Today, it's been about 4 months since my partner and I spent all our savings to open a board game shop. We found that most people were interested in D&D, and so we stupidly decided to put most of our eggs in one basket, and send about 75% of our other stock back. Guess what everyone decided to boycott last week? FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it's the fourth day since my partner and I opened our store. Opening day was great, but since then we have had a grand total of two customers. We spent our entire life savings on this. FML
Today, and for the past two years, I've been hosting a fairly successful Dungeons And Dragons podcast. However, ever since we brought a new player into the group, we've lost almost half of our listeners, and thanks to that, we lost our sponsorships too. FML
Today, I'd set aside a weekend to play D&D. Some old acquaintances wanted to join, saying they'd pay for food. When I picked them up to drive them to the game, they claimed they were screwed on their paychecks, couldn't afford food or gas. However, they could afford Mountain Dew and candy bars for themselves. FML
Today, we had our busiest day at work all year with lots of angry people calling, and a co-worker called in sick. I went to my local game shop after work, exhausted and upset, and guess who was at his usual table running a Dungeons and Dragons group, apparently not too sick to go out. Yeah. FML
Today, it's been a year since my partner and I opened our business. To keep it running, I've had to work 2 jobs just to make ends meet, as well as run the business. My partner has focused on the business. He just got a job offer that would mean we close and move, and I would only need to work part-time. He refused. FML
Today, I asked my boyfriend, who loves board games, to give me advice on a board game I'm making. I ended up crying in the fetal position. FML
Today, it's the one-year anniversary of opening my own store. I love books and baking, so I turned my hobby into a career by opening a bookstore with a small cafe and bakery attached. I was not prepared for how hard the job would be, so now I hate my career AND my hobby as well. FML
Today, while paying for groceries, I opened my wallet to find that all my cash had been exchanged for Monopoly money. FML
Today, I had a friend quit every friend group we shared, all because I refused to show him favouritism in my D&D campaign, after I changed the rules to reduce favouritism between everyone, because he'd complained. FML
Today, I found out the guy I've been dating is heavily into a mystical card game and spends all of his money going to "Magic" card conventions across the country. FML
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Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Yeah, it's annoying that Hasbro decided to screw over everyone else in the community but if you have any other TTRPG stuff to sell you should be able to shift it far more quickly now. Lots of angry people buying Pathfinder etc. Organise some events so that people can try out new stuff. You might even end up making money out of this situation
RichardPencil 32
1. Charades 2. Pickleball 3. Channing Tatum If I win, please do not send me the Channing Tatum Autograph Pickleball Paddle. I would prefer 3 words, movie, sounds like...
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Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Yeah, it's annoying that Hasbro decided to screw over everyone else in the community but if you have any other TTRPG stuff to sell you should be able to shift it far more quickly now. Lots of angry people buying Pathfinder etc. Organise some events so that people can try out new stuff. You might even end up making money out of this situation
sirrubberduckie 37
Let your customers know that Wizards is screwing you over with this nonsense too. Get creative. Maybe you can have a big event where people buy stuff just to burn it and post it on social media.
RichardPencil 32
1. Charades 2. Pickleball 3. Channing Tatum If I win, please do not send me the Channing Tatum Autograph Pickleball Paddle. I would prefer 3 words, movie, sounds like...