Re: [HoE] Lost Colony CCG "Who Cares!"

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

At 04:24 PM 4/16/00, you wrote:
>>You're not the only one.  I'm willing to stick my neck out on this matter.
>>It
>>seems a bit odd NOT to premiere a new rpg at Gen Con.  If we are speaking 
>>money,
>>I'd think that premiering a new rpg would be better than a CCG, where the
>>markets on such things are always so fickle and temporal.
>Actually CCG are way mor profitable to start.  Technically one one person 
>in a group of 4-8(average gaming group size) needs to buy the RPG books. 
>With Lost Colony that like 70 buck(Player book, G.M. book and G.M. 
>Screen)  but for a card game everyone need to buy a deck plus everyone is 
>gonna buy booster decks.(Because you never get any good cards in a starter 
>deck)  So its gonna turn out to be about 20 bucks a player so thats like 
>80-160 dollars.  Not to mention a game book probably cost around 10 buck 
>to print if its hard cover so Pinnacle making probably around 50 bucks on 
>your 70 dollar purchase.  As a possed to a CCG which costs almost nothing 
>to print.
>CCG companies are just in it to make money.
>
>Dan Sulin
>"Death to WOTC"
right. and recall PEG has had some financial issues.

TBS