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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 9191978" data-attributes="member: 7031982">Would it make economic sense for publishers of OSR games to convert their content (adventures, settings) to other OSR systems?&nbsp; A lot of them already do this to support 5e, but I'm specifically thinking about supporting other...yes, competing...OSR games for three reasons:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The conversion is probably/usually quicker and simpler, both mechanically and conceptually</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The &quot;flavor&quot; of the adventures might appeal more to OSR fans</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Players of other OSR games might both be more aware of the offerings</li>
</ol>I assume one of the reasons this doesn't happen very often is that the publishers, understandably, want to make their own core product more desirable, not enable their competitors.&nbsp; But I wonder to what extent this actually achieves that.&nbsp; I, for one, am not going to switch from my preferred system (Shadowdark) to another OSR system just because I want to run their adventures.&nbsp; I might buy their product and convert it myself, but I would much more likely to buy it if it were already converted.&nbsp; Not just to save me the work, but to save me the trouble of cross-referencing two sources.&nbsp; (Dolmenwood is the specific example I'm thinking of here.&nbsp; I'm very interested in it, but am still sitting on the fence.&nbsp; But I would pounce on a Shadowdark port in a heartbeat.)So not porting the content isn't going to get me to buy the core system, but porting it would increase the likelihood of me at least buying their supplements.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 9191978, member: 7031982"] Would it make economic sense for publishers of OSR games to convert their content (adventures, settings) to other OSR systems? A lot of them already do this to support 5e, but I'm specifically thinking about supporting other...yes, competing...OSR games for three reasons: [LIST=1] [*]The conversion is probably/usually quicker and simpler, both mechanically and conceptually [*]The "flavor" of the adventures might appeal more to OSR fans [*]Players of other OSR games might both be more aware of the offerings [/LIST] I assume one of the reasons this doesn't happen very often is that the publishers, understandably, want to make their own core product more desirable, not enable their competitors. But I wonder to what extent this actually achieves that. I, for one, am not going to switch from my preferred system (Shadowdark) to another OSR system just because I want to run their adventures. I [I]might[/I] buy their product and convert it myself, but I would much more likely to buy it if it were already converted. Not just to save me the work, but to save me the trouble of cross-referencing two sources. (Dolmenwood is the specific example I'm thinking of here. I'm very interested in it, but am still sitting on the fence. But I would pounce on a Shadowdark port in a heartbeat.) So not porting the content isn't going to get me to buy the core system, but porting it would increase the likelihood of me at least buying their supplements. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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