serleran wrote:The number of copies is not less than 500.
Grognard wrote:When the news broke that GG had pulled the license from TLG, I figured there would have been a mad rush by both casual gamers and collectors to get as many copies as they could, considering the price was really low compared to the quality and quantity of material included in CZ:UW. I would have guessed at least a few thousand were snatched up before the deadline for TLG to pulp the rest came and went.However, I'd think if there were thousands of copies they'd be more widely available (at whatever price). Not everyone is a reseller, and there are always people who aren't impressed with any given product and simply want to get their money back on it, or who don't know that the thing might actually be a bit valuable. But it seems pretty scare to me over the last few months, with comparatively few copies available for any price.
. wrote: Only a reprint will cap the price of this boxed set in the long term.
Are you Grognard of 'Castle of the Mad Archmage' blog?
. wrote:Imagine if CZ:UW was published with Necromancer Games' quality and production instead of TLG's.
. wrote:Quantity that sells is in my interest to stay low as I am an investor.Runs contrary to the ethos of gaming though, as the majority of these end up with people who will either not use it due to rarity or not use it as they are just investors/resellers. Be willing to bet that of the hundreds sold, only 10-20% will be plaid with, and less that 40% will ever be read.That's a damn shame, and one an official PDF would remedy.
serleran wrote:.... had they not gotten it out in some form, it may have been impossible to get it out at all.
Ak'Ptui wrote:I was just wondering since I don't have Upper Works if anyone could comment on a comparison. Is there anything mentioned by Gary in the article that bears any resemblance to Upper Works? For example it is mentioned that lvl2 contained a "Nixie Pool" & "a Fountain of Snakes", so is there anything like that on lvl2 of Upper Works, or on any level for that matter.