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<blockquote data-quote="JmanTheDM" data-source="post: 6553419" data-attributes="member: 6791902">FFG had an interesting post about their LCG format card games.&nbsp; they were finding that retailers were having a very hard time stocking a &quot;mature&quot; game with a monthly release cycle.&nbsp; most retailers would have some or a few packs but not all.&nbsp; This made the process of getting new players to pick up the game and start &quot;from the beginning&quot; very difficult.&nbsp; As a completonist, I can totally relate.&nbsp; I'd never buy a game that was &quot;mature&quot; and the store was missing the first several expansions and only stocked the latest.&nbsp; I want them all, and in order! But as a store owner, trying to deal with a heavy splat book release cycle, you can only &quot;compete&quot; by stocking the most current goodness.&nbsp; Thus non-hard-core consumers and retailers are at odds with their goals.I hope WotC has learned or is following something similar.&nbsp; that they are trying to cater to retail stores and new players to have a very stable set of books that can be on the store shelves month after month to not totally overwhelm the new players with (potentially) thousands of pages of new content to purchase to &quot;catch up&quot;.&nbsp; Walking into a store and seeing 5-8 books is not nearly as intimidating as walking into a store, seeing a PHB 3 and wondering where #2 and #1 is and if you can even play the game without #1...The catan analogy is a good and a necessary one, in that context and IMO cheers,J.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JmanTheDM, post: 6553419, member: 6791902"] FFG had an interesting post about their LCG format card games. they were finding that retailers were having a very hard time stocking a "mature" game with a monthly release cycle. most retailers would have some or a few packs but not all. This made the process of getting new players to pick up the game and start "from the beginning" very difficult. As a completonist, I can totally relate. I'd never buy a game that was "mature" and the store was missing the first several expansions and only stocked the latest. I want them all, and in order! But as a store owner, trying to deal with a heavy splat book release cycle, you can only "compete" by stocking the most current goodness. Thus non-hard-core consumers and retailers are at odds with their goals. I hope WotC has learned or is following something similar. that they are trying to cater to retail stores and new players to have a very stable set of books that can be on the store shelves month after month to not totally overwhelm the new players with (potentially) thousands of pages of new content to purchase to "catch up". Walking into a store and seeing 5-8 books is not nearly as intimidating as walking into a store, seeing a PHB 3 and wondering where #2 and #1 is and if you can even play the game without #1... The catan analogy is a good and a necessary one, in that context and IMO cheers, J. [/QUOTE]

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