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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8576879" data-attributes="member: 5948"><p>I dunno about that. It probably depends on manufacturing run sizes etc, but there seems to be a lot of minis about. I think for a long time the limiting factor on minis was actual game shops - minis took up a lot of space for their $ value and there was often a huge number of individual products to keep track of inventory for, etc, especially as some would inevitably be popular and sell out quickly leaving the shop oversupplied with unpopular duds that sat around gathering dust. Hence the rise of randomised boosters. But nowadays, physical game shops are a less important sales outlet, so shelf space isn't really so much of an issue any more.</p><p></p><p>I DO know that a hell of a lot of RPG kickstarters these days are including miniatures on as stretch goals or add-ons - and the ones that do tend to be very popular and make big bucks. And this is often relatively small outfits doing their first or second kickstarter. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eldermancy/sunken-isles?ref=user_menu" target="_blank">Sunken Isles</a> has miniatures and it's only their 3rd kickstarter, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragorigames/tanares-rpg" target="_blank">Tanares</a> had miniatures (thought they were partly boardgame and seemed a high-budget outfit with big names), hell, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/fools-gold-into-the-bellowing-wilds?ref=profile_saved_projects_ended" target="_blank">Fool's Gold</a> was a spinoff from a youtube animation someone did in their spare time and they raised over a million on their first kickstarter and offered a foot-high Tarrasque mini. I think someone's doing a kickstarter now to do a mini line for Kobold Press as well, and that's not even considering all the mini-packed board games that are out there these days.</p><p></p><p>I personally don't want minis, and i find it annoying when they're included with a kickstarter. Spend your time and effort on giving me more actual rpg content, dammit! But it seems like there's plenty of people out there who disagree with me and are willing to put their money where their mouths are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8576879, member: 5948"] I dunno about that. It probably depends on manufacturing run sizes etc, but there seems to be a lot of minis about. I think for a long time the limiting factor on minis was actual game shops - minis took up a lot of space for their $ value and there was often a huge number of individual products to keep track of inventory for, etc, especially as some would inevitably be popular and sell out quickly leaving the shop oversupplied with unpopular duds that sat around gathering dust. Hence the rise of randomised boosters. But nowadays, physical game shops are a less important sales outlet, so shelf space isn't really so much of an issue any more. I DO know that a hell of a lot of RPG kickstarters these days are including miniatures on as stretch goals or add-ons - and the ones that do tend to be very popular and make big bucks. And this is often relatively small outfits doing their first or second kickstarter. [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eldermancy/sunken-isles?ref=user_menu']Sunken Isles[/URL] has miniatures and it's only their 3rd kickstarter, [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragorigames/tanares-rpg']Tanares[/URL] had miniatures (thought they were partly boardgame and seemed a high-budget outfit with big names), hell, [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/fools-gold-into-the-bellowing-wilds?ref=profile_saved_projects_ended']Fool's Gold[/URL] was a spinoff from a youtube animation someone did in their spare time and they raised over a million on their first kickstarter and offered a foot-high Tarrasque mini. I think someone's doing a kickstarter now to do a mini line for Kobold Press as well, and that's not even considering all the mini-packed board games that are out there these days. I personally don't want minis, and i find it annoying when they're included with a kickstarter. Spend your time and effort on giving me more actual rpg content, dammit! But it seems like there's plenty of people out there who disagree with me and are willing to put their money where their mouths are. [/QUOTE]
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