Wellington Game Shop - Revision history

Johnno at 03:53, 1 June 2012

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Johnno at 02:54, 1 June 2012

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Johnno at 02:36, 1 June 2012

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Johnno at 03:29, 15 May 2012

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Johnno: New page: Wargame Supplies has closed. Herewith an attempt at a brain-dump of the huge volume of material that has come to light in thinking about opening a game shop in Wellington. ;TODO: Not righ...

2012-05-15T00:49:49Z

New page: Wargame Supplies has closed. Herewith an attempt at a brain-dump of the huge volume of material that has come to light in thinking about opening a game shop in Wellington. ;TODO: Not righ...

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Wargame Supplies has closed. Herewith an attempt at a brain-dump of the huge volume of material that has come to light in thinking about opening a game shop in Wellington.

;TODO: Not right now though, as I'm at work...

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 == Supporting stock ==
-Board games attract a fairly identifiable and particular audience - usually loyal, repeat buyers who have done their research on BGG, often like to build up collections, and don't mind plonking $50-150 on a good board game. But they are a high margin, low volume product. To survive in a Wellington retail context, a shop needs higher volume material to support its primary goal board game sales. Here are some ideas.
+Board games attract a fairly identifiable and particular audience - usually loyal, repeat buyers who have done their research on BGG, often like to build up collections, and don't mind plonking $50-150 on a good board game. But they are a high margin, low volume product. To survive in a Wellington retail context, a shop needs higher volume material to support its primary goal of board game sales. Here are some ideas.
 === Collectible Card Games ===

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 ** Improves loyalty outcomes
 * May increase sales likelihood due to longer/better browse
 == Acknowledgements ==
 Let it be known - board gamers are an amazing, helpful and friendly bunch, none more so than the lovely folks I've come to know in Wellington while stewing on this problem, and the good folks I know through local groups and events. Thanks go out to the following people for their input, advice, suggestions and encouragement: Mike, Greg, Rob and Pete, Skyler, Andrew, Ceedee, Gene, Craig, Doug, Bear, Quinn, Daniel and Kelly, Bill, Paul, Gynn, Nasia, and more...

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 === Miniatures ===
-Definitely. But maybe not Warhammer stuff since they dictate margins and odd retail space conditions, and there's already another shop in town. But there is not a shop anywhere in the Wellington region that properly supports miniature folks - paints, accessories, mats and boards, scenery and so on. Some of such material could definitely be supplied from:
+Definitely. Increases nerd factor. But maybe not Warhammer stuff since they dictate margins and odd retail space conditions, and there's already another shop in town. But there is not a shop anywhere in the Wellington region that properly supports miniatures folks - Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer Press, Malifaux from Wyrd, and Infinity from Corvus Belli, as well as paints, accessories, mats and boards, scenery and so on. Some of these accessories could definitely be supplied from:
 === Train models ===
-A very good friend of mine Bill Phillips runs [http://www.phillipsmodels.co.nz/ Phillips' Models], who make excellent model railway kits, printable templates and casts, as well as supply scenery, historic prints, modelling paint, resin, and other accessories.
+A very good friend of mine Bill Phillips runs [http://www.phillipsmodels.co.nz/ Phillips' Models], who make excellent model railway kits, printable templates and casts, as well as supply scenery, historic prints, modelling paint, resin, and other accessories. Increases nerd factor.
 === Puzzles ===

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 == Location ==
 There is a large, relatively cheap space at lot 211 Left Bank Arcade, off Cuba Street opposite the Bristol. It's next to Satay Kingdom ([http://zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/wellington/te+aro/left+bank/ map]). Wellington retail like most places seems to be a trade-off between foot traffic and lease price. A cheap venue with less traffic would probably be okay since customers would be more "regular" than the average high street shop.
 === Decor ===

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 Wargame Supplies has closed. Herewith an attempt at a brain-dump of the huge volume of material that has come to light in thinking about opening a game shop in Wellington, and incorporates suggestions and ideas from discussions and emails with many folks (see Acknowledgements below).
 == Supporting stock ==
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 === Gadgets ===
 One interesting suggestion is basically all the clobber one can get from [http://thinkgeek.com Think Geek] since there isn't a shop like that in Wellington, quite apart from the sheer Awesome™ of being able to browse that catalogue in a shop!
 == Community hub ==

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		+	== Acknowledgements ==
		+	Let it be known - board gamers are an amazing, helpful and friendly bunch, none more so than the lovely folks I've come to know in Wellington while stewing on this problem. Thanks go out to the following people for their input, advice, suggestions and encouragement: Mike, Greg, Rob and Pete, Skyler, Andrew, Ceedee, Gene, Craig, Doug, Bear, Quinn, Daniel and Kelly, Bill, Paul, Gynn, Nasia, and more...