WotC Closing stores.
It looks like they are finially shuting down there operationsWizard Stores Face ClosingBy BLOOMBERG NEWS Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro that makes trading-card and role-playing games...
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Really shows how the market is starting to shake out for D20 stuff when WotC starts to retrench. But possibly not so surprising given the amount of competition from other games stores and the sort of...
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Well, the Wotc store stopped selling 3rd party d20 stuff quite a while ago, so this has less to do with D&D than with people not buying as many board games as they used to. Im going to be hitting...
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Quote: But possibly not so surprising given the amount of competition from other games stores and the sort of rate of return a corporate like Hasbro requires. Not to mention competition from book...
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Anything that furthers the demise of WOTC and increases the likely release of Dark Dungeons! Do feel bad for folks losin their job though . . . . . .
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I'm way behind...I didn't even know that WotC stores existed.I feel bad for the folks working there but from the Hasbro/WotC side of things it's not too surprising. It's usually not a very good...
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Gateway is struggling right now. They are re-trenching towards the small business side (since Dell has been eating their lunch) --- they'll either pull out of the dive or dissapear within the next 24...
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We have two Wizards of the Coast stores in the DC metro area. The one in Pentagon City was all about Pikachu: I never really went there. The one in Springfield Mall, however...The store in Springfield...
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I had no Idea they had WoTC stores either!I think little hobby stores like that are the worst sort of investment, they must do Great during the holidays but the buisness must be incredibly menial...
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I'm no owner, but I certainly wouldn't do the cart in the mall seasonal approach. The thing is, most people buying RPGs are, in my view, dedicated gamers who want a set location that they can go to...
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As others have pointed out, the Wizards/Game Keeper stores had reduced their RPG sections to little aisle carts. Most of their shelf space went to family board games, with a little space to more...
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I tend to agree with what Damien said earlier (I think it was Damien): I think a smart move would be to make a serious Gaming AND Comic Book Store. There seems to be a lot of overlap there (actually,...
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Why not follow Evan Dorkin's Eltingville comic strips and have a Wal-Mart of Geekdom: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and role-playing in one place?
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I saw a place like that down in Phoenix AZ a few years back, called "AACC" ("All About Comics & Cards"). It took up TWO stores in a strip mall. One store had all the comics, CCGs, and...
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I haven't been to Torrance in several years, but Third Planet there was close to what I mentioned: a good comics store + genre books + RPGs + collectibles.
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