(TFT) TFT popularity

["Brett Slocum" <slocum@skypoint.com>]

From: Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>
> TFT DID get as big as D&D at one time - then Metagaming stopped publishing 
> it and Steve Jackson traded the rights for it for Ogre. Had TFT
> continued to be published it's likely it would have easily surpassed D&D.
> 
> Of course, it would have had to add the production values and large
> distribution channel that also helped D&D, but everything that was
> successful after that point in gaming history had to add that. =

Well, I think your figures are off, because as far as sales were concerned, TFT was 
a minor game compared to D&D. I only know one group that played it locally. Mine.

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