| Terrement | 21 Jan 2008 11:05 a.m. PST |
Have one, never played it. Seems you can't give them away on ebay, yet one seller has one with a starting price over $100.00 USD Am I missing something? |
| Farstar | 21 Jan 2008 11:08 a.m. PST |
What you are missing is that it is OOP, and that a few other games in that line were quite neat, IIRC. OOPness and brand recognition says three digit prices to the collector. |
| doc mcb | 21 Jan 2008 11:50 a.m. PST |
I own it. The counters are really useful, and it has some good ideas. Never actually played it, but I'm glad I own it. Could be a good strategic vehicle for a campaign. |
DontFearDareaper  | 21 Jan 2008 1:13 p.m. PST |
Yaquinto has been gone for over 25 years. The guy who ran it's father owned a publishing company so the production value on Yaquinto games was quite good and several of the titles were pretty good as well. You think Beastmaster commands a high price, try googling the game they put out to compete against Squad Leader (88 I think it was called). Dave |
| Hundvig | 21 Jan 2008 2:03 p.m. PST |
That's Beastlord, not Beastmaster, and I don't see one over $100 USD at all. Got a link? There's this one: auction but that's Troll & Toad, a company that's I'd call notoriouys (if not infamous) for having odd ideas about the prices of OOP stuff. Note that this copy: auction failed to sell at a whopping $4.99, which I would have thought was a realistic price point. :) Rich |
| Hundvig | 21 Jan 2008 2:05 p.m. PST |
And may I add, damn, I'd forgotten how ugly the box art was on that game. Bleah! |
 mmitchell  | 21 Jan 2008 3:59 p.m. PST |
Ugh. I think my local game store has one for about $10. USD It's been sitting on his shelf for ages, too… |
| rmaker | 21 Jan 2008 8:16 p.m. PST |
The guy who ran it's father owned a publishing company His father-in-law, and it was a company that specialized in art books, IIRC. So, yes, the games were spectacularly beautiful, especially for the time. |
| DontFearDareaper | 21 Jan 2008 9:17 p.m. PST |
Ah well details get muddled over time. If it was the father-in-law that might explained why he withdrew his support after a few years which caused Yaquinto Games to collapse. An in-law would have less patience with providing monetary support to a son-in-law than a biological parent would with a child. Dave |
| rmaker | 22 Jan 2008 10:03 p.m. PST |
Especially since I seem to remember there was a divorce … |
