OGC Wiki?

[philreed]

Personally, I'd rather see phil hold the individual pieces till a full book is ready, then cut the pieces out and sell both as an option. 1 whole book fully ready for $12, each piece $1.35. That way you have the option to buy it how you want it.

I have done this in the past.

But at this point, my ONLY option is to pay thru the teeth and still have a jumbled mess of PDFs to get what amounts to 1 book. All I want is the option, not saying phil shouldn't put out the individuals for those that want it. Phil takes the advice of those who wanted singles, but I've asked many times for the opposite and I am ignored. I'm not good enough to be a Ronin Arts customer, I guess.

No, you have the option of waiting for collections. Ronin Arts does make collections of smaller PDFs -- and on a fairly regular basis.

I use the process that I do because experience has shown me what works best for Ronin Arts as a company and for my continued ability to devote my time to the game industry.

 

[jezter6]

Well then let's get to the heart of the matter.

If you took all the game mechanics out out of Grim Tales and posted it for free, what do you suppose would be the effect on my sales?

I would imagine you might lose some sales, but the 3rd party market is SO niche and fanboyish that I don't think it would destroy you. Plus, I think it could raise interest in other books like Slavelords (which I've still yet to see in a store although I want it).

Obviously OGC heavy products will be affected in a proportional manner. Phil's products would be affected in the same way. Same with Gareth.

I think RPGO would survive because they have a very healthy balance of setting/fluff and mechanics.

 

[jezter6]

I have done this in the past.




No, you have the option of waiting for collections. Ronin Arts does make collections of smaller PDFs -- and on a fairly regular basis.

I use the process that I do because experience has shown me what works best for Ronin Arts as a company and for my continued ability to devote my time to the game industry.

Collections (by most publishers at least) are usually a collection of PDF's instead of a single document with a standard theme/content. If this is not the case, then I am willing to look more into it.

Second, collections usually don't come out till after 10 or so products come out, which could be 2 or 3 months to have to wait for the material. If I wanted to wait for material, I'd wait till an OGC wiki came out and never buy anything.

You are doing what works best for you, and I do respect that. I also have the ability to not like the fact. People here complain about WotC and prices and distribution model all the time, and the world hasn't fallen apart for them, so I wouldn't worry about my criticism of your model.

 

[philreed]

Collections (by most publishers at least) are usually a collection of PDF's instead of a single document with a standard theme/content. If this is not the case, then I am willing to look more into it.

I've done both. For example, I'll soon be starting on the Future: Datastream collection. This will be a (I think, haven't put it together yet) 176-page product that collects everything that was sent to Datastream subscribers in 2005. This will be available in PDF and print (and subscribers will get the chance to order a limited hardcover version at cost).

 

[jezter6]

Color me interested.

 

[Man-thing]

Color me interested.

There done.

Woo Woo, at cost hardcover to go with my Forbidden Arcana HC.

 

[Pinotage]

There done.

Woo Woo, at cost hardcover to go with my Forbidden Arcana HC.

Now all we need to do it tie Bret to a chair so he can finish enough Behind the Spells pdf to release a compilation of those in pdf. That I'd buy, but the short pdfs are just too many and too short.

Pinotage

 

[Man-thing]

Or a subscription...

Dancing lights is waiting to be activated now.

 

[philreed]

Or a subscription...

We're finalizing subscription plans for the series.

 

[Pinotage]

We're finalizing subscription plans for the series.

Hmm. I think I'd still prefer a 150 page pdf to 50 4 page pdfs which is rather unmanagable. I bought Magic Missile to see if I liked the idea, but I think I'll wait before buying any others to see if a compilation comes out.

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