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[4E] OGL/SRD News Analysis

Started by Pierce Inverarity, January 08, 2008, 07:12:49 PM

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architect.zero

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January 09, 2008, 08:25:49 PM
Don't look at the board game industry as a whole for any indication of the health of traditional card-stock chits and paper maps war games.

Euro games and giga-box ameritrash is the board game market, not old AH style games.  Those things are deader than dirt, though they might be able to piggy back board games and mount a small resurgence.

estar

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January 09, 2008, 08:30:25 PM
Quote from: StuartI think the RPG industry is much smaller and less healthy than the boardgame industry.  I'm not sure where you draw the line... but i really think RPGs are the niche hobby compared to things like Battlelore, Axis & Allies, Risk, etc etc etc.  I think WotC likely makes more money from their minis game than their RPG books (anyone got any numbers on that?)

Board and counter wargames are not the same thing as Axis & Allies and Risk and yes you are right about them and the rest of their type they are a bigger market than RPG. The games I am talking about which crashed in the early 80's are wargames like Blitzkrieg, Panzer Blitz, Panzer Leader, Squad Leader, SPI Games, etc. They crashed, and after a decades stabilized at a lot lower level.

Minature Wargamming is own category
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