I read an unpublished early draft of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, and in it, the whole Eloi vs Moorlocks thing is just a big 'ol LARP.
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Rpg's dieing out in our life time?
- Thread starter abhorsen950
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Windjammer
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In a recent talk, Erik Mona (to the OP: head of Paizo, a mid field RPG publisher) said this - I paraphrase from memory:
Will the RPG industry go under?
Well, the actual number of products sold in the industry is ca. 10% compared to how much stuff (A)D&D sold during the 80s. On the other hand, the cost to market, print, distribute, and even direct-sell your RPG product has decreased so much since the 80s that that is totally viable.
To the OP (using now my own words again): there is a trend across boardgames and RPG games currently which are cost-heavy in the (plastic) miniatures department. That trend is basically, 'the golden age is over'. In short, we're not going to see production heavy games like Dreamblade or Battlelore or even D&D Miniatures again, at least not soon. The economy was briefly able to sustain such product, but is no longer. Moving from wargames for the reasons you stated to either RPGs or boardgames at this point is basically jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Case in point, the production quality of D&D books beyond the (beautiful! shiny!) cover has deteriorated over the past 3 years significantly.
Will the RPG industry go under?
Well, the actual number of products sold in the industry is ca. 10% compared to how much stuff (A)D&D sold during the 80s. On the other hand, the cost to market, print, distribute, and even direct-sell your RPG product has decreased so much since the 80s that that is totally viable.
To the OP (using now my own words again): there is a trend across boardgames and RPG games currently which are cost-heavy in the (plastic) miniatures department. That trend is basically, 'the golden age is over'. In short, we're not going to see production heavy games like Dreamblade or Battlelore or even D&D Miniatures again, at least not soon. The economy was briefly able to sustain such product, but is no longer. Moving from wargames for the reasons you stated to either RPGs or boardgames at this point is basically jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Case in point, the production quality of D&D books beyond the (beautiful! shiny!) cover has deteriorated over the past 3 years significantly.
Dice4Hire
First Post
I just do not see it. RPGs in computer games will probably last longer and that kind of gaming will get better as the games get more immersive and more complicated.
People will keep writing fantasy, Sci-fi and other kinds of books
And as long as computer games are out there, or there are books to be read, they will keep interest in pen and paper ones alive.
People will keep writing fantasy, Sci-fi and other kinds of books
And as long as computer games are out there, or there are books to be read, they will keep interest in pen and paper ones alive.
abhorsen950
First Post
Cheers guys im looking at buying COC anyway and that will be on the menu 
ExploderWizard
Hero
It should be obvious that if you play and enjoy rpgs until you die then they cannot die before you do.
abhorsen950
First Post
Very good point
