Why isn't the Forge promoting all these swell games?
Paul Czege:
Wagn might be worth exploring.
Paul
The Magus:
Quote from: Ron Edwards on April 16, 2009, 07:42:28 AM
Stating a desire for someone else to satisfy without doing anything to make it happen is not particularly helpful or even admirable. I could name a few things I'd like to experience every day, but I don't think that obliges anyone to make them happen for me. But even doing a little something in the right direction is great.
"The Magus," you're stating a fine desire, and if you wanted to be that vision-holder I mentioned above, then please go for it.
Best, Ron
Damn - this is like punk rock. It reminded me of Tim Kerr of the Big Boys/Lord High Fixers saying, "What are you doing to participate?" I would love to participate more but I'm worried about offering for two reasons:
1. I don't know enough about the RPGs out there. My view is distorted having not been involved in the hobby for 15 years, only returning last year. I don't know enough about computing or setting up forums, wikis, databases, hosting. I know what information I might want but it might not be as in depth as what others want or indeed what would be good for the hobby.
2. Like many others I would do this for the love - I work full time and am studying part time for a Masters. Then I try to find time to have a social life. Then I try to find time to actually play these games with like-minded friends. Then I try to find time to write posts on forums. Then I notice it's bedtime but I stay up to read one more post... etc. etc. Time would be a problem.
I want the designers of these games to make as much money off these games as possible. One of the things that annoyed me about punk was an eschewing of money out of a sense of purity. My worry is that your ideas and designs in some ways get co-opted into the mainstream and you all get screwed financially. However, I realise that Everway never sold well in its time. You could pick up copies of it in UK games shops for £3 (we Brits can be philistines). Maybe this will remain a hardcore minority pursuit.
As DOA said Talk - Action = 0
I will attempt to solicit help or set up some sort of project, perhaps initially to cover all the games here.
Thanks for reading
Piers
lumpley:
Hey, I've kicked off a thread in the connections forum, here: Database of independent rpgs. I think this is a cool project.
-Vincent
Larry L.:
Piers,
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Damn - this is like punk rock.
Yesss!!!!
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