Yes maybe so. But the point was educating our competition. lets say you are interesting in buying say the Arizona master franchise. So you invest a mill or so and sell to franchisees. I would be concerned that other board game companies from Arizona are getting red carpet, ala Meeple mountain and educated direct competition at S&L HQ. Yes great for the distribution side for amfe, but does the master franchise get a cut of that? Don't think so. Grow the industry but don't cut your franchisee legs out from under them before they even get started..
The global board games market is anticipated to grow rapidly and will post a CAGR of more than 29% during the forecast period. The high average life cycle of board games will drive the growth prospects for the global board games market until the end of 2021. Since board games have a high average life cycle, they are played long after their launch. For instance, Monopoly, which is one of the most popular board games in the 20th and 21st century was introduced in 1935. Also, it has been observed that this game had the highest number of sales in 2014, more than 79 years after its launch. Furthermore, with the increasing comfort level of players, the repetitive purchase of the board games also increases."