The Groginati Sales Thread

[Cyrano]

You're absolutely right.

We came out of the era of AH/SPI where everything was off-blue and pink and could be resolved by the same CRT.  "Waterloo", for example, used the same CRT as "Stalingrad".  Certainly some great designs emerged -- semper "NLB" -- but there was a lot of sameness.

We're now in something of a golden age in which there are a lot of remarkable designs being put out there that do seem to care about the nuances of different eras and we have a printing infrastructure that can support really, really niche titles or new approaches to old topics.

Derivative TTG designs these days are going to get CRUSHED.

[mirth]

Why are we wasting all this good discussion when we have a Grogcast to do tonight? :P

[Gusington]

You better start drinking.

[mirth]

Thought I'd try being relatively sober for a change.

[Barthheart]

[Gusington]

Why would anyone want to listen to you sober? That's like 'just holding hands' with the class slut.

[mirth]

Good point. I'll head to the bar now.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Crusader Kings II is free on Steam.

[Gusington]

At the bar yet? In light of recent posts, I would make the first one a triple.

[jamus34]

Crusader Kings II is free on Steam.

Wow that's like your dealer giving you the "first hit" for free.

They know you'll be back for all that fine DLC, don't you worry.

[Greybriar]

Crusader Kings II is free on Steam.

Wow that's like your dealer giving you the "first hit" for free.

They know you'll be back for all that fine DLC, don't you worry.

Precisely. There are 28 DLC for Crusader Kings II costing a total of $141.29 U.S. So offering the base game free is just good marketing. Personally I'd rather they reduced the price of the DLC 75%.

[OJsDad]

Only half of those 28 are actual expansions to the game.  The rest of what is listed as DLC isn't needed.  It's content packs, Portraits, e-Books, etc.  The total for the actual expansions is $83.91.  All of the expansions are 50%, except for Jade Dragon, which came out last year, and it's 33% off.

This really isn't a bad deal.  And, with the base game being free, you could start with that, and decide if you like it or not before you invest in any DLC. 

[jamus34]

Only half of those 28 are actual expansions to the game.  The rest of what is listed as DLC isn't needed.  It's content packs, Portraits, e-Books, etc.  The total for the actual expansions is $83.91.  All of the expansions are 50%, except for Jade Dragon, which came out last year, and it's 33% off.

This really isn't a bad deal.  And, with the base game being free, you could start with that, and decide if you like it or not before you invest in any DLC.

But look at it...your talking about getting a new [potential player hooked on a 4 yr old game and then pay more than a AAA new release price to bring it current.

It's genius.

Consider that I have regularly seen Tomb Raider, Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor for $5.

[Nefaro]

You better start drinking.

This is the swiss army knife of situational suggestions.  :bd:

[CptHowdy]

finally broke down and got the witcher 3 game of year edition. on sale at steam for $20 right now. havent finished first one yet so hopefully ill get along further in this one!