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The Dresden Files RPG - Cover Art, Wallpaper, and Book Pricing
iago:
--- Quote from: Shecky on February 27, 2010, 10:59:10 PM ---Anyway, now you've given me a hankering to make a field trip to the closest good game shop. Damn you, Fred. ;)
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Oh... horrors. :)
Shecky:
--- Quote from: iago on February 27, 2010, 11:26:23 PM ---Oh... horrors. :)
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Yes, such a horrible thing you did there (i.e., I talked myself into). :D
traeki:
--- Quote from: Shecky on February 27, 2010, 10:19:28 PM ---Where ARE you buying your big-store RPG books?
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From my friend's gamestore about half the time, and Amazon the other half. If my friend's game store were in my town or I owned a car, I'd buy from them always, but waiting the 2 weeks or more between the occasions when I see him to get my hands on an exciting game is often a dealbreaker.
Fred hit the nail on the head, really -- the problems with the B&M model are real, and the changes are probably inevitable, but it's tragic to watch, and I do what I can to support it.
In any case, note that I said *list* price. Even the discounted link you provided prices the two main books (ignoring the Monster Manual) at $40, which is not all that far shy of the $50 *list* price for DFRPG.
finarvyn:
I don't think folks really think about how tough the game stores and game publishers have it at the moment. I have a friend who owned a bookstore that sold games and the amount of product that "mysteriously vanished" during a year was staggering. And then places like B&N and Sam's Club would sell a new book at the same or cheaper cost than what she could get it from the distributors. No profit that way! Finally she had to close up, which was a huge loss to me and people in the area.
Personally, I like to support the smaller game companies like Evil Hat, Troll Lord Games and Rogue Games and local stores like Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. (1) The smaller companies make good stuff. (2) The smaller companies tend to appreciate the customer more. (3) Hasbro is big enough and offers enough non-RPG titles that they don't need my money that much.
So ... while I could buy discount games I tend not to.
Just my two cents.
traeki:
--- Quote from: iago on February 27, 2010, 10:12:09 PM ---Well, honestly, it's no "dip a toe in" like some of the $15 or $20 or $30 stand-alone products Evil Hat has in its catalog.
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That's true. I don't know the numbers, but I'm guessing that "neophyte gamers" aren't finding the hobby through indie games like DRYH. More's the pity. I really think DFRPG might be a game changer, though...
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