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I had played in a campaign when I was younger where all the player's principle PCs had their hands in key positions in the leading guild's that dominated the eastern third of the continent. None of the guild's ruled the city states directly, but the leading guild's had so much power that many of...

>>Stephen King characters are absolutely in the running. Who else wrote memorable novels in the 80's and 90's?<< Only literary characters and only for 80's literature... Ok, I'll make a 10 person league. Make it the "10 who were Taken" from Glen Cook's Black Company novels. If they can avoid...

I agree that super heroes and high tech futuristic characters are right out. So too are characters like Buffy only because they come from a world a bit too "super natural" in general premise than ours. My potential candidates would be: James Bond 6 Million Dollar Man Jet Li (pick any of his...

The Guild of Blades Publishing Group celebrates its 13th anniversary with a great 1 week sale, starting Monday Feb, 19th. In Feb of 1994 the Guild of Blades launched its first publication with its own club zine. Feb 19th of 1997 saw the release of Grunt 2nd Edition and the Guild's initial...

Merchants.... And they spread their stories via gossip as they met and camped with other travelers and a bit with customers. Customers would almost always inquire of merchants what was happening from hence the merchant had just come. Ryan S. Johnson Guild of Blades Publishing Group...

>>I don't think any game company is going to break into Role Playing with the luck and impetus that TSR did. Anything you set up will be a long haul but your customers will really be your customers. Business sense to me would dictate that for now D20 is a necessary publishing element. That...

>>Just wanted to jot down a quick thank you to both Ryans for sharing your insight into the market. I find it very fascinating, and disturbing at the same time. You would think an industry full of nerds would be on the cutting edge of information management and use of technology. But having been...

>>Which begs the question; Should the publishers tolerate (or even encourage) retailers to be able to stock their products if they can't demonstrate some minimal level of retailing competence? Or should they act to raise the bar, perhaps losing a lot of "new business", but being more likely to...

>>It might be better for your company, specifically, for retailers to deal directly with manufacturers/publishers but this simply is not the case for the retailers themselves.<< When the retailer can double their year end profit by doing so, yeah, its better for them. The extra labor that...

I did not mean to suggest the retailers themselves are lazy. I realize that most are hard working independent businessmen. But...in most retail fields they always teach "get as close to the source as possible", ala, remove the middle men when possible. The reasons for this are the usual, better...

>>Are there contractual agreements in place that prevent manufacturers from directly dealing with retailers? Or is dealing with retailers just an enormous hassle better left to a third party?<< No contractual obligations that limit it. However, distributors tend to lose what little motivation...

>>Ryan, What do you see lacking with the current distributors of RPG material? What business tools (new or othewise) do you feel a "new" distributor could bring to the publishers and retailers?<< Not sure which Ryan you were addressing, but I'll take the questions just the same. What is...

>>Because the lack of a distributor would crush every small company in existence. Do you enjoy purchase stuff from small companies like mine?<< Thats simply not true. The Guild of Blades is still a fairly company and we have been operating without the use of any game distributors in North...

Advertising Sales Reps Needed, The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is looking for commissioned advertising sales reps to help us sell a growing volume of internet ad inventory for our Empires of History Online Gaming Network. If you have print advertising sales experience that will be regarded...

We get a literal metric ton of submissions every year. Both in e-mails and in hard copies sent to us. This in spite that our company page at our site is fairly specific in the very limited materials and information we are interested in seeing. As such, all submissions that fall under a category...

The Guild of Blades now intends to set up its own web store for its growing PDF catalog. Bill, What I would like most for a PDF merchant option is something super simple like Paypal with a block of code I can drop into our own site's PHP templates. Then when orders go through Paypal the...

>>RPGNow: For publishers who are more geared towards making money and stay inside the box. RPGEdge: People who play this game and not afraid to go outside the box because they have a day job supporting them.<< I found this statement funny, as it really does not accurately represent the vast...

The War to End All Wars PDF now available! The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce that its best selling board game, The War to End All Wars, has now been released in PDF format and is now available at RPGNow for just $6.99...

Dice Armies Miniatures Game Now Available! Hi everyone. The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce it has released Dice Armies, a fast paced miniatures gaming system in PDF format for only $1.79. In Dice Armies players use dice as miniatures and build armies out of dice types...

Hi Everyone, In our efforts to update and revive the Dark Realms Role Playing Universe game line in PDF format, we are happy to announce that the Barony of Chaos fantasy adventure for the Dark Realms is now available for only $1.00...