by ftl_ftw
Telrak wrote:
Please consider using Kickstarter again!!! At least this way we very enthusiastic gamers can make sure to get a copy in any case no matter how badly the retail demand is underestimated.
This argument is basically "they should limit it to a channel where fewer people look, because then I can get it, even if lots of other people can't."
I don't really mind if they use kickstarter as a fancy preorder system, but I also don't see any benefit of kickstarter over, well, a preorder system at any game store. Seems like it would be much easier for the publisher to just have one distribution path, the standard one to retail, rather than having to do a kickstarter AND a retail release. Kickstarter's useful for funding, if a publisher doesn't want to take on the risk, but at this point in Gloomhaven's popularity that doesn't seem relevant.