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<blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 3480315" data-attributes="member: 9959">Last I checked the video game and other hobby companies were the largest advertisers. Just grabbing April we have AT 43 (rackham), Warmachine (Privateer), Jade Empire (BioWare), Eragon, World of Warcraft Boardgame (FFG), PoxNora (Octopi), Runebound (FFG), Stonehenge (Paizo/ Titanic), Game Mastery (Paizo), Warlord (reaper), Kill Doctor Lucky (Titanic). The ONLY wotc ad is for the Unhallowed, one page near the beginning. If I remember, color ads can run between $1500.00 - $3,500 dollars each. 9 of those ads are non-paizo/ non-wotc. That is a healthy 20 - 30 k per issue of advertising income. Now all of those advertising dollars are gone. One WOTC ad was likely free as part of the liscense agreement. I respect your opinion, but please make sure we are having an engaging discussion and not just arguing for the sake of it. I have been directly involved with gaming professionally for over 15 years now and I speak from experience, speaking to industry insiders, interacting with all levels of the customer base, and studying gaming as a business as well as a hobby. Once we finish the store's business model, our next step is publishing, and these are all things we have had to study and prepare for in our plans ahead. I love Dungeons and Dragons and want to see it to have a long healthy life and grow into new markets. I am offering my opinions freely for it to do that. We are on the same side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Najo, post: 3480315, member: 9959"] Last I checked the video game and other hobby companies were the largest advertisers. Just grabbing April we have AT 43 (rackham), Warmachine (Privateer), Jade Empire (BioWare), Eragon, World of Warcraft Boardgame (FFG), PoxNora (Octopi), Runebound (FFG), Stonehenge (Paizo/ Titanic), Game Mastery (Paizo), Warlord (reaper), Kill Doctor Lucky (Titanic). The ONLY wotc ad is for the Unhallowed, one page near the beginning. If I remember, color ads can run between $1500.00 - $3,500 dollars each. 9 of those ads are non-paizo/ non-wotc. That is a healthy 20 - 30 k per issue of advertising income. Now all of those advertising dollars are gone. One WOTC ad was likely free as part of the liscense agreement. I respect your opinion, but please make sure we are having an engaging discussion and not just arguing for the sake of it. I have been directly involved with gaming professionally for over 15 years now and I speak from experience, speaking to industry insiders, interacting with all levels of the customer base, and studying gaming as a business as well as a hobby. Once we finish the store's business model, our next step is publishing, and these are all things we have had to study and prepare for in our plans ahead. I love Dungeons and Dragons and want to see it to have a long healthy life and grow into new markets. I am offering my opinions freely for it to do that. We are on the same side. [/QUOTE]

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