31/08/2025
How it started vs. How it’s going now.
has been a real friend to our brand.
We launched at VCO last year as a ‘roaming trader’ - the only one, after I asked nicely if I could just bring a tray and some cards since I didn’t have the funds for a stall.
Last year we sold 227 of our 500 decks of cards immediately and the business was profitable from day 1 (well, day 4) as a result.
Since then, we’ve used the investment from the beautiful VCO crowds to take the business further and further - developing expansion packs, launching a book, and even now a boardgame called Climatopoly just last week.
Again, we didn’t quite have the funds to come as a traditional stall - since we invested everything into scaling our product lines - but we’ve nonetheless managed to upgrade our spot from a simple usherette tray to an entire flower cart!
We’ve also built partnerships with brilliant brands like , and their stuff has been flying off our shelves.
This weekend has been another fantastic one, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the interest people have shown our fledgling game store on a rickety cart!
Over the next 12 months, I’ll be scaling our business even further, and I hope that by next year I won’t have quite so much walking to do when I come back to VCO - the spiritual home of .
We’ll always love - and can’t wait to finish off with a bang today!
I’ll be heading home at midday Sunday, but the stall will keep rolling (literally!) until about 6 o’clock this evening. Unfortunately I can’t be here tomorrow as I’m getting married(!) - so make sure you swing by and pick up your year’s worth of vegan gaming goods before we pack up!
Love y’all, and thank you as always,
Rory & the TINAG team
