When will we have an idea of how Gurps is doing?

pestigor · 01-03-2018, 02:54 PM

I wasn't sure where to post this so I put it in the Gurps forum.

With the immanent Stakeholder's Report coming soon, will 2017 be a good indicator of Gurp's growth or did too much happen too late in the year to have a big enough positive effect (I'm being optimistic because, like most of us I want Gurps to do well for SJ Games).

I guess I'm bracing for the worst in the report and hope if it isn't as good as I hope it's because Dungeon Fantasy Role Playing Game came out late in the year.

While Dungeon Fantasy isn't my personal favorite genre (I do think the game is well done), I hope it's success prompts similar products from SJ Games in the "powered by Gurps" catagory!

Refplace · 01-03-2018, 03:17 PM

I'm hoping for the best but if the stakeholder report shows any improvement it would be awesome.
EDIT: To be clear I think GURPS has been far enough down the list that a noticeable improvement would be significant.
A lot of activity happened, though some too late to show up I fear.
DFRPG, Discworld, Mars Attacks, and was Zombies last year? Also POD and finally the Drivespace push.

DouglasCole · 01-04-2018, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by pestigor

I guess I'm bracing for the worst in the report and hope if it isn't as good as I hope it's because Dungeon Fantasy Role Playing Game came out late in the year.

I've got no insider info, but I was cheered that the DFRPG showed up on the "top sales for this month" in the Daily Illuminator in December, I believe. Maybe it was November. But it's the first time a GURPSy product has been on that list in longer than I can remember.

01-03-2018, 02:54 PM	#1
pestigor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA	When will we have an idea of how Gurps is doing? I wasn't sure where to post this so I put it in the Gurps forum. With the immanent Stakeholder's Report coming soon, will 2017 be a good indicator of Gurp's growth or did too much happen too late in the year to have a big enough positive effect (I'm being optimistic because, like most of us I want Gurps to do well for SJ Games). I guess I'm bracing for the worst in the report and hope if it isn't as good as I hope it's because Dungeon Fantasy Role Playing Game came out late in the year. While Dungeon Fantasy isn't my personal favorite genre (I do think the game is well done), I hope it's success prompts similar products from SJ Games in the "powered by Gurps" catagory!

01-03-2018, 03:17 PM	#2
Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Re: When will we have an idea of how Gurps is doing? I'm hoping for the best but if the stakeholder report shows any improvement it would be awesome. EDIT: To be clear I think GURPS has been far enough down the list that a noticeable improvement would be significant. A lot of activity happened, though some too late to show up I fear. DFRPG, Discworld, Mars Attacks, and was Zombies last year? Also POD and finally the Drivespace push. __________________ My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries Last edited by Refplace; 01-03-2018 at 03:29 PM.