Preserving a Game Store legacy

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Hello my fellow hiveminds, I apologize for my absence as of late but due to unforseen circumstances I am now in the process of trying to save a local game store that means a lot to me, my wife, and our friends. I know its right after the holidays and it's been a rough year for everyone but I have to ask for you all to consider donating or sharing the message of our GoFundMe campaign. We are trying our best to get the store ready to run DnD sessions, Warhammer campaigns and tourneys,etc.

If you do decide to donate please let me know and I will make sure that you get posted on the donor wall and if you desire we will be sending physical thank you cards with goodies to every donor.

Thanks for any help you give and I look forward to meeting some of you on the tabletop if you ever make your way to Arkansas.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-continue-shannons-legacy?qid=02fbcecff5928fb13fd6c069748279e0

Any questions or comments feel free to email me at our company email [e-mail] or shoot me a message on here and I'll reply ASAP

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Giving a general update. We officially have all the business licensing and permits needed for the new store and have set up wholesaler accounts with 7 different distributors. I will be updating the GofundMe and this post every week to let anyone interested in this to see our progress. We are also in talks with a local sign shop about getting our signs designed and built so we can put them up and begin the true advertising.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Hello my fellow Bugs! I apologize for the late delay in updating this post but the wife and I have been recovering from Covid so we are just now getting back on track. We have acquired some financing to get the ball rolling with getting the shop more modernized and our sign is being designed as I type, our mascot too. This is a huge undertaking and I am going to be pushing this hard-core as opening day looms closer. We are set up at this time with Grand opening for the first weekend of March. If you happen to be in the neighborhood you should pop in, introduce yourself, and maybe pick up some merchandise or a raffle ticket for a brand new OLED Nintendo switch.

The GofundMe is still up and any contributions would be greatly appreciated be them monetary or sharing. Thanks again and if you do decide to donate please let me know so I can put your name down to go on our donor wall.

Much love to all of yall. For the Hive!

And any questions, suggestions, or clarification you need please don't hesitate to send me a message on here or through the GFM.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Happy Friday everyone, we are now the owners of the current stores inventory and the utilities are being swapped over starting next week. We have a new donor on our GoFundMe and we are very thankful for the continued support from everyone.

Our sign has been finalized and will be complete hopefully next week. Once we have our website set up I will post a link to it here so you can all check it out.

Once again I want to say thank you to all of you for helping keep this hometown legacy alive and allowing me to shout this out to you all. I look forward to next week's update and our grand opening the first weekend of March.

Donate to the GoFundMe if you can and let me know so I can put your name on our donor wall.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Well everyone, our SIGNS are officially UP and the store renovations are fully underway!!!!! My apologies for posting this a day late but due to inclement weather, I was on call yesterday and was working to get power back on to some of our metering sites.

Anyways, we are happy to announce that everything is going smoothly and we are working everyday to try and get the store set up for the March the 4th grand opening.

Thanks again for reading and any support given is greatly appreciated. I look forward to meeting you all on the tabletop. Come see us in March at Cryptid Gaming!!

[barbedsparky]

Everything sounds like its coming into place for you, which is excellent news. As a small business owner myself, I wish you the best of times as the current global situation is making things very tough for many, but especially so on our kind in my country.

I'd have loved to have been able to contribute, alas my current situation doesn't allow it.

Good luck and fruitful times to you

I look forward to hearing of your success.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Yes, things are coming together albeit very slowly. The landlord for th building we are in doesn't want to make any changes or renovations so it's all on me. The building has been the same since the 60s lol. I appreciate the kind words greatly and I hope things get better for you as well. This is all new to me but I'm doing it to give my community somewhere to enjoy their hobbies along with keeping the memory of a friend alive. We have a ton of ideas and hopefully they will all come to fruition because I would love to see this grow.

Again, thank you for your support and any suggestions you have I am more than happy to hear them.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Wow, does time fly. We have managed to change out 9 of the 25 old fluorescent fixtures and have gotten the new bathroom fixtures as well. I am in the process of getting materials to build our custom wargaming tables along with the card gaming tables so that we can achieve the WPN premium status, but dear Hivemind does it cost a lot of money. We are in the process of cleaning while the old owner continues to get his remaining inventory out of the shop. As far as the light fixtures go, I will be pushing hard to get the rest installed this week, but when you find things like old free-standing Romex wire, and of course the occasional arrowhead,(one of the previous tenants ran an archery range) inside the fixtures it takes a little while to do it safely and efficiently.

Thanks again for all of you readers and supporters. Remember the GoFundMe is still live and will continue to be at least through this month and our plans for a March 4th opening are still looking good.

Wish us luck, and I hope to meet as many of you as I can once we are officially open!

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Only two weeks left to open and so much left to do. We have begun painting the store walls to make it look more professional to go along with the new LED panel lights that are installed. We have gutted the once public restroom in order to install all new fixtures and paint the walls along with making it ADA accessible.

I am working every spare minute I have at the shop trying to get it in order and I must say that progress is going well. Wish me luck for the next two weeks are going to be my busiest ones yet.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to the big reveal once we are done. I will be posting a link to our stores Facebook page once we have it completed so you can all see.

[tomb]

Best of luck with all your endeavours. 

It it sounds like you are putting in a great deal of effort to make the store accesable, well lit and tidy. I wish more stores could follow suit.

I firmly believe that a clean and tidy store equals a successful store.

Tomb.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Thank you for your kind words, yes, I am putting in the effort to make the store look as good as I can. Sadly, it was built in the 50s and hasn't had much in the way of renovations. Before my shop, there was a previous game store, and a few years before that there was an indoor archery range. While replacing the light fixtures I found 3 different arrowhead in 3 different fixtures, and almost a complete arrow bolt found in the ceiling. The lease states that the renters were supposed to make the property back to previous good condition and I don't believe any of the prior tenants did, so I am putting in the work lol. But I want this to be a place where people from the neighboring cities want to come and spend time and hang out and being as close to Memphis, TN. as we are I hope we can get a large crowd on opening weekend.

Hopefully, the winter weather will bypass us and we don't get any damage to the electrical grid, so I can continue working on getting the shop ready for next Friday. I will be doing all I can to get the Facebook page up and running by this weekend.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

We finally have a Facebook page, although it isn't full of postings. We are going to be updating it here shortly with some updated pictures of before and after to show the amount of work we've done here. Cryptid Gaming LLC on Facebook. Check us out!

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Well, we had our soft opening this past weekend, as we are still renovating the shop. Many people came in and we did a lot of business. I was surprised with all of the positivity and praise the shop received. Still holding off on posting pictures just until the front renovations are completed. Look forward to it soon.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Sorry for the radio silence for the past month but work has been absolutely hectic between working my full-time job and running the shop full-time. We are still growing our merchandise and have been slowly adding more retail space for product display. I have to say it is coming together quite nicely. Again I would like to say thank you to everyone that prayed for us and sent well wishes as they are greatly appreciated. If any of you ever get the chance to go through Wynne, Arkansas you have to come and say hello and introduce yourself. Thank you all fellow bugs, and all praise be to the Hivemind.