Every year, there are retailers who promote Free RPG Day and Free Comic Book Day for months ahead of time, with flyers and posters, and even local TV spots. They come up with additional reasons to bring people into the store, and keep them there, and make them feel that they're being treated well—demos, sales, food, appearances from local "people of note." They stock additional products for the occasion, especially from the manufacturers represented in the product kit, and they make sure that if you see something you like in the freebies, they're there to educate you about the related for-sale items. In short, they use it as an opportunity to promote themselves while putting on their best face. As a result, many of these guys do gangbuster sales and acquire new customers that will come back next month or the months after.Also every year, there are the guys who spend money on a box of books and dump it on a table on Saturday morning, and then sit around wondering why they wasted their money.As with Free Comic Book Day, most retailers will get out of it what they put into it.
Plaag wrote:This I thought was a good post by Vic Wertz on the Paizo boards
JohnGaunt wrote:Year One was dead as a doornail; Year Two was advertised on the store windows and had some games with players.
Grug Greyskin wrote:Treasure of Talon Pass (The WotC 4E Free RPG adventure) is going for upwards of $50 at auction (one was $69!), and Bins of $35 and $39 bucks are getting snapped up right away.There have been at least a couple of these posted (on Ebay) every day, so it can't be that rare - is there any way these prices will sustain themselves, or is this a case of people being ridiculous?
Badmike wrote:"There's a sucker born every minute...and he soon ends up on Ebay overpaying for items that have hype but no actual rarity."
Badmike wrote:"There's a sucker born every minute...and he soon ends up on Ebay overpaying for items that have hype but no actual rarity." Mike B.
Grug Greyskin wrote:And in the end, the value will be determined by what runs out first - the supply (which at the moment is not letting up) or the demand (which will dwindle as more 4E products come available).
Mars wrote:For the discerning collector, any idea which of the Murder At Miskatonic's is rarer?The normal version: ** expired/removed eBay auction **Or the misprinted cover with the extra righthand side border line: ** expired/removed eBay auction **I picked up both locally at the same store so I'm really not sure.
serleran wrote:The ones I saw were primarily the misprinted cover as well... neat.
Free RPG Day - Part Deux!!! - 7/1/2008 Due to canceled orders and an unexpected surplus of several items we will be posting a further selection of previously sold out FREE RPG DAY items Tuesday July 8th! Supply is quite limited although we do expect to have a decent amount of the most in demand items available again for a short time! Important note: Regular customers are top priority to us here at NKG!! If you are a regular customer who had previously asked for these items and were unable to get them you should email [email protected] AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - if you place an order that we can ship one of these with we will include an item from the list below in it for you at no charge (assuming you had not already gotten them...)! The rules for FRPGD this time out are a little different from last time to prevent chaos: Any order - 1 item your choice (limited to one time only). Want more then 1 item? For every $50 spent you can include an additional item (no duplicates at any time).
Items to be reposted include:Columbia Games - Harn - Field of Daisies - Quickstart Rules w/Adventure Fiery Dragon Productions - Iron Heroes - Bloodwood - Setting Guide Exile Game Studio - Hollow Earth Expedition - Quickstart Rules w/AdventureGoodman Games - Dungeon Crawl Classics (4th Edition) - Punjar - The Tarnished Jewel - Gazetteer Green Ronin - A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying - Quickstart Rules w/AdventureTroll Lord Games - Castles & Crusades - Dwarven Glory II - Quickstart Rules w/AdventureTroll Lord Games - Starsiege: Event Horizon - Quick Start Rules Wizards of the Coast - D&D 4th Edition - Treasure of Talon Pass - Module w/Mini & TileMargaret Weis Productions - Castlemourn - Cortex System Quickstart RulesPaizo Publishing - Pathfinder Modules - Revenge of the Kobold King - Module
And these items are still available - TAKE WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE! (limit quantity to max 2 each)Countess Games - Heirs to Olympia - Quickstart Rules w/Adventure Flying Buffalo - Tunnels & Trolls - Quickstart Rules w/Adventure The Cabil - Cardstock Scenery Software - Terrain on the Spot - Fold-Up ScenerySkirmisher Publishing - Cthulhu Live (3rd Edition) - Murder at Miskatonic - ScenarioMongoose Publishing - Traveller - Book 0 - An Introduction to Traveller - Quickstart RulesWhite Wolf Publishing - Hunter: The Vigil - Quickstart Rules w/Adventure
So here's what was popular: Troll Lord Games - Castles & Crusades - Dwarven Glory II - Quickstart Rules w/AdventureTroll Lord Games - Starsiege: Event Horizon - Quick Start Rules
serleran wrote: I didn't even know there was a Harn item. Anyone have one?
Mars wrote:I grabbed the Harn item. I think it was one of the items in which stores only received 3 copies. It is also one of the thickest items at about 50+ pages.
Kingofpain89 wrote:This seller is dumping all of his Free RPG Day items into one lot. It doesnt contain everything but about 75% of them. He also has two other lots with the mini and dungeon tiles.eBay listings
