05-23-2013, 08:32 PM
Le Noir Faineant Wrote:Hey Jeff!
Glad to see you're back! "The Source Comics", like, in Roseville, Minesota?
Thank you! It's been a very long haul back to being able to do things; I'll never be as active as I was before the bleed, but so it goes.
Anyway, yes, this is the store in Roseville, here in the Twin Cities.
However, the latest news about the game is not good:
I am sorry to report that the stars may have unaligned.
I found out yesterday that the store has scheduled a board game tournament for the same day (June 8th) and time as our game; this is in addition to the Open Family Boardgame Event and the Warhammer 40K event on the same date and in the same time. I am exploring our options, as I really want to run this game; I have an alternate venue that I'm working on, the Fantasy Flight Games Event Center. We've run this same game there, back in 2010, so I know it's easily doable. The FFG Event Center is not very far from The Source, but I'd prefer to be at The Source as one of the owners was an early player in Prof. Barker's original group. (It's a tradition thing.)
Either way, I will post the news here as soon as I find it out.
(I should also note that I really can't fault the store for having a large event that promotes their line of Eurogames; miniatures gaming, especially of Ye Olde Fashioned Kinde that I do, is not a profitable area for retailers. In the current game industry, only the really large companies with heavily promoted lines (GW, Warmachine, Malifaux, etc.) are what retailers are willing to take the risk of stocking. Historical miniatures, as well as 'classic' fantasy miniatures, simply don't sell. Companies like Crocodile Games, which have great figures but poor retail support, tend to get pushed out of stores in favor of the larger and more strongly supported lines.)
Sigh. I'll do what I can, and let you all know as soon as possible.
yours, Chirine