Haha.. Bretty cute.
As I m sure you know, warhammer and other games workshop products cost a ton of money for those who get into the hobby. I used to play their games when I was in middle school and I had way too little money to seriously get into it. By the time I got my first summer job for minimum wage, I was saving my money for other things. Of course, it s a great gamea and I m not trying to say there aren t plenty of adults who can afford to spend serious money on the game and are interested enough to do so. However, adding the kind of markup you need to over online vendors and attracting a serious gaming community is a tough challenge. It s also a lot of work, as you ll need to host regularly gaming of all kinds to attract enough people to your store and move product. Also, you may need to extend some other product lines, like you mentioned. Video games, comic books, role playing games, and especially board games are all great prodcuts that would work welll in the same store. I think board games are great because it would allow you to get a majority of your income from mainstream products like monopoly, scrabble, risk, high-end chess sets. It could also attract consumers that would not normally think to look into games workshop stuff but coming into your store for risk, they might be curious and end up buy a starter box of WH40K. if you are already social with a large number of gamers in a particular area that you know doesn t have a game store already, that could be a good opportunity. however, it sounds like you don t have any idea where to actually set up shop. I d say most places are not going to have the kind of business potential you need to succeed. This is also a tough time to start a business with loans and consumer spending being tight. Games Workshop has their own chain of stores in addition to selling through retailers. You can look into opening a branded store where Games Workshop will help you find the best location and give you a structured setup for the store, but I m not sure the particulars...you may have to work your way up the ladder before you manage a store, or you may need to invest your own money.
What the hell for dude? To follow your passion and go broke at the same time? Be careful.
