April 23, 2015

DSR 11.2: The Friendly Local Gaming Store

Friendly? Local? Gaming? All of the above, please.

Our Guests

+Nathan Panke

+Todd Bunn

Show Notes after the jump

Guest Notes

Todd Bunn

Gateway Games & More

Show Notes

Todd mentioned some posts from Adam's blog, Dispatches From Kickassistan

Let's Talk About Railroading

Let's Talk About Prepping To Improvise

Fantasy Shop, St. Louis

Adam can't find any online details about the old MAGI gaming club in Elkhart, IN

Vault of Midnight, Ann Arbor, MI

Vallejo Paints List Android App

Todd's niche: the stuff that the other folks don't do.

"The only way you can sell the independent or obscure stuff is if you know something about it."

Todd's Recipe For Success:

Listen to your customers and pay attention.

Give them a reason to want to be loyal to you.

Be passionate about what you're doing.

RetroN

HoL - Human Occupied Landfill(aff)

Supplement: BUTTery wHOLesomeness(aff)

Tabletop Game & Hobby, Kansas City

Adam thinks that an RPG resurgence will follow the current tabletop revival

Todd says there's a retro-wave, but not a full-on resurgence

"We're in the classic rock period for RPGs." - Todd "[But] RPGs will never be the top of the heap again."

Donn thinks it's just boardgames and doesn't expect an RPG boom

Thanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at [email protected]. Once again, thanks for listening, you gorgeous listeners.

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