Comments on: Adios, InQuest https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/ Award-winning & New York Times-bestselling author and game designer Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42570 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:46:53 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42570 That, I think, was mostly due to the love the staff still had for such games. As a company, they clearly followed the money, which meant covering collectible games. They also added a lot of computer game content over the years, but not so much as to ever overshadow the collectible games material.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49372 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49372 That, I think, was mostly due to the love the staff still had for such games. As a company, they clearly followed the money, which meant covering collectible games. They also added a lot of computer game content over the years, but not so much as to ever overshadow the collectible games material.

]]> By: barak https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42569 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42569 in some ways, KoDT, IMO, is more of a gaming mag than InQuest for tabletop stuff. IQ was primarily CCGs, though they had some coverage of other stuff as well.

]]> By: barak https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49371 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49371 in some ways, KoDT, IMO, is more of a gaming mag than InQuest for tabletop stuff. IQ was primarily CCGs, though they had some coverage of other stuff as well.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42566 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:06:32 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42566 Too true, Brett. That’s the great gag about price guides is they make you feel like your collection is worth a lot, even if you’d never actually part with any of it. Also, you’d never get those prices unless you worked the system hard and sold directly to other collectors.

However, there’s still a place for a price guide, and having it in the same store as the things it prices makes sense—for now. Is there a good price guide source for games online?

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49370 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49370 Too true, Brett. That’s the great gag about price guides is they make you feel like your collection is worth a lot, even if you’d never actually part with any of it. Also, you’d never get those prices unless you worked the system hard and sold directly to other collectors.

However, there’s still a place for a price guide, and having it in the same store as the things it prices makes sense—for now. Is there a good price guide source for games online?

]]> By: Brett Seymour https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42565 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:59:45 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42565 Good point Matt…I guess I remember being more interested in comic book price guides when I was younger (though I don’t ever remember selling a comic for any reason).

I might also add the general comment that the kid who doesn’t have a good grasp of the internet is probably an endangered species. 🙂

]]> By: Brett Seymour https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49369 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49369 Good point Matt…I guess I remember being more interested in comic book price guides when I was younger (though I don’t ever remember selling a comic for any reason).

I might also add the general comment that the kid who doesn’t have a good grasp of the internet is probably an endangered species. 🙂

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42556 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-42556 Thanks for the recommendation, Christian. I saw their booth at Gen Con but didn’t stop to really poke around it. Best of luck to them!

Good point, Barak! KoDT is great, although it’s a ways from a pure gaming mag.

Brett, the big reason for price guides for that are kids who either a) don’t quite have a good grasp on the internet yet or b) can’t navigate eBay as well as they must to be able to understand prevailing prices. They buy into a game and pick up a magazine to see what their cards are supposedly worth, and for many kids that’s at least half the fun. As you say, I don’t have much use for the price guides, but I can see their place.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49368 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2007/08/27/adios-inquest/#comment-49368 Thanks for the recommendation, Christian. I saw their booth at Gen Con but didn’t stop to really poke around it. Best of luck to them!

Good point, Barak! KoDT is great, although it’s a ways from a pure gaming mag.

Brett, the big reason for price guides for that are kids who either a) don’t quite have a good grasp on the internet yet or b) can’t navigate eBay as well as they must to be able to understand prevailing prices. They buy into a game and pick up a magazine to see what their cards are supposedly worth, and for many kids that’s at least half the fun. As you say, I don’t have much use for the price guides, but I can see their place.

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