Reply: Runewars:: General:: Re: did FFG make a mistake to publish the revised game w/o expansion ?

by rmanes

age of Gods wrote:

Are you kidding ?
Would all of you tomorrow not pay for a expansion which includes new races ? you would have opened up your wallets instantly.

Yes, I would gladly buy a dwarf/orc expansion.

age of Gods wrote:

I would have thrown the new races into the revise edition and say look you want new races, come and get it. You would have had to pay for the new races anyways ! if you do not want to because you can not afford it or you
are expecting a medal as a first time buyer , then suffer, go without.

I would go without that revised edition and any future expansions for the game at that point.

age of Gods wrote:

you guys think this is a happy family thing. Its business and the end all it matters is for the publisher to find a way to attract new customers as well as get the first time buyers to return and spend more money.

This would have been a perfect way to satisfy both the new wave of customers and keep the veterans happy with new arrival of the races.

I think given the direction FFG went - from a coffin-box to a regular-box, the removal of plastic mountains, etc. - the idea of bundling an expansion in with the base game would not be feasible if they wanted to keep a similar price-point.

I don't need a medal or a pat on the back for being a first-run buyer. (That's what plastic mountains are for.) But I would be far less likely to invest the time and money into expansions for a game I already own in which the publisher did not make "bundled" expansion components available separately to those that already have the game.

If I were a new customer, I doubt I'd care about the gripes of the "first-timers"...until the new revised revised edition came out.