us, and from what I've heard, they've had problems of their own. Suppose a store like TRU was in trouble - it's ...
Three owners is tough. We originally had three owners with Dr. No's when we bought it in 1982 but were able to buy out the third guy in an amicable fation. I'm...
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