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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gregor Hutton" data-source="post: 1695826" data-attributes="member: 22431">It's true that Contested Ground Studios is a small company from Scotland, but the game was printed in Canada with fulfillment from Osseum in the US. In the UK distribution is through Esdevium. So the game should be widely available in US, UK and European game stores.I think it would be very difficult in the current market to print and distribute a game from the UK. (That's not to say that people haven't done this recently ... but it's hard, hard work and with a considerably reduced profit margin. Games like Principia Malefex and Crimson Empire have considerably less name value in the US than a/state.)However, I'm not foolish enough to think that a game like a/state should be instantly well known. Being nominated for ENnies will hopefully give the game more exposure.Also, I agree with Ray Winninger's post. (I bought Underground at the time it came out, and it had what would now be considered very strong sales, but expectations were far higher in those days.) There was a considerable slump in sales of RPGs in the mid-nineties as card games filled shop shelves and ate up more of gamers' cash. Mixed with the unrealistic expectations of publishers and inflated overheads it's not surprising in hindsight that so many companies went to the wall or had severe financial problems.I figure that companies these days run in a far more efficient manner, but it's hard, hard work.</blockquote>

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