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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1636068" data-attributes="member: 813">Didn't you ask why don't writters reuse more OGC? I'm not employed by a big RPG company. My own website (which I really need to update, I know) says right at the top: A vanity imprint for veteran gamers. I write for myself. If customers like my work, I make a little extra spending money. If I come up with a way to do something that is different than some other way it has been done it is because I think my way is better. If I didn't think it was better, I would have written it at all.And I am a customer and frankly I prefer to have different spins on various rules. There are a bunch of naval combat rules out there. I can choose the one that works the way I think it should work. I'm not stuck with just one version that I think has a bunch of holes in it. If I was stuck with that one, I'd pitch the whole thing and write my own: which is exactly what I'd do as a writer. But then I've rewritten the rules to games in the past before. I've had house rules that barely resemble the original game in the games I've played. I tinker. I'm a consumer and you're a consumer and we want different things.&nbsp; Maybe the market isn't big enough for the both of us. Or maybe the perfect, reuses to your satisfaction product is just not out yet. Time and sales will tell. I just guess you aren't my customer. C'est la vie. Other people are and that's good enough for me.On the flip side, I'm also all for reuse. I thought I should point that out. If someone else wants to take the time to research OGC and finds my material, they are welcome to reuse it. My stuff is generally 100% open with only the product title and company name PI'd. Just don't ask me to reuse stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 1636068, member: 813"] Didn't you ask why don't writters reuse more OGC? I'm not employed by a big RPG company. My own website (which I really need to update, I know) says right at the top: A vanity imprint for veteran gamers. I write for myself. If customers like my work, I make a little extra spending money. If I come up with a way to do something that is different than some other way it has been done it is because I think my way is better. If I didn't think it was better, I would have written it at all. And I am a customer and frankly I prefer to have different spins on various rules. There are a bunch of naval combat rules out there. I can choose the one that works the way I think it should work. I'm not stuck with just one version that I think has a bunch of holes in it. If I was stuck with that one, I'd pitch the whole thing and write my own: which is exactly what I'd do as a writer. But then I've rewritten the rules to games in the past before. I've had house rules that barely resemble the original game in the games I've played. I tinker. I'm a consumer and you're a consumer and we want different things. Maybe the market isn't big enough for the both of us. Or maybe the perfect, reuses to your satisfaction product is just not out yet. Time and sales will tell. I just guess you aren't my customer. C'est la vie. Other people are and that's good enough for me. On the flip side, I'm also all for reuse. I thought I should point that out. If someone else wants to take the time to research OGC and finds my material, they are welcome to reuse it. My stuff is generally 100% open with only the product title and company name PI'd. Just don't ask me to reuse stuff. [/QUOTE]

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