mbassoc2003 wrote:Incidentally, Cougarinard has these up for £24.95 on eBay. A damned good price for the UK when you factor in the cost of trying to get these shipped over from The States. And I've still to see them appear in any UK stores or in NKG.
JasonZavoda wrote:Well 500 copies seems to be some kind of standard for wargaming boxed sets. GMT, Avalanche, LNL, all do 500 copy print runs.
Eryops wrote:I can't speak for all these companies, but GMT does a P500 (as in preorder 500) where they won't put a game into production until they have 500 preorders on a game. If you look at their website, many of these games have 700-900+ preorders by the time they've moved into production. I would guess that they're printing anywhere from 1500 to 2000 copies. Popular titles like Twilight Struggle or the C&C series probably exceed these out-of-my-hat estimates.
mbassoc2003 wrote:I would also tend to doubt that. Particulatily when they control the printing process inhouse. If they want to run of 40 copies they can, so it makes no sense to invest the materials and storage problems associated with printing 1000 copies. I suggest they printed copies on a 'just in time' basis to fulfil orders as they cam in. And only shipped units into distribution networks once they were guaranteed their 300 unit purchse (that was the figure I believe TLG quoted as their minimum shipment into distribution).
serleran wrote:TLG no longer has the license to produce Castle Zagyg materials; this has been stated on the website and in Steve's blog. They remain amicable with Gail and Gygax Games (there is no Trigee anymore, that I can tell -- it is now Gygax Games.)
mbassoc2003 wrote:Unfortunately, them mongooses have a habit of butchering stuff and churning out shite. Lets hope Gail can do something better that go to whoever gives her the biggest financial incentive. I guess the true CZ died with Gary. I'm sure people will be rehashing and butchering his memory for decades to come, based on varying degrees of credibility, and with spurious claims of pedigree.
Id keep an eye on Jef Talanian's works.