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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 2046662" data-attributes="member: 10177">Akrasi,Reading through what they have said it looks like hard copies are available just hard to get ahold of. Meaning that the retailers who either didn't order any copies to begin with (and finding out there is a demand) and those who ordered but didn't order enough, are now having to go straight to TLG to get them, because apparently the distributors don't have enough to re-stock anyone, all because demand was underestimated.The only bad thing I see out of this is that there doesn't sound like there is much &quot;shelf presence&quot;, meaning that unless someone hears about C&amp;C, they aren't going to learn about it any other way. Of course word of mouth is considered to be one of, if not the, best ways to be advertised. But then you run into gamers who don't realize that if you are hearing about something and don't see it on the shelves, ask for it to be ordered.So I see a lot of potential for lost fans in the meantime. Plus a fair number of people will be turned off by the errors, so they may wait until a reprint that fixes it. Or never bother to pick it up.So TLG is still very much in a &quot;high risk&quot; period, and unfortunately do not have the financial deep pockets to fix the problems in the best way possible. So I am still concerned about how popular it will become, because this is a good alternative system that is easy, enjoyable, highly modifiable, etc....&nbsp; But they say timing is everything for a reason. So I'll keep my fingers crossed for C&amp;C's success. I by no means expect this system to challenge WOTC's dominance, but I do want a level of success high enough to keep TLG in business with it. Because this appeals to me far more than D20, and I want it to remain available to me and anyone I convince to play it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 2046662, member: 10177"] Akrasi, Reading through what they have said it looks like hard copies are available just hard to get ahold of. Meaning that the retailers who either didn't order any copies to begin with (and finding out there is a demand) and those who ordered but didn't order enough, are now having to go straight to TLG to get them, because apparently the distributors don't have enough to re-stock anyone, all because demand was underestimated. The only bad thing I see out of this is that there doesn't sound like there is much "shelf presence", meaning that unless someone hears about C&C, they aren't going to learn about it any other way. Of course word of mouth is considered to be one of, if not the, best ways to be advertised. But then you run into gamers who don't realize that if you are hearing about something and don't see it on the shelves, ask for it to be ordered. So I see a lot of potential for lost fans in the meantime. Plus a fair number of people will be turned off by the errors, so they may wait until a reprint that fixes it. Or never bother to pick it up. So TLG is still very much in a "high risk" period, and unfortunately do not have the financial deep pockets to fix the problems in the best way possible. So I am still concerned about how popular it will become, because this is a good alternative system that is easy, enjoyable, highly modifiable, etc.... But they say timing is everything for a reason. So I'll keep my fingers crossed for C&C's success. I by no means expect this system to challenge WOTC's dominance, but I do want a level of success high enough to keep TLG in business with it. Because this appeals to me far more than D20, and I want it to remain available to me and anyone I convince to play it. [/QUOTE]

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