Whfrp

[abhorsen950]

Ive seen a couple of pictures of the latest edition and im not inpressed it looks bizzare
Can anyone tell me the realease date so i can snap up the edition before this before it dissapears off the radar.

Ive also bourght the 1988 softcover ed of ebay

Love to hear your veiws on the latest edition

Regards

S

 

[Emirikol]

WFRP 3 comes out in late November here in the states. In europe it comes out early november (supposedly).

It looks like Descent without the board. Should be fine as it's still WFRP, but instead of a d% mechanic, it's a dicepool mechanic. Little else has changed AFAIAC.

 

[abhorsen950]

Oh okay but for you guys in the states $99 is pretty steep really

Regards
S

 

[frankthedm]

Oh okay but for you guys in the states $99 is pretty steep really

Yeah, But it can be an effective price strategy. Ya see, not everyone out there is a savvy consumer. Some will buy no matter what the cost, some will pay extra, others will pay a reasonable price, others will buy only a value, some won't buy it unless the price is rock bottom. Figuring out how to set the price to make the most profit is tricky. But since there is PLENTY of anecdotal evidence that an unfortunate portion of Warhammer Fans and their money are soon parted, high-balling the price sure sounds effective to me..

Pricing higher than is needed, means a greater profit per unit sold, which for a niche market product, with fewer people to sell to, can work real well.

If A company can make $25 profit per unit sold, 1000 sold is $25000. The same amount can be made on selling 2500 units at a $10 profit, but there is no guarantee enough sales will be made. Also charging the higher price can add a perceived value to some consumers .

And a unit sold to the company means sold to the store, not sold to the end consumer. That means as long as they ship it out the door, that is profit for them, even if the FLGS has it collecting dust on the shelf.

 

[Fifth Element]

Figuring out how to set the price to make the most profit is tricky

Pricing higher than is needed, means a greater profit per unit sold, which for a niche market product, with fewer people to sell to, can work real well.

Not sure what you're saying here. If determining what price will provide the most profit is tricky (which it is), why would you say the price is "higher than is needed"? What is the "needed" price?

Also, I infer from your post that you think anyone who would pay such a price is a fool. It's really just a matter of value judgment. If someone values the thing enough to pay the price, it's a rational decision. But we all have very different ways of valuing things.

 

[frankthedm]

Also, I infer from your post that you think anyone who would pay such a price is a fool. It's really just a matter of value judgment. If someone values the thing enough to pay the price, it's a rational decision. But we all have very different ways of valuing things.

Those who will buy no matter what the cost are fools. Those who won't buy a product they like unless the price is rock bottom are in the same boat, though at opposite ends and holding their financial pre$erverer.

Specifically "PLENTY of anecdotal evidence" was a jab at Warmammer miniatures prices, rather than the $99 price point on the WFRP 3E.

 

[Andor]

Specifically "PLENTY of anecdotal evidence" was a jab at Warmammer miniatures prices, rather than the $99 price point on the WFRP 3E.

What? That's totally unfair! It's not true that it would be cheaper to just hire actors to enact your battles than to use WH figures! In the long run. Figures break even after the third battle so there! :b

 

[SteveC]

I have been very intrigued by the new edition, and I'm waiting to see the price point for online dealers like Amazon or what my FLGS will be able to do.

As for a $99 price point, I think people are overreacting, since that's essentially what the base cost is for the three core books for 4E, you just don't have a breakdown by book.

I think there's been quite a tempest in a teapot on the new game...I've been following the previews on Fantasy Flight's webpage and this looks to be a fairly standard "indie style" mechanics game with a novel mechanic of including all sorts of nifty bits to play it with.

I may be biased, as I use a lot of bits from games like Descent in the other RPGs I play already, so a lot of what they're including makes sense to me.

After I pick up the game, I promise to write a detailed review of it so that everyone can see what's good or bad with it.

--Steve

 

[delericho]

But since there is PLENTY of anecdotal evidence that an unfortunate portion of Warhammer Fans and their money are soon parted, high-balling the price sure sounds effective to me..

1. Surely that's Warhammer miniature players, who aren't necessarily the same group who are the audience for the Warhammer roleplaying game?

2. For a long time, Games Workshop actually sold the basic boxed set for their miniature games at a very low price, with a view to hooking new players cheaply, and then selling them a 2,000 point army over the next six weeks. (Typically, they then lost most of their customers, but by that point they didn't care, because they'd made their money, and would simply repeat the process with the next convert.)

 

[abhorsen950]

Steve ide llove to see the right up
thanks for the interest guys

S