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Rabbit Claws Nov 26, 2018

“Gloomhaven Fourth Printing”
http://www.cephalofair.com/2018/11/more-gloomhaven-is-coming.html#more-2540

Read the section about 80,000 additional prints and then take a moment to consider this is the 4th print run for a game that’s existed for a mere 2 years.

Then consider Gloomhaven is a £100+ price range game. It’s a testament to its popularity.

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More Gloomhaven is Coming - Cephalofair Games

It’s a bit of a lackluster title for a blog, but I think it does the trick. It covers all the topics I want to talk about with a single vague umbrella. You see, there are three pressing things to discuss. First of all, there is a Gloomhaven expansion, Forgotten Circles, releasing soon. Then there’s …

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cardboard Nov 26, 2018

@rabbitclaw This is one I have on my list of games I would probably enjoy, but there's no way I can afford it. Or, more accurately, will this be five or more small games' worth of fun without a regular group?

It's a trend I've noticed especially among kickstarted games - making things bigger and bigger with no regard for whether the average gamer can still afford them. Kingdom Death and Cthulhu Wars are two others that come to mind.

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Rabbit Claws

@cardboard In fairness Gloomhaven never set out to be a game for the board gaming masses, it just happened to be a niche audience game that got critical acclaim.

And with Kickstarter I suppose it’s market incentives that encourage extra bells and whistles that attract the higher paid backers. I suppose anything that doesn’t get crowdfunded has to be a sane price in order to be successful on the storefront.