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Oh FFS
How does no one at this company have any idea what products they're discontinuing??

 Wasteland wrote:
Oh FFS
How does no one at this company have any idea what products they're discontinuing??

I know they've said it's the ones that aren't selling, but I'm wondering if it's actually being pushed by Liya and are ones they're having issues making (like the Elementals / BA)?

Of course, it could just be CGL being useless as usual...

I've noticed that the Gothic starter sets have been very slow in moving off my two FLGS' shelves. While an interesting novelty I don't think it has the wide appeal a new lance box with Mechs from the three main eras in it has. One big thing about their new approach to selling the game is the easy bite size nature of it, a lot of fans will say to themselves, 'why not pay $25-30 and add those Mechs I don't have to my collection?' Or even 'why not pay $60-70 and forcebuild with 13 more Mechs in the AS Starter?'

But eight Mechs that look different, but aren't really new, don't add anything to your gaming universe, and cost twice as much as you're used to paying, it's got a lot working against it.

I'd think their terrible IS infantry and battlefield emplacement boxes would be worth no longer making, in addition to cancelling the monster box.

 Wasteland wrote:
Oh FFS
How does no one at this company have any idea what products they're discontinuing??

Loren Coleman would know, as he's the founder of Catalyst. Rem would just need to remember to ask him about it at the directors' meetings and then hope that he remembers off hand what has been retired without needing to look it up.

 frankelee wrote:
I've noticed that the Gothic starter sets have been very slow in moving off my two FLGS' shelves. While an interesting novelty I don't think it has the wide appeal a new lance box with Mechs from the three main eras in it has. One big thing about their new approach to selling the game is the easy bite size nature of it, a lot of fans will say to themselves, 'why not pay $25-30 and add those Mechs I don't have to my collection?' Or even 'why not pay $60-70 and forcebuild with 13 more Mechs in the AS Starter?'

But eight Mechs that look different, but aren't really new, don't add anything to your gaming universe, and cost twice as much as you're used to paying, it's got a lot working against it.

I'd think their terrible IS infantry and battlefield emplacement boxes would be worth no longer making, in addition to cancelling the monster box.

This really seems to depend on store, and officially gothic is one of their best selling boxes ever. It also may not be a case of it moving slow at your FLGS, but the FLGS making sure it's in stock because it sells well.

Anything's possible. We'll have to see how much they lean into this "elseworlds" line.

 frankelee wrote:
Anything's possible. We'll have to see how much they lean into this "elseworlds" line.

They have two more entries in the BattleTech Continuum series planned. BattleTech: Rockets & Rayguns was slated for this year and an anime setting slated for 2027.

 frankelee wrote:

Spoiler:

I've noticed that the Gothic starter sets have been very slow in moving off my two FLGS' shelves. While an interesting novelty I don't think it has the wide appeal a new lance box with Mechs from the three main eras in it has. One big thing about their new approach to selling the game is the easy bite size nature of it, a lot of fans will say to themselves, 'why not pay $25-30 and add those Mechs I don't have to my collection?' Or even 'why not pay $60-70 and forcebuild with 13 more Mechs in the AS Starter?'

But eight Mechs that look different, but aren't really new, don't add anything to your gaming universe, and cost twice as much as you're used to paying, it's got a lot working against it.

I'd think their terrible IS infantry and battlefield emplacement boxes would be worth no longer making, in addition to cancelling the monster box.

I will say that yeah, the Gothic rulebook is a bit better than the standard one, both in terms of contents and explaining things.