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I'm a big fan of tabletop simulator-- you can play and create virtually any board game online. Really not much like it. That said, it is probably the game whic

I'm a big fan of tabletop simulator-- you can play and create virtually any board game online. Really not much like it. That said, it is probably the game which MOST needs a freemium pricing model. Convincing everyone you want to play with to drop $20 on a game can be a prohibitive hurdle. No problem for other gamers in your life, but non-gaming family/friends/co-workers...that's a huge lift. I'd be way more eager to pay double, if it meant I was unlocking "host" abilities to start the game, while everyone else could join for free in an app/website.

Jtsummers 6y ago
On Steam there's a 4-pack for $50 or $60, that's what I'll be buying to share it with people who aren't 100% convinced yet. It's a small premium for me, but not unreasonable for something as useful as it. If they really like it, they can toss me $10 whenever we actually see each other again. > I'd be way more eager to pay double, if it meant I was unlocking "host" abilities to start the game, while everyone else could join for free in an app/website. Fantasy Grounds got me this way. I dropped the money so everyone else could just download the demo and join in the games that I host. Easily worth the cost to me considering I run a game every other Saturday right now (and trying to run additional games).
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  The problem is that you can only buy the 4-pack once; found that out the hard way when I wanted to provide a copy to more than 4 friends. Apparently, it's to suppress resellers buying multiple copies whenever it's on sale.
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    Ouch, good to know. Fortunately I haven't bought it even once yet so it's still available to me. It's still a good price if someone in the group is willing to make the purchase. Just have to rotate through people potentially.

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I'm a big fan of tabletop simulator-- you can play and create virtually any board game online. Really not much like it. That said, it is probably the game whic

by nodonut 6y ago

Jtsummers 6y ago
On Steam there's a 4-pack for $50 or $60, that's what I'll be buying to share it with people who aren't 100% convinced yet. It's a small premium for me, but not unreasonable for something as useful as it. If they really like it, they can toss me $10 whenever we actually see each other again. > I'd be way more eager to pay double, if it meant I was unlocking "host" abilities to start the game, while everyone else could join for free in an app/website. Fantasy Grounds got me this way. I dropped the money so everyone else could just download the demo and join in the games that I host. Easily worth the cost to me considering I run a game every other Saturday right now (and trying to run additional games).
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  The problem is that you can only buy the 4-pack once; found that out the hard way when I wanted to provide a copy to more than 4 friends. Apparently, it's to suppress resellers buying multiple copies whenever it's on sale.
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    Ouch, good to know. Fortunately I haven't bought it even once yet so it's still available to me. It's still a good price if someone in the group is willing to make the purchase. Just have to rotate through people potentially.