Our local comic book shop couldn't bounce back after COVID. The owner also sold board games and supplemented with food and snacks for the people who came in to play board games. However, he was so terrified of the scamdemic he made everyone wear masks and refused to allow anyone into the gaming area to play board games. He also no longer had set standard hours. All of this is ultimately what killed his business.

A bunch of his employees before he closed shop thought he was being ridiculous, so they opened their own board game store. Allowed people to come in and play board games with snacks and drinks. However, they struggled at first. So they branched out to comic books. Stole a lot of his business since he was never opened and didn't allow gamers in to play. They're doing very well now.

I'm not sure how a toy store would do with every other store, including grocery stores, selling toys. Makes me think of Toys R Us. All of our local toy stores went out of business years before COVID. Just depends on demand in your area. But gamers are very loyal, whether they're video gamers or board gamers, if you chose to sell any games and gave them some space to play or try them out. Or a new idea trying out toys?

Our local comic book shop couldn't bounce back after COVID. The owner also sold board games and supplemented with food and snacks for the people who came in to play board games. However, he was so terrified of the scamdemic he made everyone wear masks and refused to allow anyone into the gaming area to play board games. He also no longer had set standard hours. All of this is ultimately what killed his business.

A bunch of his employees before he closed shop thought he was being ridiculous, so they opened their own board game store. Allowed people to come in and play board games with snacks and drinks. However, they struggled at first. So they branched out to comic books. Stole a lot of his business since he was never opened and didn't allow gamers in to play. They're doing very well now.

I'm not sure how a toy store would do with every other store, including grocery stores, selling toys. Makes me think of Toys R Us. All of our local toy stores went out of business years before COVID. Just depends on demand in your area. But gamers are very loyal, whether they're video gamers or board gamers.