04-18-2017, 04:36 PM | #1071 | |
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GURPS is my primary interest and that information is more reliably found elsewhere (ie Kromm's journal). One thing I do find really annoying is the secrecy surrounding GURPS upcoming releases. On Kromm's journal the words "secret writing project" are almost synonymous with anything GURPS. The fact there is a GURPS speculation thread, while fun for the GURPS fan, it's probably not good for the line in general. We often don't know about a product until it actually hits w23. For me, it has become a ritual to check w23's new release page every GURPSday just to see if we are getting anything. It's hard to get excited about something you don't know is coming. W23 for PDF's. I'm in Australia, so shipping of physical products from w23 is a killer. I picked up Discworld and Mars Attacks from Amazon (US), because I could not source those books in Australia.
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04-18-2017, 05:31 PM | #1072 | |
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Only if W23 and FLGS are your only two options. There are plenty of other online sellers, many of whom discount with gay abandon. W23 doesn't discount (as a general rule; we do run specific promotions from time to time) because we're not trying to compete with our retail partners but offer an alternative - not THE alternative.
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04-18-2017, 06:28 PM | #1073 | |
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04-18-2017, 07:13 PM | #1074 | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
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For physical ones we do hear about it sooner at least typically when they go to press. We need those early enough we can tell our FLGS.
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04-18-2017, 10:10 PM | #1075 | |
Join Date: Oct 2014
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So what about making the GURPS line something you can only get directly from W23 or SJG? Keep Munchkin, Ogre, Car Wars, et. al. in the FLGS, of course; just make GURPS a "boutique line" that can only be gotten direct. Cutting out all the middlemen also means things could be offered slightly cheaper. There's a precedence for this in various other hobby areas, but it would be something new for SJG. Just thinking out loud. |
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04-18-2017, 11:18 PM | #1076 |
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It's not fixed in stone. For now, this is the solution that works for us. If it stops working for us, we'll figure out what to do then.
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04-19-2017, 12:19 AM | #1077 |
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04-19-2017, 12:34 AM | #1078 |
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Location: Australia
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I got lucky, Amazon Prime had a copy of Discworld and as such included their cheap international shipping. I check regularly as I have friends that want to pick up the book, but I haven't seen it on Prime since. I had to bite the bullet on Mars Attacks and paid higher shipping which was still considerably less than w23. I have preordered a 2nd copy of Discworld (player copy) from Good Games AU, but they don't list Mars Attacks. Which is pretty slack for a SJG distributor.
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04-19-2017, 01:06 AM | #1079 | |
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My plan to get my copy is still coming to fruition. You should do a review. Many people don't seem to have come through on that front. |
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04-19-2017, 01:16 AM | #1080 | |
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My review for DRPG should be on Amazon.
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