Join us to learn about our upcoming and recent releases right before the holiday rush! Our new lines of RPGs, Jigsaw Puzzles, and Board Games will make it easy to fill your shelves with hit games!
Small But Mighty: The Day To Day Challenges & Opportunities Of A Local Game Shop
Summary:
How local stores can survive and thrive, how to buy, operate, and maximize your advantage of support from publishers, utilize cross promotions, and engage your stalwart customers.
Description:
It's always challenging to run a successful small business and local retail has had a particularly rough year during the pandemic. Join us for a discussion of how local stores can survive and thrive, leaning into the local benefits you can provide, how to maximize your advantage of support from publishers, how to cross-promote with other local businesses, etc.
The past year was an unprecedented challenge, but not everything about it turned out bad. Curt discusses changes, new opportunities, and showcases pictures from the future of the SND line.
We'll discuss what keeps a gaming group coming back again to your store. Also how to start one if it does not already exist and how to handle different situations as they arise.
A time for networking with all Trade Day attendees, exhibitors, and presenters. Chat as you play games and share what you learned with your fellow attendees. A no host bar available.
Learn how to connect your clients to professional services they may need, build a real feeling of community, and market your store through joint sponsored events.
Description:
Gamers run into three main issues, impacting Game Store Owners (GSOs): Not enough money to buy games they want; Not enough time to play the games they have; Too worried about work/budget/cash flow to enjoy the games they do play.
Want To Teach An RPG Exploratory Class At Your School
Summary:
Come discuss possibilities, cross-curricular tie-ins, and potential stumbling blocks in an RPG exploratory course.
Description:
We can use the course designed for Albemarle County Public Schools as a starting point and branch out to discuss other courses, ideas for inclusion, ways to scaffold game play for students with disabilities, and other related topics. Come discuss the possibilities and potential for an exploratory course that would focus on a cross-curricular, imagination-based, multi-disciplinary approach to building academic and lifelong learner skills. We can use the RPG-exploratory class that was designed for the Albemarle County Public School System to start a discussion and