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09-07-2018, 09:32 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Southern Carolina
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Pocket-sized Edition?
I was in my FLGS (Boardwalk in Greenville, SC) the other day. They have a really good selection of board, card and roleplaying games. Even SJ games is well represented. They have a decent selection of Munchkin, Zombie Dice, Ogre, and even a couple of Dungeon Fantasy boxed sets (I backed the kick starter and bought a set from them as my backup). I think I even saw Super Kitty Bug Slap. One thing I’ve noticed is a distinct lack of GURPS products. They have a good selection of D&D 5e and Pathfinder of course. They also have a lot of Star Wars, Genesys, and LOTR books from FFG, COC, Middle-earth, Savage Worlds, FATE, and other game systems. They are not afraid of keeping hard copy RPGs in stock. I was wondering what SJ games could do to get GURPS some better on the shelf representation back in gaming stores. I think FATE, Savage worlds, and Pathfinder have been successful with the pocket sized editions of their books. Is this something SJ games might consider? Maybe a pocket-sized run of the “Core” books? Of course, the Basic set, but also maybe Martial Arts, Powers, Magic, Fantasy, and Space? I don’t mind PDFs, but I much rather have a hard copy in my hand to pass around the table and read without having to stare at a screen. Also seeing it in an actual store would grab my attention much more than maybe seeing it on social media. What are everyone else’s thoughts on this?
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09-07-2018, 09:36 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
Well, to start with, the Basic Set volumes would be really thick, past the point where you could get them into a pocket.
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09-07-2018, 09:39 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Southern Carolina
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
Keep the Basic set in two books just make them smaller and cheaper. The Pathfinder book is over 500 pages.
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09-07-2018, 09:43 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
I haven’t seen GURPS books in stores for over a decade. All of my GURPS books are from second-hand book stores in my town.
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09-07-2018, 12:21 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Southern Carolina
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
I think that is a huge problem. We all know GURPS is great system or we wouldn't frequent this website. It would be nice to be able to get some visibility back in gaming stores.
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09-07-2018, 12:45 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
Pretty sure the local game store I know about still shelves GURPS 4e. It did last time I checked, certainly.
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09-07-2018, 12:45 PM | #7 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: 100 hurricane swamp
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
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MY FLGS barely has any game books on the shelf, just Pathfinder, but they are mostly a gaming place (card games mostly, but they have an RPG night) and store front for an online store. |
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09-07-2018, 01:41 PM | #8 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Rural Utah
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
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Edit: as a side note, "pocket size" in this case is actually closer to the digest/trade paperback size.
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09-07-2018, 02:00 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
Even my massive (Source Comics and Games) FLGS has very little in the way of printed GURPS stuff. (And it's famous for being a big store.) The local little stores have either less or no GURPS. If nobody is carrying the big GURPS books, why would it carry a dinky one? Pathfinder is carried in Barnes & Noble, so it's a different deal.
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09-07-2018, 04:37 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: Pocket-sized Edition?
My local FLGS has a mostly Third Edition but they have a small section for GURPS.
Like others I have gone mostly PDF, though I would like hard copy to pass around for certain materials. Maybe a Character Maker series that was focused on building characters, very rules light but enough info to let a PC build a character type with GM help. As for pocket books, The Fantasy Trip will have pocket editions. That might be a lead in to GURPS, at the least it will bump up SJG roleplaying visibility.
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