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I stopped by the booth briefly on Thursday, but everyone was messing around with Starfinder and I didn't have a lot of time so I didn't talk to anyone.
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Thanks, Parody - that's what I needed.
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@ruhdar & Parody ....Sorry I missed u both. Maybe next year...
@Parody did see some car wars love going on at Lucas Oil old games area. Did manage to get my "youngsters" into a 2e D&D game (they ares still rubbing their head on THACO hehehe) and abit of chainmail jousting.... and for me.... a bit of Dawn Patrol with Mike Carr (the creator) moderating.. so that was very nostalgic. D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire Last edited by Dark Lord Galen; August 24th, 2017 at 04:53 PM. Reason: Corrected Mike for Parody.. some are sticklers on abbreviated names & wasn't certain |
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I sat in on the Realm Works 101 Streamlined on Friday and the Herolab on Saturday and didn't see any evidence that they were filming.. but I have known to fail my spot check... hehe: I was scheduled to go to the content market one you mentioned, but opted to skip and spend time with Tim Kask, Mike Carr, and Luke Gygax, for me a no brainer trade. One "interesting thing" I observed in the Friday RW seminar was at the beginning. Joe polled the audience (22 people) and asked: 1> How many were players? 1 2> How many were DMs(GMs) 21 3> How many used RW for Novel / Story Writing? 1 4> How many purchase pre-made modules for their gaming table? 2 5> How many create their own game / campaign worlds?18 6> How many use a campaign setting? 3 The most interesting one I found was #4, and IF it's a microcosm of the large community it flies in the face of RW business model for purchase content. The big (and long endured) push for the Content market against this small sampling shows a possible contradiction. Based on that impromptu poll, DMs aren't using prepackaged modules for their campaign worlds. They are using their own, others, cannibalizing, and generic ones that they "shoe-horn" into their worlds. This would suggest the negotiated IP with publishers might be a separate issue than the sharing of info where the demand truly is. Now not suggesting that anyone's submissions don't require protecting, but I would think that is a bit more simplistic than the IP / Licensing dealing with the publishers. Now economically, there would certainly be the cash flow that LW needs from the publishers that may not be equaled by private submission. I just found it odd that the snippet of attendees and their wants, needs, and use was contrary to what RW has been working these last few years toward. For myself, I'm unlikely to purchase pre-made publisher items since my world (Greyhawk) has been shelved by hazbro for some time now. I would be more likely to use it to swap with other "GHers" or game mechanic piece if I used the content market at all. So the market has far less value for me than the other items that have been continually deferred. How did you see the one you attended? D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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The flip side, of course, is that GMs who want to use prepackaged content can't do so with the current version. Until there's a means and a sufficient amount of available content, they may not be interested in Realm Works at all.
It makes me wonder what the responses would have been at panels for other products. (Also whether they could draw more than 22 people out of the 60,000-80,000 who attended.) Hope you had a good time at the con! Mine was mildly disappointing, but that's how it goes. Last edited by Parody; August 26th, 2017 at 08:30 AM. |
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I think the concern is that the present users of RW are only those who do it themselves.
The crowd, which IME is the majority of GM's, who buy everything and simply run what they buy have no use for RW until they can buy modules and AP's in RW format so why would they even go to as RW seminar? If you want a taste of the numbers difference go to the PFS ballroom or D&D AL hall at the next GenCon. Ask around in there. Many of those guys play nothing but the organized play campaign and even the ones who play outside of it still only play pre made stuff. The number of GM's who custom make their own worlds and adventures is really quite small. my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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