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The board game industry relies upon Chinese factories. If he does what he says he will in regards to tariffs, say goodbye to that. And this isn't simply a 'print it somewhere else' situation. There just aren't factories sitting around ready to pick up the work. Let alone factories with the proper equipment and staff that are accustomed to the norms of board game production. I'd be very concerned about any kickstarters you have that are more than six months out. He's been talking about basically starting a trade war with China, and not just them either. So yeah, it was good while it lasted. Can't expect people to have more than four years of memory either I guess.
This is really some top notch TDS, I mean very niche.
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the frick?
I don't believe manufacturing costs account for even 10% of the price of board games lmao. They're basically all cardboard and plastic.
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Yeah but soys might need to think twice before churning out their hobbyist garbage if they have to pay first-world labour costs.
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Oh, board games are the one product with a definite 10,000% markup. Especially the videogame adaptation slop that costs over $100 each.
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My Blood Bowl team is worth it's weight in gold
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board game prices are fricking ridiculous. it's time for trump to step in and put a cap on prices!!!! MAKE BOARD GAMES AFFORDABLE AGAIN!
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Plastic means dies which cost 10s of thousands of dollars to make and wear out as well as skilled maintenance.
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No you see everything is made in chYna and they can't make it anywhere else because
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