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We have a game store where you can go to play the board games and buy the ones you like. It's crowded but I don't know if people actually purchases things.

VLM 11y ago
Looks can also be deceiving, because of "Friday Night Magic" at least for one evening a week what is believed to be an independent FLGS is actually a junk food convenience store at least WRT revenue by product. Or so I've been told by someone who should know. There are other theme nights, its just "Friday Night Magic" is the most popular. Its not a very profitable or well run convenience store compared to a real convenience store, but it does well enough. As do most FLGS that run friday night magic. I'm sure there are some that can't sell junk food due to zoning or ordinances, that must be annoying. The problem is scaling it outside a couple hours Friday night. Another day of the week, six guys playing pathfinder on a card table makes the store look busy compared to a usually completely empty antique store, but what kind of revenue is rolling in per hour? You can pay the electric bill by selling monster energy drinks out of the cooler, but retail establishments have other bills to pay, and the antique store only needs one sale per week to pay their bills...
- kelukelugames 11y ago
  I go to play magic on Sundays. :) I am not counting the magic players. Though there is certainly an overlap with the board game players. The shop is a restaurant and cafe. http://www.moxboardinghouse.com/ http://www.moxboardinghouse.com/
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Just for contrast, our local card store has 8 tables available for whatever. They also have Magic tournaments, MechWarrior tables, a variety of things. They make their money selling - you guessed it, card games. The other half of the store is aisles of boxed games, old and new. The tables get busy every evening of the week, after folks get out of school/off work. The age range is teens through 30-somethings.

VLM 11y ago

Looks can also be deceiving, because of "Friday Night Magic" at least for one evening a week what is believed to be an independent FLGS is actually a junk food convenience store at least WRT revenue by product. Or so I've been told by someone who should know. There are other theme nights, its just "Friday Night Magic" is the most popular. Its not a very profitable or well run convenience store compared to a real convenience store, but it does well enough. As do most FLGS that run friday night magic. I'm sure there are some that can't sell junk food due to zoning or ordinances, that must be annoying. The problem is scaling it outside a couple hours Friday night. Another day of the week, six guys playing pathfinder on a card table makes the store look busy compared to a usually completely empty antique store, but what kind of revenue is rolling in per hour? You can pay the electric bill by selling monster energy drinks out of the cooler, but retail establishments have other bills to pay, and the antique store only needs one sale per week to pay their bills...

kelukelugames 11y ago
I go to play magic on Sundays. :) I am not counting the magic players. Though there is certainly an overlap with the board game players. The shop is a restaurant and cafe. http://www.moxboardinghouse.com/ http://www.moxboardinghouse.com/
JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Just for contrast, our local card store has 8 tables available for whatever. They also have Magic tournaments, MechWarrior tables, a variety of things. They make their money selling - you guessed it, card games. The other half of the store is aisles of boxed games, old and new. The tables get busy every evening of the week, after folks get out of school/off work. The age range is teens through 30-somethings.