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Why Didn't 4E......?

Started by jeff37923, January 11, 2012, 03:38:53 PM

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jhkim

Quote from: jeff37923;504154Yes and No. D&D Minis had a lot of possibilities and could have done a fantasy sports parody as well, but this would be capitalising on the strengths of the 4E game in a way that try to appeal to new and casual Players.

As Ladybird has suggested, getting sued by Games Workshop over using a similar idea as Blood Bowl, actually would be a selling point in my mind because the lawsuit would have brought attention to the game.
Well, their mass-market push for 4E has been the D&D boardgames: Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, and Legend of Drizzt.  Legend of Drizzt is apparently quite successful - it is currently the #54 board game on Amazon, on par with Monopoly and Candyland.  

I'm not sure how a parody game would do compared to these.  It seems to me that parodies are more of a niche market that appeals more to people who are already fans rather than to people who aren't already into the genre being parodied.  i.e. Bloodbowl appeals more to fantasy fans than to football fans.

J Arcane

Where the hell is this idea coming from that GW has a license for American football?

They don't even use real American football rules in Blood Bowl for fucks sake.
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