Just read that the original print run of Dune was only 5,000 copies

I was digging through some old game design articles and found a piece on the 1979 Dune board game. It said the first print run was just 5,000 boxes. That's nothing compared to how many copies of a big game get made now. It's wild to think that such a classic, complex game started so small. I guess it was a real niche thing back then before it got famous. Makes you wonder what other great games had tiny first runs. Has anyone else found a surprising fact about an old game's history?

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shane2446mo ago

Makes you wonder how many gems got lost in those tiny runs.

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nguyen.dylan6mo ago

Seriously, how do you even begin to track something like that down?

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