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$100 MSRP for a few dollars of plastic and cardboard doesn't make sense to me. If it's a good game, selling it for cheaper will earn back the R&D in quantity of sales.
And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
Amazing game. Amazing creator. The game is huge and heavy. Stuffed to the brim. (Not gloomhaven huge) This guy has created some of the most memorable gaming experiences I have had. This may not be your jam, but I loved it.
$100 MSRP for a few dollars of plastic and cardboard doesn't make sense to me. If it's a good game, selling it for cheaper will earn back the R&D in quantity of sales.And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
Once you get into the hobby, you will quickly realize that this price point is not the least bit uncommon.
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$100 MSRP for a few dollars of plastic and cardboard doesn't make sense to me. If it's a good game, selling it for cheaper will earn back the R&D in quantity of sales.
And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
Not sure what game you looked at on BoardGameGeek, but it has an 8.2 rating and it is the 25th highest rated game out of 10s of thousands of board games. 8.2 is a spectacular rating for a board game on the site.
As for the components, few games have as many as that come in this box. Among its many components is a variety of painted custom shaped wooden meeples. Very little plastic.
What kind of people are they expecting people to pay 70, 80 dollars for a board game?
I'm one of those kinds of people. In part, this isn't just a board game to me, it's a work of art. It lives in the space of designer board games. This board game's designer is Uwe Rosenberg.
If you're imagining board games as mass market games like Clue, Life, Sorry, Monopoly, etc. then definitely the price tag seems absurd. However, this is a complex game with high quality components with a lot of strategic and tactical depth. This is not the type of game I would use to introduce people to the world of hobby board gaming. It is a fairly heavy game, being higher on the scale of mechanical weight.
$100 MSRP for a few dollars of plastic and cardboard doesn't make sense to me. If it's a good game, selling it for cheaper will earn back the R&D in quantity of sales.And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
Don't think of return in value in the components and parts but the hours of enterainment you get.This is way cheaper compared to say a movie.A movie for couple is $30, so that's minimum 7 dollars per hour of entertainment for a 2 hour movie.Now think of a board game, this board game can be played again and again. You can talk and interact while playing, you can have friends over and order in cheap pizza and wine. You can play in your pyjamas and not set foot outside the house.If as a couple you lay this game atleast 10 times you are basically at $2.5/hour per person. The more you play the more value you get.If you are playing with kids they can learn maths, patience, strategizing, logic etc…
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Good game.
And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
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And you look at BGG and its rating does not justify a $100 or even a $66 price.
As for the components, few games have as many as that come in this box. Among its many components is a variety of painted custom shaped wooden meeples. Very little plastic.
### 📦 Boards & Player Components
* 1 Action Board
* 2 Action Board Extensions (for 4-player games)
* 4 Home Boards
* 4 Double-sided Exploration Boards
* 1 Oval Supply Board (for special tiles)
* 1 Small Supply Board (for ships)
* 1 Round Overview Tile
* 4 Player Aids
* 2 Goods Boxes
* 12 Plastic Bags
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### 🧍 Vikings & Tokens
* 48 Viking Meeples (12 per player)
* 1 Start Player Moose
* 1 Round Tracking Cube (white)
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### 💸 Currency
* 125 Silver Coins:
* 80× "1 Silver"
* 22× "2 Silver"
* 18× "4 Silver"
* 5× "10 Silver"
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### 🧱 Resources (Wooden)
* 32 Wood
* 24 Stone
* 40 Ore
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### 🛠️ Goods Tiles (Total: 346, double-sided)
Includes many types; here are key examples (each double-sided with matching categories):
* 25 Peas / Mead
* 18 Sheep / Pregnant Sheep
* 15 Cattle / Pregnant Cattle
* 20 Flax / Stockfish
* 20 Beans / Milk
* 20 Grain / Salt Meat
* 17 Cabbage / Game Meat
* 15 Fruits / Whale Meat
* 43 Oil / Rune Stone
* 30 Hide / Silverware
* 30 Wool / Chest
* 20 Linen / Silk
* 20 Skin and Bones / Spices
* 20 Fur / Jewelry
* 18 Robe / Treasure Chest
* 15 Clothing / Silver Hoard
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### 🏠 Building Tiles
* 3 Sheds
* 3 Stone Houses
* 5 Long Houses
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### 🛶 Ships
* 32 Total Ship Tiles:
* 10 Whaling Boats
* 12 Knarrs
* 10 Longships
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### ⛰️ Mountain Strips
* 8 Mountain Strips
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### 🃏 Cards
* 190 Occupation Cards (A, B, C decks)
* 45 Starting (light brown backs)
* 145 Standard (dark brown backs)
* 47 Weapon Cards:
* 12 Bow and Arrow
* 12 Snare
* 12 Spear
* 11 Long Sword
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### ⚠️ Thing Penalty Tiles
* 7 Tiles with various resources printed on reverse sides
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### 🎲 Dice
* 1 Orange D8 (8-sided)
* 1 Blue D12 (12-sided)
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And plastic storage trays.
$66 is a razor thin margin for the merchant.
If you're imagining board games as mass market games like Clue, Life, Sorry, Monopoly, etc. then definitely the price tag seems absurd. However, this is a complex game with high quality components with a lot of strategic and tactical depth. This is not the type of game I would use to introduce people to the world of hobby board gaming. It is a fairly heavy game, being higher on the scale of mechanical weight.
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Last one we played was Trash Pandas lol
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Last one we played was Trash Pandas lol
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