Reply To: First impressions vs sustainability. Are looks more important than rules?

[onlyonepinman]

A better word than “survive” would be “thrive”.  A game survives as long as a copy of the rules exist somewhere.   A game thrives with active and growing player communities.

I am also not suggesting rules are unimportant, in order for a game to survive and thrive, it needs both interesting/exciting rules and good miniatures available to play with.   If you are going down the route of supplying games and miniatures, then chances are the miniature sales are what keep the business alive, so you definitely have to keep making new products. Like I said, no miniature sales, no business, no game.

As for first impressions, there’s probably two routes in.  Either the miniatures catch your eye and you are hooked.  Or someone you know introduces you to the game with a demo.  These first impressions will also likely colour you views and motivations as well.

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by onlyonepinman.