Maybe it's just my perception, but it feels like there was a sudden glut of CotA product in my local gaming scene after Age of Ascension was announced. I sort of just assumed there was another print run, but then I noticed that some Starter Sets were being put up for sale next to them. Putting together another print run of the Starter Set, especially with AoA and its Starter Set coming out, seems like an odd thing to do: a lot of extra effort at the factory level.

My suspicion is that somewhere on the supply chain (either at distributors or at the game store level) people were hoarding CotA products. The game was so hyped up, product was being quickly snapped up, and there was no new sets announced for a long time. People were probably holding on to unopened decks, hoping to get an inflated profit off of it because of demand and scarcity. Well, I'm just glad that those people didn't get that! 🤠