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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 1761029" data-attributes="member: 1515">One other thought, more about the gaming business than miniatures per se.I wish I knew who originally said this:"The best way to make a small fortune in the gaming industry is to start out with a large fortune."In other words -- if you're looking at this business opportunity from the standpoint of doing what you love to do, great.  If you're looking for a good, paying job...well, this might be it, but you need to understand that the odds are not gonna be with you.Yeah, there may be "a fair chunk of change" out there, but the lion's share is undoubtedly controlled by the big players.  There's a ton of little guys in the gaming industry, and, from everything I've always read, nearly all of them are making very little money.There's always a chance that your idea will be lightning in a bottle, and you'll sell a ton (see: Magic the Gathering, Mage Knight, etc.).  But, those are the exceptions to the rule.  Based on what I've read in threads on ENWorld about PDFs, 200 copies is considered a pretty good-selling third-party d20 PDF.  That's it.I hate to be discouraging, but the odds of this being a big money-making opportunity just aren't that good.</blockquote>