From: Donald R. Oddy (donald@grove.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri 15 Sep 2000 - 01:50:29 EEST
In message <200009131845.LAA13241@chaosium.com> owner-glorantha-digest@chaosium.com (The Glorantha Digest) writes:
Meints, Richard (R.J.)
>I'm all for way cool web based stuff, but that doesn't put anything into
>game shops or trade stands at conventions. I'm still formulating my opinion
>on the best way to tackle Hero Wars magazines/fanzines.
I can't help feeling the local games shop has largely had it's day. Games
Similarly conventions are now for enthusiasts, the local convention which
It's a pity KoDP hasn't appeared in the 'Game' chain of stores because
Workshop is big enough to turn the stock over fast enough but they control
the whole process from design to selling. In 10 years the rest of the
market will be one or two retailers in each country selling mostly by
mailorder and the internet.
attracted the general public has disappeared. As a result there isn't the
steady stream of newcomers who buy something because it looks good with
a few getting seriously involved in consequence.
that would really get Glorantha more widely known. The other possibility
is to get a restricted version onto some magazine cover disks, even an
internet download which could be passed round could generate sales and
interest.
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Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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