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Originally Posted by Eddie
Actually, that's 70,000 at 1%.
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Eddie,
Ha, yep,
MATH FAIL!
Still, tens of thousands in one day alone are nothing to sneeze at. That's taking the number at 1%, but it's without a doubt much higher. Reviewers have given their thumb's up to the Cold War campaign, which tends to prove my point that the Cold War scenario turns people off or isn't a significant drag on sales or interest.
Two things which are different can still be enough to draw useful comparisons, which is sometimes all we can do in our imperfect world. (You can also "slice the pie" narrow enough to exclude any comparison you don't agree with, to mangle a business metaphor to suit my purposes.) Gamers are gamers, even if there is no cross-over. The larger game world seems to disagree with you that a background that makes use of the Cold War is not financially smart, and there it is.
On the topic of Mongoose Traveller, I've bought it and had a look, it's basically a cleaned-up version of Classic Traveller without being on steroids (MegaTraveller). I'm in agreement that the rules (especially combat) don't seem crunchy enough to do T2K justice, but I don't have access to Mercenary at this time. There could also be a lot more chrome added in the sourcebook, and at least you're not stuck in one career!
Tony