My FLGS is closing :*(

[blackrainbow]

Just found out this tonight, in 10 days. Close out sale, yeah, but there goes my only close store. Numbers and emails were exchanged, so perhaps some basement games will be had.

Tonights' game was fun, if not a crushing defeat. 500 each of CSM+Necron+CMS Vs 1500 Grey Knights, 2,000 points of the Great Devourer come in top of turn three. I still got slaughtered, darn flamers everywhere and bad luck on some AV14 popin. Still fun. I think my last game there next week will be 2k everyone and most likely 6th Ed, any advice?

Here is what I have, and the above Vs armys are very typical of the shop. I have listed by HQ, Troop, etx, and * denote magnetized units, so any layout is good.

Hive Tyrant* x2
Flyrant*
deathleaper

genestealer x30 +two broodlords
hormagaunt x90
termigant x10
warrior x6 (not fully assembled, so "counts as" any weapon)
ripper swarm x7

haruspex/exocrine*
zoanthrope x4

spore mine cluster x15 models, so minimum five units of three

biovore x3
carnifex x4*
trygon/mawloc



There you have it, help me go out in style Hive!

~Black Rainbow

[Overread]

My advice?

1) Get the numbers, emails, facebook and other communication details of as many people who attend the store as you can get your hands on. Heck as the store manager if he's got a list of regular customers (you can always search and find them on facebook as you already know the general area they live in).

2) Hunt around locally to see if there is already a local gaming club

2a) If you find one then email everyone and make sure they know about the club!

b) If you don't find one follow the following steps;

1) Look around locally for a gaming place you can rent. Local community centres, churches, village/town halls etc.. What you want is a fairly large room to rent; ideally once a week. Onsite or close storage is important, not a deal breaker at this stage, but it helps a lot (esp with terrain).
Note its going to cost - find out the costs involved.
You might have luck with local school sites, although typically that's blocked out unless you're attending the school/university; but it never hurts to ask as many do make use of their facilities for rental outside of school activities (oft though only during holiday periods).

2) Start your own club! You've got a place to game - you know the costs and you've got a list of players so you can advertise to them - work out a rough annual membership fee and get things started. Note that the first few weeks you'll likely have to foot the rental bill yourself.

Also of further note is be sane with the rental costs - because if you're asking too much per-person then its just going to fold before you've got started to do hunt around for somewhere to play.


Don't rely on someone else; you do it upfront and if anyone else wants to help that's even better for you.

[blackrainbow]

Hot diggity, those are some great starters @overread, tyvm. Many e-mails were exchanged, and most of us know each other outside of the store so that works to our advantage. I'll look into renting some spaces for sure, we were a pretty large group and could be roudy so I'll have to keep that in mind when talking or even looking for places.

[Deleted]

When my original brick and mortar GW store closed years ago(prob like ~7 years now)someone in the community got together a forum called stonypointrefugees.com (the old store was in the "stony point" mall).

The forum actually has been sort of ingested by our new(far superior) LGS. This solution seems to have worked VERY well. I recommend it. Heck if you get e-mails and do a free forum, you could even set it up, promote a mod or two, and have them spread the word for you via a chain e-mail.

[blackrainbow]

Thanks @nidsinvra. Tonights last game was.... Mordenheim. Barely anyone showed up, so, my nids go into hybernation and I re-write some 'Heim rules for nids. Ahh, that should be fun.