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(TFT) Supporting TFT with Nostalgia Goggles On

Oh, it's very realistic. After a number of years, look at this list, and it's relatively low volume. The TFT market has gone down to almost nothing, and I can guarantee that if every single person on this list bought products from Dark City Games, it wouldn't even be -half- of $30K. Probably a lot less.
So, yes, it's a foolish endeavor. I think George Dew knew that going into it. Most of the people on this list already own those TFT products that they are likely to buy. TFT clones abound, yet none of them have grabbed any significant market share - or even enough to even be a blip on the radar. This isn't a slam again George Dew, Dark City Games, or anyone.
However, it is a reminder to not let nostalgia cloud your ability to see clearly. Which we ALL on this list have a habit of doing.
Personally, I still think that TFT is a solid system - but certainly not in it's current form. I think a version could be imagined that would be better than every fantasy roleplaying game on the market now. But that would require lots of art, a few solid designers with vision, a lot of time, but mostly - MOSTLY - a significant sum of money spent on marketing (including a professionally designed website). If I had $30K to invest in such a project, at least half of that would be marketing alone. The other half would be art.
If we are going to "support TFT", we have to quit isolating ourselves and get activated on some project which will further the TFT cause. I think getting mired in trying to make a business of it will just slow things down. 

David Jackson

On 9/10/2013 6:02 PM, Aki Koyama wrote:

"This is such a
niche-of-a-niche-of-a-niche market, approaching it as a business venture is
foolish."

This comment is just not very nice and not "realistic" for the
stated reasons.  As I stated above, if you don't want to buy the products,
don't buy them but don't insult the people who are producing these adventures
for us when they are aware that it is not a "business venture" and taking a
monetary loss for our enjoyment.




________________________________
  From:
David Jackson <azog@bellsouth.net>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Sent: Tuesday,
September 10, 2013 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Supporting TFT

I knew that
my opinion would not be a popular one, but it is a realistic
one.

On
9/10/2013 11:38 AM,
  George Dew wrote:

I usually just sit back and enjoy

people's comments and viewpoints, but I

want to clarify something here.



Dark City Games IS supporting TFT!  If you purchase a game from DCG, what
you pay for goes towards the physical components, the artwork, and the
stories.

Since it's inception, Dark City Games has lost about $30,000.

How much more

could you love a hobby that that?





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From: tft-admin@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-admin@brainiac.com] On

Behalf Of

David Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:18
To:

tft@brainiac.com

Subject: Re: (TFT) TFT: Quest For A Cure

Not meaning to

be contrary here, but this isn't precisely supporting TFT.

It's supporting

Nick and Dark City Games.  If that's what you want to do, go

for it.

I

prefer a free-for-everyone approach to TFT.  I like the fact that

-nobody-

owns TFT.  I like the fact that any rule written for TFT now can

only exist

as a modification to the canonical TFT. And I especially like the
community-driven content for TFT.

This is such a

niche-of-a-niche-of-a-niche market, approaching it as a

business venture is

foolish.  And if you are doing it purely for the love of

the hobby, and

aren't considering financial returns - do it for free.

That's my 2 cents.

David Jackson

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