PSA: "Dead" games are still playable

[Umbran]

The post I responded to did not say anything about game stores.

Sorry. It said "local game community". Is that difference material to the discussion?

It intimated -- oddly -- that folks were too deluded by social media to want to do anything but the new thing. That wasn't really relevant to my initial post -- which was that despite a game being discontinued or otherwise dead, you can still play it.

You asserted one can find players. He pushed back that finding players can be difficult, because they are engaged with the new bright and shiny thing. Whether it is social media based or not is colorful, but ultimately irrelevant.

How is players being engaged in other things "not relevant" to finding players? It isn't like folks have infinite time for gaming - if they are using that time on the new shiny thing, and don't want to leave it, you can't have them at your table for an old thing, can you?

Note Being wrong about folks being engaged in other things is not the same as saying that engagement isn't relevant to the problem.

 

[MGibster]

In my experience, while it's not impossible to find players for a dead game, it's more of an uphill battle. To start with, it can be somewhat difficult to find players for games other than D&D. And now I'm going to ask them to play a game that's been out of print for who knows how long and they may never have heard of? It gets a lot more difficult to get people to try.

 

[Reynard]

It's the point of folks concern that you seemed to completely have missed.

What? A need for a constant flow of new product? The whole point of my post was to remind people that is unnecessary. The vast majority of work done in RPGs is done by the people at the table, not the companies that create them.

 

[Reynard]

In my experience, while it's not impossible to find players for a dead game, it's more of an uphill battle. To start with, it can be somewhat difficult to find players for games other than D&D. And now I'm going to ask them to play a game that's been out of print for who knows how long and they may never have heard of? It gets a lot more difficult to get people to try.

I did not mean to say or suggest it was automatic. I'm saying they are there.

 

[payn]

What? A need for a constant flow of new product? The whole point of my post was to remind people that is unnecessary. The vast majority of work done in RPGs is done by the people at the table, not the companies that create them.

"your problem doesn't matter because I dont have it." is very tone deaf on the subject.

 

[Reynard]

"your problem doesn't matter because I dont have it." is very tone deaf on the subject.

Seriously? So you disagree with the premise of the thread: a game that is no longer supported is unplayable. Congratulations. Anything else to contribute?

 

[MGibster]

I did not mean to say or suggest it was automatic. I'm saying they are there.

Okay, I guess we can move on to other subjects like what religion the pope is and where bears do their business. I'm being glib, I know, but this is a website where people with more than a passing interest in RPGs come and we all know dead games can be played. When you post something about gaming here, it's an invitation for discussion.

 

[payn]

Okay, I guess we can move on to other subjects like what religion the pope is and where bears do their business. I'm being glib, I know, but this is a website where people with more than a passing interest in RPGs come and we all know dead games can be played. When you post something about gaming here, it's an invitation for discussion.

QFT

 

[Reynard]

Okay, I guess we can move on to other subjects like what religion the pope is and where bears do their business. I'm being glib, I know, but this is a website where people with more than a passing interest in RPGs come and we all know dead games can be played. When you post something about gaming here, it's an invitation for discussion.

Well, it was started in response to people on this site talking about getting rid of their game materials because they think the game will be "killed" by the OGL mess.

 

[CleverNickName]

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