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Plowmaster

06/23/17 9:35 PM

#31309 RE: rushmann #31302

Well, tell Hasbro about the game 'fad' I'm sure they would want to know...

While on the whole all industries are impacted by a recession, games do okay. They might not go out as much but people will buy games as in the scheme of things represent very inexpensive entertainment.

So that's he genius, Roger controls the whole supply chain.

A fad is a very specific game / toy like 'Pogs' 'Rubber Banz' etc... I've never seen a time when new games didn't come out....Or smoke weed so as regulatory kicks in more and more Grozone will continue to flourish. Just like beer and chocolate people consume weed feast or famine so I'm not concerned at all. The food and drink they sell is only a fraction of their income pie.

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User-65225

06/23/17 10:03 PM

#31311 RE: rushmann #31302

Snakes has been in business for 7+ years and it's more busy now than ever. This is not a fad... They keep expanding both locations and they still can't stuff in enough seating, hence building the next one 10,000 sq ft... and it will likely be packed as well

Board games have also been growing every year for the past decade+.... and Imo it makes sense, because people are looking for more things to do to get away from their antisocial digital world... and bars/cafes always attract business. Even during slow economic times, people need their fix. Snakes is a relatively inexpensive way to have an entertaining/social night out with friends and family, while eating/drinking.

People often assume that millennial's are their main customer base, but that is false. Snakes attracts groups of seniors, parents with children, they get the geek's along with the ones that rarely ever play, but like to drink/hang out... board games are not just popular within any single group and you can't even compare these new involving games to the simple ones that we had as children... and a games popularity can span many decades, whereas most video games lose popularity in less than one year

The board game cafe concept has not even begun to saturate any part of this world... and as they expand, people will experience it for the first time and will grow the market even more imo, especially with the game gurus introducing new and exciting titles to people, that they might've never chosen on their own.

We are at the early stages of this new red hot sector... even my parents just started a boardgame group with a bunch of their friends. They play every week now... if they had a place like snakes to go to, instead of each other's house, I bet they would.





akaoni

06/23/17 10:08 PM

#31312 RE: rushmann #31302

I've worked retail just about my whole life. I got laid off 2 years ago. My former company has not been the same since 2008. I heard they recently have cut hours to keep from laying off people. I talked to some people who work for our competitors and they say the same. I'm talking brick and mortar. The living wage may do some of them in. I'm in Los Angeles btw.

pinch one

06/23/17 10:12 PM

#31314 RE: rushmann #31302

Board games aren't a fad. Because you are just finding out how many people are into it doesnt mean it hasn't been popular and growing. The games are just getting better and better. I know alot of people that have been playing different games for 40+ years and are always buying new ones and they are buying pricey ones, over $100 each