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The Dresden Files RPG - Cover Art, Wallpaper, and Book Pricing
traeki:
Not a price point for the "true neophyte"? What is this neophyte buying? D&D 4th Ed. lists at about $70 for the DM + Player guides. Mage + WoD core book lists at $60.
iago:
--- Quote from: traeki on February 27, 2010, 09:29:34 PM ---Not a price point for the "true neophyte"? What is this neophyte buying? D&D 4th Ed. lists at about $70 for the DM + Player guides. Mage + WoD core book lists at $60.
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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. We've got a range. :)
Shecky:
--- Quote from: traeki on February 27, 2010, 09:29:34 PM ---Not a price point for the "true neophyte"? What is this neophyte buying? D&D 4th Ed. lists at about $70 for the DM + Player guides. Mage + WoD core book lists at $60.
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Where ARE you buying your big-store RPG books?
http://www.gameoutfitter.com/product-p/woc%20222127.htm
These guys are awesome. Back when I was doing the D&D Minis thing as a separate game, they caught my attention because they had the lowest prices around (or close enough not to matter) AND they were awe-inspiringly open-door with ANY concerns. I've actually spoken with a few of them (a few years ago), and they were unfailingly polite, courteous, friendly and HELPFUL. They got things done, stood behind their products and services and, in the end, never failed to make a happy customer. Same experience was had by two other gamer friends. Game Outfitter is AWESOME.
/fanboying plug
iago:
Ooh, youch. While I don't doubt the Game Outfitter guys are good people and aces on customer service, that kind of steeeeep discounting makes it a lot harder for publishers to cover some of the cost of making product available to retail stores (and folks like Game Outfitter!) with non-discounted sales of their own stuff. (If a publisher discounts their own stuff, it's really bad politics: everyone else they're partnered with feels like the publisher is deliberately undercutting them.) Worse, perhaps, is that online deep discounters are also a big part of what's killing off America's local game stores. It's a rough economy out there, though, and I'm totally sympathetic to people wanting to get their games as cheaply as they can -- but that don't keep me from wincing. :)
Shecky:
Hey, I'm one of the first people to bemoan the endangered status of your friendly neighborhood game shop. It's been... god, more than fifteen years since I last had a decent game shop within a reasonable travel radius (i.e., less than a 30-minute drive). The sad thing is that I was ALWAYS willing to pay full price at a good shop, because good shops give you MORE than just the products - they're wonderful places to go for those of our mindset. But since the beginning of the end of that local shop, I've been forced into online sources (and even then, I'll often wait until I can finagle a trip to one of the few remaining good ones that are MORE than a half hour away, because those are Home Away From Home).
But back when I had a regular group (the one I've had here in the past ten years has gone on hiatus in the last year-plus - too much real life going on, although most of the big developments keeping our members and GM from being able to participate have wound down and we're looking at the impending restart of our regular gaming sessions) that didn't play just D&D, I always made it a point to buy non-big-store (e.g., NOT WotC and the like) RPG stuff at actual stores or directly from the producer. I'm a big fan of supporting the little guy; big stores and online operations (Game Outfitter is a beautiful exception) just don't have, well, soul. Even big-store products like D&D... well, when I find a bargain, I check it out to see if I can find out where the discount is coming from and if it hurts the retailer I'm potentially buying from. This is something I do even with everyday purchasing - I almost balked when my mechanic told me "no charge" for a few things, until they convinced that it really DIDN'T cost them anything more than a few minutes of their time.
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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