tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post4699556790119624828..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: A Strong Openingtrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-21760730523927765982008-05-28T15:13:00.000-05:002008-05-28T15:13:00.000-05:00One way to tell how well 4e is doing: watch D&D In...<I>One way to tell how well 4e is doing: watch D&D Insider. If it becomes more clearly integral to 4e rather than merely supplemental, that's a sign that 4e sales are flagging.</I><BR/><BR/>Huh. I was thinking just the opposite. If the books sell well, I would imagine stronger attempts to tie the books to Insider. However, my view is, I think, more apocalyptic than yours. If things go poorly, I imagine Insider will be allowed to stagnate, perhaps with some features still unfinished, while Hasbro shops for a buyer for the D&D brand. But that's clearly a sort of worst-case scenario.<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-18192133699714675512008-05-28T13:58:00.000-05:002008-05-28T13:58:00.000-05:00I'd say this bodes well for the brand and the hobb...<I>I'd say this bodes well for the brand and the hobby</I><BR/><BR/>This is only true is the people who ordered 4e both play the game regularly and buy future releases for the game. We won't know that for a good six to twelve months.<BR/><BR/>One way to tell how well 4e is doing: watch D&D Insider. If it becomes more clearly integral to 4e rather than merely supplemental, that's a sign that 4e sales are flagging.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-47414704068513646162008-05-28T13:31:00.000-05:002008-05-28T13:31:00.000-05:00I believe it. I have no interest in starting a 4e...I believe it. I have no interest in starting a 4e game, but I looked at that price and seriously considered ordering them, rationalizing by thinking about plundering the design and art for ideas and considering the very real possibility that the Trollwife and I might be invited to join a game sometime in the next four years. <BR/><BR/>I resisted. (Have I mentioned lately that I'm cheap?) But I've always had luck with Amazon in the past, and if I was tempted, I can just imagine the reaction of those who eagerly anticipate this game.<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-73505294426831344962008-05-28T13:19:00.000-05:002008-05-28T13:19:00.000-05:00I confess a certain level of guilt at having pre-o...I confess a certain level of guilt at having pre-ordered a set of the 4E books through Amazon. I usually try to buy through my flgs but you're right; the price was just too good to pass up.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, it's making things rather hard for the brick-and-mortar game stores. I was talking with one of the owners of my local shop and he was telling me how there was simply no way he could come close to matching Amazon's price. I think he said that Amazon was selling retail for less than he paid wholesale. It's hard to beat that sort of cold math.Secular Transhumanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793034218287755156noreply@blogger.com