AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksM to Board Games@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoTabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growthwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down13cross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkTabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growthwww.polygon.comAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksM to Board Games@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoNobody said it’s impossible. The retail price of boardgames will just double to triple. Which will then cause the market to shrink, demand to fall, and even less economies of scale. Just what we want for the hobby.
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·3 months agoI’d rather a niche hobby suffer than keep enriching an authoritarian state, but hey… I guess your amusement is important. I despise Trump just like the average Lemmy user, but there are more important things to worry about.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoWay to be a holier-than-thou jackass 🙄
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·3 months agoIt’s a simple reasoning, but way to be a reddit-style contrarian
minus-square🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoFair enough, I’m from the country with the second-highest industrial output in the EU, I can only hope this whole affair helps us somewhat.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSo you agree to boycott American Products? Great!
Nobody said it’s impossible. The retail price of boardgames will just double to triple. Which will then cause the market to shrink, demand to fall, and even less economies of scale. Just what we want for the hobby.
I’d rather a niche hobby suffer than keep enriching an authoritarian state, but hey… I guess your amusement is important.
I despise Trump just like the average Lemmy user, but there are more important things to worry about.
Way to be a holier-than-thou jackass 🙄
It’s a simple reasoning, but way to be a reddit-style contrarian
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Fair enough, I’m from the country with the second-highest industrial output in the EU, I can only hope this whole affair helps us somewhat.
So you agree to boycott American Products? Great!