Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
Lot of active fan support for WEG.
What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like?
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MGibster
Legend
Dead to me means the game is no longer in publication. I don't care if people play it. If we go by that standard, there's no way to truly determine if a game is dead because we don't know for sure whether someone is playing it.
"Not published" is too restrictive a metric IMO.
MGibster
Legend
It's the only definition that works. All the others are far too fluffy.
Clap! Clap if you believe in Cyborg Commando! See? It's not dead! It loves, so long as cybernetic warriors fighting alien bugs live in our hearts.
When does it take effect? How do you determine? I can still buy Angel and Buffy RPG books, even though it has been DECADES since they were otherwise supported. Are those game sdead?
bedir than
Full Moon Storyteller
I'm going to be a bit more oblique.
A 'successful' RPG is one that myself or the thought leaders in the industry as well as my table mates want to play again in the near future (even if we don't).
It's not a game we bought once, or played once.
It's a game that we want to keep enjoying, that we keep maybe even buying. It's a game that we continue to want spend our limited time, space and budget on.
A 'successful' RPG is one that myself or the thought leaders in the industry as well as my table mates want to play again in the near future (even if we don't).
It's not a game we bought once, or played once.
It's a game that we want to keep enjoying, that we keep maybe even buying. It's a game that we continue to want spend our limited time, space and budget on.
MGibster
Legend
It's interesting because the introduction of PDFs have made it possible to purchase all sort of games. It's easier for me to get my hands on Oriental Adventures for AD&D today than it was in 1990. I should amend my definition to be games which no longer have new material published for it. It's always possible for someone to cast resurrection on a game for it to come back to life.
Remember, I wrote down one’s that were on the edge of successful or not. Games that clearly are successful, like Shadowdark, don’t need to be on that list.
So a game that is in print with a creator/company that engages with fans, but doesn't produce additional books, is dead?
MGibster
Legend
This thread is supposed to be about successful games not dead games. We have an entire other thread devoted to what makes a game dead. We should probably take the conversation there.
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