Hi Folks,
I really don’t like to put prices up, especially at the moment, but as of the 1st of April we have some increased costs that must be met and so I’ve taken the decision to raise the price of the Daily Play Pass. As a consequence this has the knock on effect of raising the price of events but, as I’ll detail below, only some events will be effected.
So the headline here is that the DPP will go up to £6 (£3 for concessions) from the 1st of April. It’s been 18mths since we last raised the price and I can assure you that I don’t do this lightly without looking at the numbers.
This price rise will only effect very specific events. These are the non-competitive events (more details on why this is and how much they will go up below). So the cost of Rocket Con, Adventurers’ League, Young Adventurers’ League, Mystery Quest and Meeple Quest in 2025 (this year’s is unaffected) will all increase.
You don’t really need to read this bit as it explains why only certain events are affected but for those that are interested… here goes. Weirdly, VAT is only applied to non-competitive events. I don’t know why but I suspect it is something to do with sport. Either way, events where people play against each other in some form cost 20% less than those that don’t. Put a different way. If we charge £5 for a Commander event and £5 for Adventurers’ League, the store will get £5 for Commander but only £4.16 from Adventurers’ League. The Daily Play Pass is a bit weird as it is seen as an ‘entrance’ fee (entrance to a place not an event) so is also taxed at 20%. What we are doing as of the 1st of Apr is charge the same for all events but apply the VAT to that if necessary. That way the shop make’s the same amount of money running all of it’s events whether they are taxed or not.
The bottom line is that doing this raises enough money to cover our increased costs but it also seemed fair to put all events on an equal footing. Basically this means that the cost of all non-competitive events will be going up by 20%. This means that the Daily Play Pass will increase to £6 (£3 concessions) and the price for roleplaying activities such as Adventurers’ League will go up to £10.80.
It’s also likely the price for other workshops etc that we run, like the GM Workshop or painting day will also increase but as we set these on an event by event basis it’s difficult to set a price on those at this time.
Hopefully these prices still represent good value for money to you all and I hope you understand that we don’t do these things lightly.
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