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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6234149" data-attributes="member: 92511">True. I am looking/thinking in terms of both the individual/home game...and the greater concern of producing a setting and rpg for public consumption.For the individual/home game, with my own players, I can easily supply a sentence or two of answer to some things...But, as good as I am, I am not capable of being at every home/table who might be interested in the rpg or game setting.[emphasis mine]This is an excellent point. Even with people in the same home game/individual table, the expectations and buy in are an individual-by-individual basis.So, further wonderings:How does one account for that on a grand scale, beyond the individual table? If it is possible at all!I am putting [preparing to put] all of my game and setting "out there" for everyone [who wants] to [hopefully] enjoy. But how does one do this with a reasonable chance of success...when catering to each individual...not just "table" but separate elements [individuals] within a single table? I mean, I don't only mean, financial success...I want people to get interested and intrigued...to want grow, evolve, become more interested with it as I have, as its creator, over time...no small task, I know...or maybe not even a task that is realistically possible and all of this is just mad ramblings brought on by second-guessing.And with the plethora of very good and/or similar options that currently exist in the fantasy/D&D-esque/OGL-type gaming ether, does the amount of buy-in even play a role anymore? Those who are interested in trying something new...just...will. Those happy where they are won't bother?I am not meaning to sound like I am trying to please everyone. I know that is a fool's errand. I have my world and the game that has grown from it...and my years of experience in/with D&D games that have certainly impacted its growth. Some people will love it [again, hopefully] and some people will hate it and some people won't give a damn/say "oh, another one". There's not a lot I can do about that. Orea is what it is/has come to be. If it's not a particular person's cup of tea, no harm no foul. But for the purposes of getting people, who I think might like the game/the style/the setting, to try it out/give it a look-see...is there a "cut off" point of what should be expected? How much [material] is too much...or not enough...to garner interest? Is it even possible to come up with some kind of consensus?I find myself, recently, being overwhelmed with the "what if's" and the "I could do's." [since I can, literally, do anything/do it any way I want]. I am hoping the wisdom of ENworld will show me...not a specific answer, of course...but a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak...a direction or guideline...a north star I might use to navigate by, if you would.</blockquote>

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