If you arrive before the doors open you will find a lot of people milling about outside.  Don't be surprised to see people dressed up like superheroes, elves or storm troopers... if you see this, you are definitely in the right place!

Because most of the games on this site are not readily available from large stores they tend to be found in hobbyist game stores - sometimes sharing rack space with other niche interests, such as comics, or as a section in book store or model builders shop. 

For this reason, people who play these types of games are sometime referred to as hobbyist gamers.