by rickert
Sizzla wrote:
rickert wrote:
This idea is really worse. If this is such a good idea, then next time this company has a new game, why don't they hold a lottery and only people who wins can have the "honor" of purchasing it? Then they know how many copies to print and just like with these promo cards, only a portion of those who want the product will have a chance to get it. Ridiculous plan.
They're promotional items. Why is this possibly a bad idea? They're obviously not planning on making a massive printing run on them, since by their nature, they're limited and promotional. They're also saying, here's a chance to win some other stuff for free. I don't see the problem. Sure, I'd love to buy the King of Tokyo expansion. It's not available right now. But I understand that a small company has to make sure that they can sell what they produce. This game has turned out to be a success. I imagine that their production runs will be larger in the future.
You know what they are promoting now? Ill will toward the company. Is that the goal? I was at both Origins and GenCon last year, visited their booth at GenCon and bought two games. There was no sign up about King of Tokyo promos and none was mentioned when I took a demo. It is one thing to have to go to a con or send in something to be able to purchase promos because then I know if I do "A" I will get the promos. It is a FAR worse idea that if I do "A" I have no idea in hell if I will get the promos.