Dominions 3: popularity rising?

[PashaDawg]

I have commonly described Dom 3 to friends as a board game on the computer. I think DonCorazon is right that many board gamers would groove on Dom 3. (Unfortunately, I have been a total failure at getting any real friends to try Dom 3. Maybe I push too hard. Maybe it's the freakish look in my eyes.)

[Cerlin]

Ive found that using Hotseat games to convert friends really works well. I was able to get both my brothers to play, also a couple friends and my girlfriend too. Starting them with the flashiest factions and helping them understand I have seen that it helped convert the most people. I still feel this game has a lot of appeal to people, even laymen (aka not big nerds.)

[moderation]

Which factions did you find to be to be the flashiest?

[Cerlin]

Any nations with bigger more fantasy/strong units i found tend to work best. Like some of the more easier to use EA ones, Niefelhiem, vanhiem, or Formoria. The unit selections are impressive looking and so are the battle effects. Combat pretenders help too in my experience.

[Kristoffer O]

Lol

[moderation]

I guess that rules out Hobbit-- I mean Hoburg Militia.

[Annette]

Interesting discussion, and one we're following closely. Please allow me to throw in some facts:

Although we don’t advertise on MMORPG, we do advertise on most of the MMO game sites, to the tune of almost 3.5 million Dominions 3 ad impressions last year. We have contacted MMORPG, and just heard back from them this morning. As to BoardGameGeek, we are currently working on an advertising campaign through them. It started as a campaign for Digital Eel’s upcoming board game, Eat Electric Death!, but we are now adding Dominions 3 into the mix. We will see what happens.

We would love to advertise on Penny Arcade, but they just want way too much money. The ads would not even come close to paying for themselves.

Of course, this is terrible time for advertising. The US economy is stressed to the max, and, even in the best of times, ad banners don’t convert well to actual sales. In poor economic times, they perform even less -so we spend a lot of money (yes people still click on the ads, they just don’t buy!)that doesn’t equate to sales.

Several here have mentioned word of mouth advertising, and this is the best way to get actual sales. One well-placed comment in a forum (with a link) will almost always convert to more sales than a $1000 ad.

One last thing. We don’t know how quantcast gets their information either, but their numbers are definitely incorrect. The size of these forums is understated, as is our entire site. The demographics are off also.

Thanks for your suggestions and for supporting the game. Keep 'em coming!