I find board games simply overpriced, they’re mostly paper and plastic, and r&d is now much reduced, since 90% of new games simply a mix of already published games with nicer drawings.
Well yeah, 90% of the market is overpriced crap - that’s not unique to boardgames, although like you say it’s understandble how when the material cost can be low. But there are some game makers that do really make the effort, and in particular when I looked up what Scythe is and all the pieces it comes with I feel it’s probably not too unreasonable to ask a higher retail price (although I saw them available for much less also).
I find board games simply overpriced, they’re mostly paper and plastic, and r&d is now much reduced, since 90% of new games simply a mix of already published games with nicer drawings.
Well yeah, 90% of the market is overpriced crap - that’s not unique to boardgames, although like you say it’s understandble how when the material cost can be low. But there are some game makers that do really make the effort, and in particular when I looked up what Scythe is and all the pieces it comes with I feel it’s probably not too unreasonable to ask a higher retail price (although I saw them available for much less also).