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As you probably know, EN World is a very popular website - and it costs a LOT of money to keep running from month to month. To that end, there are a bunch of "monetized" aspects to the site - from Community Supporter accounts to EN Publishing products and advertising opportunities.
Unfortunately, revenue from all areas has dropped to almost nothing in recent months. This may be because of the economy, or some other factor, but it's certainly taking its toll! Unfortunately, costs haven't reduced to compensate!
So this post is an appeal of sorts. If there's anything EN World offers that you've been putting off buying, or if you weren't aware of the range of things we do to raise funds, think of this as kind of a reminder. Naturally, EN World will always be free to use; these things are, and always will be, optional; but we very much appreciate when folks choose to spend some of their hard earned gaming budget here on EN World and help keep this site running!
With that in mind, here's a brief breakdown of the various things we do to raise funds. If any of these appeal to you, please do not hesitate! We appreciate that in this economic climate there are fewer funds to go round, but we'd ask you to consider whether you get enough from EN World to consider investing in it as part of your gaming budget, and whether the site's existence has as much value to you as, say, another RPG book or some miniatures.
First up, we have EN Publishing, EN World's publishing arm. EN Publishing produces a bunch of stuff. From EN World's affiliate storefront on RPGNow, you can buy PDFs for both 4E and 3.5 - ove rht e years we've produced over a hundred of them! Not least of these is the War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga, a 12-part adventure path, which is available in both D&D 3.5 and 4E versions! But that's not all - ENP has produced dozens of excellent sourcebooks for D&D 3.5, some of which are critically acclaimed, and many of which have been bestellers in the past.
Community Supporter Accounts are another great way to support the site. They get you a few perks such as use of the search feature, a custom usertitle and avatar, and allow you to switch off ads. And, even better, there's a special sale on for EN World's 10-year anniversary if you pick up the 3-year Community Supporter Account!
Advertising! If you're a plublisher or retailer, you may appreciate the advertising opportunities EN World has to offer. From banner ads to ads in a targetted newsletter going out to nearly 85,000 RPG fans, you can use EN World to get you message across and support the site at the same time.
Our RPGNow affiliate store is another way to support the site. If you're buying a PDF from RPGNow or DTRPG, consider using EN World's affiliate store instead. It's the exact same store, with the exact same products for the exact same price, but EN World gets a small percentage of the sale - essentally enabling you to suppor tthe site at no cost to yourself!
Please consider these options - and remember that every little helps, especially in this economic climate.
Finally, if you are feeling particularly generous, we are always very grateful for donations! We can accept them via PayPal to russmorrissey@gmail.com (if you have a couple of useless doallars hanging around in your PayPal account, this is a good way to get rid of them!)
Alternatively, simply click on the button below to donate. You DON'T need a PayPal account - a debit or credit card will be fine!
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope it hasn't been too intrusive, and that you consider diverting some of your gaming budget towards your (hopefully!) favourite RPG website!
Donation sent, with my thanks for the most awesome site from here to across the street from me (going clockwise around the earth first, of course ).
__________________ "Conversely, I'm amazed at the number of people queueing up to tell people that don't like 4e that they are wrong. Why can't people just agree to disagree, and get on with actually playing the game?" --Delericho
If there's one dragon, it's a solo monster.
If there's five dragons, they're standard monsters.
If there's a dozen dragons, either most of them are minions or your DM is tired of the campaign.
--Lizard
I need to remember to go through ENWorld when I buy PDF's. I have over $100.00 worth in my cart for October.
My "loaded cart" will still show up when I go through ENWorld, right?
Edit: Why yes it does!
__________________ It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. NEVER hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, IF it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters give in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Volumes, YOU are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a WHOLE first, your CAMPAIGN next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons as it was meant to be. May you find as much pleasure in so doing as the rest of us do.
Its that significant?!? Dang! I will have to make sure I remember to go via ENWorld for my PDF purchases, if I had you guys would be close to $100 better off over the past year if I had.
Then again, I think I bought most of my Fat Dragon stuff via his links here on ENWorld, so I think you did get most, if not all, of those sales.
So for you PDF companies out there! When you post product releases give ENWorld store links for the PDF's!
Which I think most of them have done. So maybe I have bought more via the ENWorld store than I initially thought. I wonder if I can find that out via my purchase histories? Time to go look.
__________________ It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. NEVER hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, IF it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters give in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Volumes, YOU are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a WHOLE first, your CAMPAIGN next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons as it was meant to be. May you find as much pleasure in so doing as the rest of us do.
Its that significant?!? Dang! I will have to make sure I remember to go via ENWorld for my PDF purchases, if I had you guys would be close to $100 better off over the past year if I had.
Just imagine how different the situation would be if a hundred of our 85,000 members thought like that!
Just imagine how different the situation would be if a hundred of our 85,000 members thought like that!
yeah, I imagine $10,000 would be darn helpful.
__________________ It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. NEVER hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, IF it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters give in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Volumes, YOU are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a WHOLE first, your CAMPAIGN next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons as it was meant to be. May you find as much pleasure in so doing as the rest of us do.
I'm old, I'm a scientist and an engineer, I'm a retired military man ... and I haven't yet been able to "get into" 4E (I've tried and I keep trying). I actually let my Community Supporter account lapse over the summer, while I thought about these sorts of issues.
I've decided this place is worth supporting. Even if I never really "get" 4E, ENWorld is a place that should remain open; a neutral zone where everyone who cares about any RPG and especially any version of D&D can come to talk, to discuss, and even to vent (just a bit).
I've just popped for a 3 year CS account, and I'll remember to purchase my pdfs through Morrus.
Ah man, if I had known that I could have bought my PDFs through ENWorld I would have.
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DM: [shouting] You cannot interrupt the DM's description of the room in order to gain a surprise round! - Joshua Randall
Books used last session - 3.5 Core Set, ELH, SC, PH2, MIC and many ideas yoinked from EN World.
Money sent for 3. Can I change my customizable User Title daily, filling it with varying, randomized nonsense words to increase (to 100%?) the portion of the userbase who doubt my sanity?
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