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 Sean_OBrien wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
We keep forgetting one big thing : what can we easily find games for in our local meta.

What ever you like...

Never really understood that position, it is like people know no one who is willing to play a new game with them. From when I was a kid, through my time in the service, as a computer contractor and now in my somewhat more settled older age...I have never had a problem getting people to try new games and even starting new armies if we find we like those rule sets. Buy a copy of the rules, read through them. If they seem like they would be fun - hand them off to a gamer friend and see if they want to play. Set aside an afternoon or night to play a quick short game or two using miniatures you already have. Very little that might be lost. If you like them - you can look at getting the specific miniatures (if they exist) or putting together purpose built armies.

My gaming group has recently had a problem with this.
After the embargo to Australia, a huge number of players ragequit and started other games that they liked more. My club went from having 8 tables of 40k and 2 of Fantasy, to 1 40k 1 FB, 2 Warmahordes, 2 Malifaux, 1 Dystopian Wars, 1 Dust, 2 board games. But there wasn't a concerted effort to move towards any particular game system - people just bought what they wanted and showed up at the club with a variety of armies looking to play. No system reached the critical mass that you could show up with an army and always find an opponent. After about 6 months of this, and with the release of 6th edition 40k, we nearly universally went back to 40k.

I've tried to get people into other games, I play Dust, Warmachine, Dystopian Wars, and I've run about 10 demo games for each one. But you need to convince not just one or two, but about 6-10 people to get a decent community going. Which can be difficult..., especially without support from the single store in the area.
40k still reigns supreme because it has the largest player base. Warmachine is pretty much there in other clubs in the city, but not at mine. The various Spartan games, Malifaux, Infinity - still nowhere near there unfortunately.

Personally, I think GW struck gold with the collectors editions.

1) Its a well known fact that there are is a certain subset of nerds who will fork out for limited/collectors edition anything.

2) As long as it comes with *something* extra/different, those nerds will buy it.

GW could have put the price up to $1000 for the privilege of getting a limited edition black-and-white paperback rulebook, and they would still sell out.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
It's all a balance, even with limited editions, and many people here feel they've pushed too far. The prices in Oz are high enough (or stock levels are skewed enough) that limited editions of Dark Vengeance took ages to sell.

<< I'm in Australia. My FLGS still has 4 copies of the limited edition DV on the shelves (let alone out the back...)