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15 Sep 2017 12:47 #254303 by bfkiller

charlest wrote: From what I understand, STA has sold extremely well. It was their best selling convention game at its debut, taking out Firefly.


That surprises me. It's never talked about locally in what is a thriving gaming community and copies languish on the shelves. I got mine for $70 at an FLGS.

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15 Sep 2017 13:11 - 15 Sep 2017 13:24 #254304 by Jexik

bfkiller wrote:

charlest wrote: From what I understand, STA has sold extremely well. It was their best selling convention game at its debut, taking out Firefly.


That surprises me. It's never talked about locally in what is a thriving gaming community and copies languish on the shelves. I got mine for $70 at an FLGS.


Selling 500 copies at a convention doesn't mean you'll sell 10000 in retail. You can only ride the buzz so far. For whatever reason, FFG's Star Wars games have way more legs than GF9's Star Trek ones. And it's not even just design quality. Sons of Anarchy is well liked, but it still goes on clearance at places. A big chunk of it is presentation and component quality.

Even at 30% off (69.99),* the usual response to Star Trek Ascendancy when they see the price is that retching face, or "I don't want to look poor so I'm gonna walk around a bit more before I leave."

People who organize meetups or spend 5k a year will read sites like this or BGG, but the average person who buys a game in a physical store is a little different. The new people will feel fine buying electronic battleship for $35, and will expect something big like ascendancy to be $50

*I dropped them down to $50 yesterday. I'll tell you how long it takes to sell 2.
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15 Sep 2017 14:04 #254308 by charlest
My two sentences weren't connected. I've heard they've sold very well from a GF9 employee, and I also heard it was their best Gen Con release ever.

It's already sold through at least one large print run. From what I've seen with other $100 games, that's not too common.
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15 Sep 2017 15:37 #254313 by Sagrilarus

Mr. White wrote:

cranberries wrote: The Manoeuvre Distant Lands expansion is $25 right now at Miniature Market.


Very cool expansion that goes in the opposite direction of Power Creep. Play one of these armies if you want to further challenge yourself or handicap yourself against a newer player. Love it.

fortressat.com/forum/35-mos-eisley-canti...ng?start=3900#252164


I still have four countries from the original in their shrinkwrap. That's never been an issue for me.
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15 Sep 2017 17:18 #254322 by Michael Barnes
STA is hobbled by three things:

1) its three players (although the expansions fix that)

2) it's pretty long (the expansions make it longer)

3) it's classic Trek, which is rarely a hot commodity.

It's a great game but the three players and hour plus per player hurts it. And really is a game for Trek fans...if you don't connect with that, then it sort of doesn't make sense to play it over Eclipse or other more flexible games.

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15 Sep 2017 17:26 #254324 by southernman

Michael Barnes wrote: STA is hobbled by three things:

1) its three players (although the expansions fix that)

2) it's pretty long (the expansions make it longer)

3) it's classic Trek, which is rarely a hot commodity.

It's a great game but the three players and hour plus per player hurts it. And really is a game for Trek fans...if you don't connect with that, then it sort of doesn't make sense to play it over Eclipse or other more flexible games.


4) And for a long game a player can still get knocked out early-ish if luck goes against him and for one of his opponents.

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15 Sep 2017 17:29 #254325 by Michael Barnes
That is true, and that is something that the game doesn't really have a rebound mechanic for unfortunately.

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15 Sep 2017 17:40 #254326 by southernman

Michael Barnes wrote: That is true, and that is something that the game doesn't really have a rebound mechanic for unfortunately.


Yeah, I think that the very interesting exploration mechanic that can be dangerous if unlucky just can't be paired with the Risk-like 'build & attack & attack & attack ...'' mechanic.

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15 Sep 2017 22:44 #254334 by Gary Sax
I wonder if the Borg will create a rebound mechanic.

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