Comments on: Reminder and Request

By: LuXo

LuXo — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:32:12 +0000

I haven’t bought any of the games you’ve reviewed… but some of them are high in my priority list due to your review. So when i buy some of them next month probably ill write them.

Keep it up!

By: Erik Smith

Erik Smith — Mon, 01 May 2006 17:23:21 +0000

Scott,

I think you and Paul have a great idea to connect your shows with games your listeners/viewers decide to purchase.

To take it a step futher, I’d encourage you to ask your listeners / viewers which games they might be most interested in learning more about. Perhaps you could present them a list of the games you’re considering presenting. The could rank their interest from those on the list.

Any publisher surely would welcome the opportunity to work with you.

I also think that retailers would benefit from knowing what games you were going to present. They could either use the information to be sure they had the game in stock or use the show’s content to promote the game in their store. And the staff could use the show to become more knowledgeable about what’s inside the box.

Again, your viewers can tell you which stores they prefer to buy through, and you can start building a relationship with your viewers’ stores.

Lastly, your favorite FLGS uses distributors to stock their games. If you can get testimonials from stores that encourage viewers to check out your program, the distributor could use your upcoming program list to suggest that stores are carrying the games you feature. This way, your viewers will have a better chance at finding games like Antike at their FLGS.

Keep up the great work!

All the best,

Erik Smith
On The Line Game Company
The Makers of Pizza Box Football
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By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:17:00 +0000

I don’t have any of the games that you have reviewed. I’m new to the Euro gaming community so the only game I have so far is Carcassonne. You can be assured that when I do purchase a game that you have reviewed, I will be more than happy to help you with your project.

Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Matt D.

By: Scott Nicholson

Scott Nicholson — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:55:02 +0000

I’ve gone into each of my blog entries and added a link to the publisher’s Contact Us page when I could find them.

Apples to Apples was published in the US by Out-of-the-Box games, and their contact page is at http://www.otb-games.com/contact.html

By: Sturek

Sturek — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:34:52 +0000

I will certainly do that, as you made me purchase Ticket to Ride (with a little help by GamingSteve I might add), Apples to Apples and Um Krone und Kragen.
I think that Blogs in general have a very high potential to make people buy stuff the writer recommends. Maybe even more than magazines, because blogs are much more personal, which I love about the whole blogging thing.
So, that said, I’m going to write Days of Wonder and Amigo, but I have no idea who published Apples to Apples in America, the German version is from Pegasus Spiele, but I guess German games without a translation wouldn’t help to much, or do you speak German ?