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Old 03-12-2011, 01:06 PM   #1
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When will SJG know whether distributors have decided to carry it? I'm inclined to pre-order a couple copies at my FLGS (Wonko's in Austin - heyo, Eric), but the distributors have to carry the game for that to work.

(I thought about asking by e-mail, but I figure I'm not alone in wondering about it.)
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Old 03-21-2011, 02:34 AM   #2
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When will SJG know whether distributors have decided to carry it? I'm inclined to pre-order a couple copies at my FLGS (Wonko's in Austin - heyo, Eric), but the distributors have to carry the game for that to work.

(I thought about asking by e-mail, but I figure I'm not alone in wondering about it.)
I am not a SJGames representative, but preordering with your FLGS is a good idea.

One way that Distributors can be encouraged to pick it up, is by the FLGS's asking them to order it.

I manage a comic/game store and have already told our main distributor that I want a few copies. They make a note of it and when the time comes to decide they will look and see how many of us have requested it.
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Old 03-21-2011, 02:43 AM   #3
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I had a brief chat with someone from Leisure Games in London the other day, and it sounds like they're already pushing their distributor to carry it...
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Old 03-21-2011, 09:29 AM   #4
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I dorpped off the sell sheet with my FLGS, Viking Hobby in the Sacramento area, and told them that I wanted a copy, through them. They said they would let their distributor know of the interest.
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Old 03-21-2011, 09:32 AM   #5
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I didn't mention it to my FLGS owner the last time I stopped in. I didn't have to. He brought it up to me, and is very much hoping it goes through distribution so that he can get several copies at a reasonable price.
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Old 03-22-2011, 08:45 PM   #6
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If you folks in the know don't mind a naive question, how many major distributors are we looking at here? I'm guessing there's probably at least two or three in North America. At least it doesn't look to me as if one giant (by hobby standards) company has grabbed all of the market share.
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Old 03-23-2011, 10:10 AM   #7
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When will SJG know whether distributors have decided to carry it?
Sadly, the question is not "will distributors carry it?" -- as a publisher with a 30 year history, most major distributors will give anything we release a shot.

The question is "Will distributors carry it in large enough quantities to compensate for the discount they request?" As of today, we don't have an answer yet. We have tentative expressions of interest from the big guys, and we're crunching the numbers. When we made a decision, you'll likely read about it through all the streams we put forth -- Twitter, DI, here, and so on.
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If you folks in the know don't mind a naive question, how many major distributors are we looking at here?
A listing of the distributors we work with can be found here: http://www.sjgames.com/general/distributors/.
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Old 03-23-2011, 01:51 PM   #9
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A listing of the distributors we work with can be found here: http://www.sjgames.com/general/distributors/.
Huh. Go figure that the question has already been answered and then hidden somewhere out of the way.

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Old 03-23-2011, 06:12 PM   #10
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A listing of the distributors we work with can be found here: http://www.sjgames.com/general/distributors/.

Ta muchly. You answered my unasked musing regarding distributors in Australia.
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