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<blockquote data-quote="RevTurkey" data-source="post: 7735554"><p>I would have done something radical and different in terms of presentation or possibly gone ultra safe and made a cut down DF box set (where the box was small and fit the components) using the GURPS Lite rules as a basis and then a glossy hard back or couple of hardbacks containing the full, deeper ruleset. Pretty much like D&D have done with several editions and 5th. As I said before...I think it was also a confidence problem...they were almost saying they were going to dump the game before they even had it available to buy. No vision presented for the line going forward. Utter fail from a marketing point of view. It might have been truthful business information they presented about the product they were determined to create but it wasn’t going to inspire customers. The GuRPS line seems too much like either vainty work or badly planned production. I have bought 5 copies of the 4th Edition and never used them...always selling them on and then repeating. The main reason? The crazy lack of a basic monster manual or bestiary type thing. I don’t particulalry want to convert old material either. Books on everything under the sun but nothing on the most time consuming part of the system...making characters/npcs/creatures....you know the bit that needs support the most. I think GURPS was awesome with the original box sets and was a game changer...with amazing support as well. The DF set has included a bestiary which is a massive plus and is why I will get it sometime for the right price...I may even run it this time...it’s just a shame thinking of how much more impact this game could have had on the market. They got a good amount of money from Kickstarter to reduce risk but were not willing to pay that trust back with a bit of risk taking of their own. Oh well. Hopefully SJG will rally, learn from mistakes and impress us all will what they produce next <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RevTurkey, post: 7735554"] I would have done something radical and different in terms of presentation or possibly gone ultra safe and made a cut down DF box set (where the box was small and fit the components) using the GURPS Lite rules as a basis and then a glossy hard back or couple of hardbacks containing the full, deeper ruleset. Pretty much like D&D have done with several editions and 5th. As I said before...I think it was also a confidence problem...they were almost saying they were going to dump the game before they even had it available to buy. No vision presented for the line going forward. Utter fail from a marketing point of view. It might have been truthful business information they presented about the product they were determined to create but it wasn’t going to inspire customers. The GuRPS line seems too much like either vainty work or badly planned production. I have bought 5 copies of the 4th Edition and never used them...always selling them on and then repeating. The main reason? The crazy lack of a basic monster manual or bestiary type thing. I don’t particulalry want to convert old material either. Books on everything under the sun but nothing on the most time consuming part of the system...making characters/npcs/creatures....you know the bit that needs support the most. I think GURPS was awesome with the original box sets and was a game changer...with amazing support as well. The DF set has included a bestiary which is a massive plus and is why I will get it sometime for the right price...I may even run it this time...it’s just a shame thinking of how much more impact this game could have had on the market. They got a good amount of money from Kickstarter to reduce risk but were not willing to pay that trust back with a bit of risk taking of their own. Oh well. Hopefully SJG will rally, learn from mistakes and impress us all will what they produce next :) [/QUOTE]
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