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     Re: Hard to believe that publishers still entertain limited editions at   
     By: August Abolins to John Dovey on Mon Nov 14 2022 05:53 pm   
      
    > [2] In these days of people looking for lower prices of books, and ebooks,   
   HOW does   
      
   Actually, in the RPG world (as in actual tabletop RPG games) there has been a   
   tendency   
   for increasing quality at the expense of quantity and price for quite a while.   
      
   I have noticed many RPG manuals come with thicker paper, better inking, more   
   illustrations... you name it. Many of these manuals don't feel like field   
   manuals   
   (like early D&D books) but rather stuff made to be read at home. IN fact I   
   tipically   
   keep the manuals at home and take cheap photocopies to the table. This   
   behavious is   
   encouraged by the publishers.   
      
   You can see a similar effect in boardgames. Gamers prefer a game to have big   
   plastic   
   detailed figurines rather than cardboard tokens even if that means they pay   
   premium   
   for it.   
      
   What I mean is that there is a niche for hobbyists who are willing to spend   
   loads of   
   money without a need for it.   
      
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