Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Discussion Thread

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

1) There was a physical CD-ROM for GURPS Character Assistant produced when GURPS 4th Edition first came out. I have no idea how many pressings the CD-ROM sold.
2) The sales for GCA were hovering around 6,200 when the merger with Warehouse 23 happened.

I stand corrected on both counts; my memory was hazy for the latter, and I never saw the former. Still, I wonder how many forumites have bought GCA, and how many have not, and see if that fraction, assuming it's representative of GURPS players as a whole, can let us know how many GURPS players there are.

[lachimba]

Originally Posted by Nymdok

I find that really odd. I wonder how many GURPS fans DONT come to the forums?

Most of them?

Though that does raise how they found out about DFRPG. Which goes to my earlier point. Just telling one or two people about DFRPG outside of the forums was enough to significantly boost sales in your local area.

Anyway SJ Games now has a lot of data to at least have an opinion of how those supporters found out.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Owen Smith

That said, my postings on this thread have more than doubled my postings for this year. And the way the moderation is done here is almost enough to drive me away to be honest. We're not supposed to discuss moderation I'm told, but since it affects my desire to participate it feels on topic for this current discussion.

On the other hand moderation here is why I am here as much as I am.
A lot of other places are too annoying to bother with. Flaming and personal attacks are one thing most people think about but thread derailment is a pet peeve. It is annoying to follow a thread about an idea when there are tons of side topics to wade through.

[Refplace]

So for those who ddint get the email about the update.
Looks like the authors for all the extra books are picked and just waiting on the details.

[kmunoz]

Originally Posted by lachimba

Though that does raise how they found out about DFRPG.

Not really. Kickstarter gives you recommendations. If you've backed other RPGs in the past it would have shown you DFRPG. And there are a lot of other venues (FB, Twitter, etc.) for GURPS to pop up on.

~1,600 backers is also not a very large number.

[Nemoricus]

Originally Posted by Refplace

So for those who ddint get the email about the update.
Looks like the authors for all the extra books are picked and just waiting on the details.

I'm glad to hear that the SJ Games staff are getting rested and recharged, because it seems like they have a lot of work ahead of them. Over four hundred pages of material to be edited, three entirely new supplements to be written, maps to make, dice and bases to produce...

It's actually kind of impressive that they're shooting for a May 2017 release, given all that.

[lachimba]

Originally Posted by kmunoz

Not really. Kickstarter gives you recommendations. If you've backed other RPGs in the past it would have shown you DFRPG. And there are a lot of other venues (FB, Twitter, etc.) for GURPS to pop up on.

~1,600 backers is also not a very large number.

Well I got nothing from Twitter, FB or any other social media other than KH and RPK.

Also I got nothing from Kickstarter despite ONLY supporting RPGs. Kickstarter has never emailed or messaged me and I don't go there without a reason. Instead i get ads on FB for KS products that look like they belong in an in-flight magazine. Wow a backpack, wow a revolutionary jacket.

My friend for example has never used Kickstarter. He found out from me messaging him.

So I think a little more investigation and speculation is warranted.

[Nemoricus]

From the way that backers seem to be clustered geographically, my own guess is that word of mouth was perhaps the largest factor in who backed this project.

[Highland_Piper]

Is it May yet? I'm very excited for this and that is saying something as I don't normally get excited anymore. I'm trying to find a way to cut my current campaign so it finishes in June next year so I can get everyone to use the new DF.

[lachimba]

Originally Posted by Nemoricus

From the way that backers seem to be clustered geographically, my own guess is that word of mouth was perhaps the largest factor in who backed this project.

Or it's just that GURPS players are clustered in the first place.

In Australia the vast majority live in ten cities. And if you didnt live in one of those cities you would never have seen GURPS on display because there were never any FLGS outside of those cities.