Mars wrote:That is usually the mentality for businesses that turn a profit and are looking for the writeoff. I wouldn't be surprised that if after paying himself a salary that Hekaforge was close to break even.
JasonZavoda wrote:Was the pulping business announced previously? Saying that they will stop publishing is a far cry from, buy it by monday or it will all get pulped.
forgemeister wrote:its not that I want to sell them at full price so much as I want to be sure that those who want the books truly get them. The full price books can be a pricey decision for someone to make... so putting them on sale only makes them disappear, not necessarily "get to those that want them most".
deimos3428 wrote:This is congruent with what I know of forgie -- he's interested in getting the books into the hands of people that really want to play the game, not people that want to collect/resell the books.
Badmike wrote:I would counter with the thought that the more books that were out there, regardless of the people that have them or why they have them, is better in the long run for the gaming system.....a pulped book is a book that will never be read by ANYONE, simply put. I don't see how a 25% off sale is going to open the gates to rampant speculation of LA material....?I really feel bad for the LA folks now. Not only is the system dead, with no support, but the rulebooks themselves are going to be impossible to find. I think in 2-3 years you'll mention Lejendary Adventures and there will be a lot of puzzled looks.... Mike B.
Badmike wrote:I would counter with the thought that the more books that were out there, regardless of the people that have them or why they have them, is better in the long run for the gaming system.....a pulped book is a book that will never be read by ANYONE, simply put. I don't see how a 25% off sale is going to open the gates to rampant speculation of LA material....?
I really feel bad for the LA folks now. Not only is the system dead, with no support, but the rulebooks themselves are going to be impossible to find. I think in 2-3 years you'll mention Lejendary Adventures and there will be a lot of puzzled looks....
JasonZavoda wrote:Was LA only available from the publisher and not through game stores? Because the person who publishes a game system wholesales the books to retailers at a deep discount. So why the publisher of the books wouldn't want to make these available to the general public at the wholesale price doesn't make sense.
deimos3428 wrote:I think he had distributors of some sort, and I have seen dusty copies of these books in stores on occasion. A lot about this month concerning this particular game doesn't make much sense.
Nice Hantlers wrote:Here's an auction with a $300 BIN for the set of 3 core books that ICGD had on clearance for $25. There's making a profit, and then there's... this.
JohnGaunt wrote:The BIN is just a BIN . . . the starting bid of $120 and the shipping of $29.99 are where the insanity lies. Apart from the profiteering, the seller's spelling and grammar are atrocious. Most of the sentences have errors in one form or another. Even the auction title is misspelled.
deimos3428 wrote: Incidentally John, in the set you're selling, although the spine on the first book (The Lejendary Rules for All Players) might read "Premier Edition", it is actually the "Author's Edition" if it is signed and numbered by Gary Gygax. All "Author's Editions" of that book have this confusing labelling error. I'd start an LA subweb to identify all the printings, etc, but I doubt there's enough interest.
islestrike wrote:2. If you bought the Author's set from Hekaforge where they all numbered the same or did they just give you whatever they picked up? Anyone actually have three books with the same numbers?
