Ok... so I finally hauled my butt into the chat room Friday night... and had an enormously good time. BUT Darkehorse was a bit brought down by the whole affair. He discovered that my annual salary, as a guy that has dozens of games in print AND in stores... is under 20k. Such is the harsh reality of gaming for a living.
So why do I keep doing it? Its not just because
I would have thought that RPG
I could not make it Friday :-[
Did anyone log the discussion ? It seemed very instructive... I understand the low salary but like you said, if you keep aiming for the "golden bullet" it might be worth it. Do you have another job aside from game designing ?
Can we get some numbers on how many we must produce.
How many books do you have to print ? Are you talking about soft cover or hard cover books, thin or thick ?
Are you suggesting that cards games are an higher risk because you have to produce more because of the fact that they sell for less ?
The point about miniature is shattering all my preconceptions :-o . Is it again, as I suggested above, because of the fact that they sell for much higher you can recoup your costs faster ?
Thank you!
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02-03-2003 at 21:37, XXOOCC wrote:
Cards are a special animal, if done correctly, and can
I understand that even Carta Mundi seem to be willing to work in those low quantities these days. I can
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That risk ordering just seems all outta whack ... miniatures are less risk than cards? say it aint so!