I'm going to be starting my own business as a game/hobby

>>17470519

lol you have no idea what you're doing do you

>tfw you also want to do nerd things without pandering to turbo needs

Thanks, Grimm, for giving these beings a proper term. I'm starting to hate that I even got "lightly" into video games, comic books, and sci-fi. It's like people can't do these things and also hold their spaghetti at the same time.

>>17470547

dunno what you're talking about, maybe you're projecting

There's a small company in my town that has been doing just about what you describe. They're a video game store, with retro stuff. They have three rentable game stations. One with a closed room, electric power couch, the whole nine. And then a few free standing couches/tv setups. They have a back room with tables where they host different tournaments, and allow table top games.

Gamer's HQ is the store. Maybe they wouldn't mind helping out if it means their image gets a bigger spreading.

I know nothing about business and little knowledge with these card/board type games, I should tell you that right off, so this is just coming from a customer's perspective. Idk if any of this is a sound idea from a business standpoint,
but one thing I can think of is if your building can accommodate it, having a separate room/section for players and such, and maybe hosting events at certain times/days with different games.
Like have it roped off or blocked off during the regular shop time if you want to avoid turbos from just loitering all day, and have "monday night magic" and "tuesday night DND" "Friday night open gaming (for whatever you want to play)" etc. That will at least open you up for a variety of customers/players. Plus it will give you a view of what type of customers you have. Maybe you have a fuck ton of people on magic night, but only a handful on DND night. You can stock your store accordingly.

Place in my home town does something similar, they seem to do alright. Eventually they reserved their room on Saturday nights for private parties, so they make even more money renting the room to nerds for private parties.

Its vital for your success tbqh. My local card shop has signed outside like MAGIC PLAYED HERE and such. Your going to deter a lot of customers without it

>>17470519
Make it a cafe/game shop, normies will come and things will be normal.

>>17470519
Like in anime, only the cringecore people actually spend enough money in it, so you have to pander to them, moderate people dont spend half their paycheck on that stuff

>>17470519
It's as easy as setting up a culture based on the type of shit you want to see. Obviously not advertising Magic games will ensure that you don't get that crowd.