[Serious Lee]

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Originally Posted by bmorr

Gaming stuff, like heroclix, or even magic cards, or yugioh, or whatever, is part of the modern day LCS' bread and butter. Just like a restaurant relies on alcohol sales to turn a profit. I don't buy any of that, but i've seen the turnout for those "gaming nights." and they but alot of stuff.

Yup! My LCS has a huge room for gamers, and every time I'm in to pick up my stuff there are 4-5 men, women or children buying magic cards (or some kind of cards lol, I really know nothing about them). The stores will definitely need to carry as much as they can, related to our collective indie needs just to pay the bills some months.

When I was in my teens I played D&D and every chance I got I was at my 'gaming' store, if they didn't have any new dungeons or manuals, I would buy another set of dice or some puter figurines or anything they had really lol, ahh the good old days before jobs and responsibilities!

I have a pretty good relationship with my LCS guy/ owner, and he runs a good store, lots of staff who are all in the know about 5-10 different things each and they all work game nights when it's their turn. IMO, they have theirs and I've got mine, good on all of us! I think even if your LCS turns more towards games, and carries fewer of the things you're looking for, it really isn't their fault, they need to do whatever it is to survive sometimes, and everything comes full circle eventually. We're really lucky as comic fans, collectors of figures and all things connected to the genre right now. We may never get a chance like this again in our lives, because of the popularity of superheroes I'm getting the things I dreamed of as a little kid - today.