Adept Press thoughts and projects for Sorcerer
Motipha:
As one of the regulars running Indie games at Chicagoland Games, I totally support the boot camp idea. hell, I know a number of people who are raring to go for Sorceror, but there's just too many games we haven't played at all that need some loving too...
That aside, All of these idea's are great. One of our hosts on the podcast plays/writes black metal, so I'm sure he'd be happy to contribute to a musical album.
All of this sounds awesome. Especially the Finnish translation. And the list of drinks. But mostly the Finnish.
Ron Edwards:
I found it! I forgot, this is the internet, and you can go clickety-click and find naked chicks Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Super-Hero! I gaped, I remembered, I cringed, and then I kind of loosened up about it.
This Comics Alliance blog link not only provides reasonable commentary but also three of the songs! If you don't dance in your seat listening to "Spider-Man," you have no soul. The percussion goes really-fast chickita-chickita-chik at one of the breaks, and the chorus goes "oh na na, whoa-oh-oh na na." It sounds like a cross between Jackson Brown and Jesus Christ Superstar. And check out those bells on Peter's bottoms on the cover!
After thinking about it, I find being trapped in the 70s vastly preferable to the alternative.
Who else had this thing back in the day? No cheating, I mean really owned that record when it was pressed and sold in stores.
Um ... but all you weirdos with your electronic Lovecraft are welcome too. Is there some way to hybridize that stuff with "whoa-oh-oh na na?"
Best, Ron
P.S. You're off-topic! Ahhhh, fuck off, moderator. I saved it with the last sentence.
Courage75:
I'm totally behind a new edition of Sorcerer. I've been wanting to get hard copies of Sorcerer and its supplements for ages, and an updated edition would be a world of awesome that I'd purchase and be eager to put to use ASAP. Maybe even ask Judd Karlman if he wants to contribute some new material for his excellent Dictionary of Mu setting?
A Sorcerer soundtrack would be awesome, as long as it didn't have music that would enhance rather than hinder what goes on at the table. It sounds like a few people are already happy to jump in on this, which is great!
The drinks list sounds alright, although I'd put it as a fairly low priority - a bit of fun to put on the website as a free PDF or some such. Also, I'd make sure there were enough warnings on it to dissuade underage drinking, just in case.
I agree with Eero on the website thing - it is probably the best way to reach new people, which is vital for any product.
As for the merchandising stuff, it sounds cool, but I'd want to see how well it would sell before I committed to something like this. Perhaps start with a small run and see how that goes? To my mind, the emphasis should be on the game.
Anway, that's just my five cents.
Courage75:
Quote from: Courage75 on August 11, 2010, 05:12:23 PM
A Sorcerer soundtrack would be awesome, as long as it didn't have music that would enhance rather than hinder what goes on at the table. It sounds like a few people are already happy to jump in on this, which is great!
Sorry, that should be "as long as it had music that would enhance rather than hinder..."
James_Nostack:
Hi Ron,
Regarding the OP, what are your goals? And what hat are you wearing?
Because some of the ideas sound like business-man marketing / branding stuff, and other ideas sound like, "Hey I'm a grown-ass gamer dude with a publishing company in my garage - how cool is that?!" And the goals of gamer dude may not be the goals of business-man dude. But as general principles I'd stay away from gimmicky gamer swag, and I'd make sure that you've got your infrastructure in place, and able to scale up, before you make a big push to expand the audience.
Regarding Spider-Man, you have enlightened me. Holy shit. On the other hand, a friend just unloaded a box of comics from the mid-70's on me. The advertisements for Spalding basketballs on the back cover is so ridiculously nostalgic to me.
Also, I have a theory that the mid-70's monster comics were a big influence on the general vibe of Sorcerer.
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