Because I'm all aboard the hype train I tried to use elementary school mathematics in order to shell out a pricing prediction for Rune Wars' expansion boxes - just for those people who want to know what kind of money they're going to invest into this game
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I started by calculating the ratio of the sum of the cost of the corresponding expansion boxes to the core set in X-Wing, X-Wing: The Force Awakens and X-Wing Armada:
Since, as far as I can tell, both X-Wing Cores and especially X-Wing Armada have a little bit more non-miniature stuff in their core box than Rune Wars will have, I predicted a ratio of roughly 115% for Rune Wars. This means the Rune Wars box contents should cost about 115 USD when bought separetely as expansion boxes.
Since both Ardus and Kari Wraithstalker are single human-sized miniatures, I guess they're going to cost the same - if they are released separetely, which may not happen because:
- the Wave 1 characters of human size all seem to come in multiples, meaning those two would not fit into Rune Wars' pricing scheme.
- if you already have the core box and you can't take multiples of named characters, the incentive to buy them may be quite low meaning they won't sell well..which is a problem in a hobby market with huge competition for shelf space.
Right now, I predict these two will be exclusive to the core box for the reasons pointed out above.
Carrion Lancers and Rune Golems are roughly the same size, so I guess they'll be priced identically.
Spearmen, Reanimate Archers and Reanimates are all human-sized infantry, so they'll most likely priced identically. Since there are only two trays of archers in the box and I guess the box will not contain units that are smaller than those in the expansion packs (SW Armada does otherwise with the squadrons, though) I expect the expansion boxes to contain two trays each.
Oathsworn Cavalry should be a little more expensive per tray than infantry because the amount of plastic per tray is higher. Taking all these into account, I came to the following pricing model:
I'm quite sure my infantry estimate (14,95 USD per 2-tray box) is spot on. The hero price is not that important because they can't be bought as singles. Both Oathsworn Cavalry and Monsters could cost up to 24,95 USD I guess, but no more.
Additionally, I think that the command pack (musician, standard bearer and champion model) will be priced at 14,95 USD while the hero expansion (mounted version and foot version in one box) will cost you 19,95 USD.
Taking everything into account, this is a price point I would be okay with. What do you think? Are these prices fine for you? Do you think they'll be priced differently?
Edited by Nalim