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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8601172" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I think the real audience that LaNasa is counting on are the ones that simply aren't aware of the story. And, unfortunately, that's actually most people. Sure, <em>we </em>know the history of TSR, because we're the type of fans who hang out on message boards and talk about D&D. But the vast majority of people just see "Dungeons and Dragons", "TSR" and a lot of things that look exactly like what they remember RPGs looking like. And for people who are interested in buying causally, the way they would pick up a board game or video game at Walmart, there's no reason to look any deeper.</p><p></p><p>And, sadly, it looks like it may be working (at least a bit). If you hang out on Star Frontiers forums there are still a few people who say they'll wait to judge SFNG when they see it; if you don't know about the rest of the internet drama, that seems like a very reasonable take. The DHSM recently got name-dropped in an article on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2022/03/31/the-22-best-places-to-travel-in-the-us-in-2022/?sh=109c165555ef" target="_blank">forbes.com</a>. I'm sure the author doesn't know about the saga with LaNasa, he just googled a few tourist attractions in Lake Geneva and found one that looked quirky. <a href="https://madison.com/news/local/photos-dungeons-dragons-and-the-dungeon-hobby-shop-museum/collection_d7ce869a-6653-5fb4-8d05-eb7640e81fb6.html#1" target="_blank">Madison.com</a> has a brief blurb where they completely conflated GaryCon and TSRCon. And they've got listings on plenty of tourist websites like visitlakegeneva.com and TripAdvisor. That's what makes these guys to dangerous to WotC.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A copy of Cult of Abaddon can be seen on a table in one or two of the pics from TSR Con. It's easy to miss because it's so thin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8601172, member: 7808"] I think the real audience that LaNasa is counting on are the ones that simply aren't aware of the story. And, unfortunately, that's actually most people. Sure, [I]we [/I]know the history of TSR, because we're the type of fans who hang out on message boards and talk about D&D. But the vast majority of people just see "Dungeons and Dragons", "TSR" and a lot of things that look exactly like what they remember RPGs looking like. And for people who are interested in buying causally, the way they would pick up a board game or video game at Walmart, there's no reason to look any deeper. And, sadly, it looks like it may be working (at least a bit). If you hang out on Star Frontiers forums there are still a few people who say they'll wait to judge SFNG when they see it; if you don't know about the rest of the internet drama, that seems like a very reasonable take. The DHSM recently got name-dropped in an article on [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2022/03/31/the-22-best-places-to-travel-in-the-us-in-2022/?sh=109c165555ef']forbes.com[/URL]. I'm sure the author doesn't know about the saga with LaNasa, he just googled a few tourist attractions in Lake Geneva and found one that looked quirky. [URL='https://madison.com/news/local/photos-dungeons-dragons-and-the-dungeon-hobby-shop-museum/collection_d7ce869a-6653-5fb4-8d05-eb7640e81fb6.html#1']Madison.com[/URL] has a brief blurb where they completely conflated GaryCon and TSRCon. And they've got listings on plenty of tourist websites like visitlakegeneva.com and TripAdvisor. That's what makes these guys to dangerous to WotC. A copy of Cult of Abaddon can be seen on a table in one or two of the pics from TSR Con. It's easy to miss because it's so thin. [/QUOTE]
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