Having a Forum for My Independant Game on this Site
Tom Tom:
I see that this website has a section of forums dedicated to independant games. I've written a game which is 3-4 weeks away from being written up onto a website; how do i get my own forum in the independant games section here?
I'm posting the rules on the game site's web pages and also compiling a .pdf at the same time. Though i've not finished doing that yet, there's still alot to see and read on there and i'd like to try and generate some interest for my game a few weeks before it's posted in it's entirety and the .pdf's. ready for download.
Please help. Thanks.
Ron Edwards:
Hi Tomas,
The basic process is easy: you ask me, and I say yes or no. The requirements for "yes" are that you really have at least one game available, and that it's independently published. So you're already most of the way simply by making your post. I do have a couple of words of advice, based on my long experience here.
1. If you have a forum here, the only person who's going to make it work well is you. I suggest thinking of it as an on-line magazine or letters page, and you're the one who sets the tone and encourages topics of interest. Without such a presence on your part, if you simply set up the forum and hope it does something helpful somehow, then it won't. So your forum should have an explicit goal of some kind - a reason for existing that someone can understand when they arrive.
2. You should establish, or help to establish, some internet identity for your game before starting the forum. That means that it should already have some supporters who will be willing to congregate at your forum, and that when the title is mentioned in one of the active RPG websites, at least a few people should recognize it. For the Forge, I suggest posting about it in Playtesting (to talk about experiences during the game's development) and in Actual Play (for experiences with the game in its final form). In fact, if the game doesn't have this sort of identity, then opening the forum too soon will be counterproductive.
I am not saying that you have to do any of these things in order to have the forum. But I am saying that many people have not gained any benefits from having a forum here, and those are the reasons.
If you have other questions, then you can ask them here, or if you'd prefer that it be a private discussion, then email me at sorcerer@sorcerer-rpg.com.
Best, Ron
Tom Tom:
Thanks for the reply Ron. At the moment my game is in the final stages of being posted onto it's own website. I've only told a few friends about it so it hasn't gone public yet. I'm now starting to try and mention it to players around the net and this is the first place i've come to do it, as this site seems perfect for the indie writer.
My game is about 3-4 weeks away from completion but it may need some fine tuning after that though. My plan is to have the rules on the website itself and the .pdf available to download for players initially and then when/if any bugs have been ironed out, i'm going to turn it into a proper book. Leisure games in London are looking at my site at the moment to decide if they would like to stock a proper book based on the work i've done so far.
You may as well take a look yourself:
www.maleficarum.weebly.com
After looking at it, let me know if you think i should set up the forum section now to try and generate interest, or hold fire until it's completed.
Tom Tom:
Ron, i've made it easier for yourself and others to see my game now as i've now got a sister website to my original one purely dedicated to the formatting of the book. This site contains what will be the work in it's final form, taking into account changes after proof reading. It even contains the public domain pictures i want to put in the book and my colour campaign map i've been altering with windows paint.
Go to www.maleficarumbook.weebly.com for the formatted version of my game and go to www.weebly.com for the site with all the extra pictures.
thanks.
Ron Edwards:
Hi Tomas,
I'm in Sweden at the moment, and not on-line very much. I can't take the time to look at the material for another week or so, for which I apologize. This is to let you know I haven't forgotten you and will return to the thread.
Best, Ron
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