04-13-2017, 11:39 AM | #981 | |
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I'm amongst the 66-100 million Amazon Prime customers, so I'm used to being prompted by new books from the authors and publishers I follow, but GURPS Discworld isn't even being carried by Amazon, so there's a huge disconnect somewhere...
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04-13-2017, 11:56 AM | #982 |
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Broken distribution or whatnot, it is simply a shame that the Discworld RPG is not showing up on more shelves. I think GURPS is a fantastic system and that led me to buy the book - which I think is great - but I also feel that thanks to the interesting contents of the book (Discworld, Pratchett) and the excellent treatment as an RPG (which I would attribute mostly to Phil), the Discworld RPG constitutes an extremely good entry point for GURPS as a system. And like D Cole pointed out above, the setting really shows the strengths of GURPS.
I think the Mars Attacks book is much more of a niche product (still enjoyed it thoroughly!). Thanks to the SJG team for the openness and transparency of the stakeholders report. Let us hope that the DFRPG helps generate more interest for GURPS. I will get it from my FLGS, as I did with Discworld. |
04-13-2017, 12:05 PM | #983 |
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Do you suggest and review GURPS books at those sites?
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04-13-2017, 12:12 PM | #984 | |
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Second, there's the reputation that GURPS has among people who don't currently play it - the idea that it's only for the folks who want precise simulations of absolutely everything. This means that quite a few of those of us who have access to the rule books have trouble finding people to actually play a game with - particularly in person, where hard cover books are actually useful. As such, if I buy a copy of a GURPS book, I do so knowing that it almost certainly isn't going to be used. This affects the price I'm willing to pay. $15 - $20 for a PDF is reasonable for something I'm going to read primarily for my own enjoyment, even though I'll probably never get any use out of it; $50 + VAT + shipping is not. Third, PDF is just more convenient. I occasionally play and run Pathfinder, Dungeon World, D&D 4e and 5e and a number of other games - I can't easily carry all my books to where I'm going to be playing, so I bring my laptop with probably a hundred PDFs instead. Never underestimate convenience when it comes to sales - you're not only competing with other games that promise an easier game tailored to their needs, you're competing with the convenience of not having extra weight to carry to gaming sessions. Fourth, online play is far more common now that it used to be - having a PDF that you can easily just look things up on during play is a hell of a lot simpler than having to swap between the computer for play and a physical book for looking things up. This is especially true on platforms like Fantasy Grounds, where relevant rules information can be copy pasted from a PDF into formatted text that the whole group can easily look up without requiring every player to have their own copy of every single book that's in use in the game. |
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04-13-2017, 12:37 PM | #985 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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I find out about things here.
I subscribe to the SJG, PK and others twitter but miss a lot there as I dont actively watch it. Follow a bunch of people and things just scroll too fast. Over the past year I have taken a liking to Youtube and if SJG had a youtube channel I could subscribe to I would like and retweet or link to Facebook items I liked, I would also add links to unboxing or release videos (or designer note videos, etc) on my blog and again share those.
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04-13-2017, 12:42 PM | #986 |
Munchkin Line Editor
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04-13-2017, 12:54 PM | #987 | |
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I shall start viewing them. I hate that it is so easy to miss things done by SJG.
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04-13-2017, 01:01 PM | #988 |
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The Marketing department probably hates it more. :-)
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04-13-2017, 01:06 PM | #989 |
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04-13-2017, 01:36 PM | #990 |
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I'm not a regular reviewer, but I tend to read the reviews, especially if written by my contacts.
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