Comments on: Are high costs preventing younger players from trying RPG’s? http://namelesskingdom.com/2009/07/16/are-high-costs-preventing-younger-players-from-trying-rpgs/ Home of Custom RPG's and other Games Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:28:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ambrose http://namelesskingdom.com/2009/07/16/are-high-costs-preventing-younger-players-from-trying-rpgs/comment-page-1/#comment-544 ambrose Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:47:20 +0000 http://namelesskingdom.com/?p=496#comment-544 I actually really enjoyed GURPS lite. So much so, in fact, that I bough the core book and ran a Zombie campaign That brings up an excellent point about free products as marketing, too. Maybe sometime next week I'll hit that. I actually really enjoyed GURPS lite. So much so, in fact, that I bough the core book and ran a Zombie campaign That brings up an excellent point about free products as marketing, too. Maybe sometime next week I’ll hit that.

]]> By: Critical Failure http://namelesskingdom.com/2009/07/16/are-high-costs-preventing-younger-players-from-trying-rpgs/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Critical Failure Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:39:03 +0000 http://namelesskingdom.com/?p=496#comment-541 I can agree with you to some extent. I'm far from a "younger gamer" and even I have a hard time justifying $45 for a new sourcebook. The bigger problem is that many of the lower cost or free gaming systems are uncommon. I remember getting a popular free RPG system off BBS's back in the day, and never being able to use it. I resorted to just buying AD&D second edition, so I could at least meet others who gamed. Thankfully, GURPS Lite exists now, which gives a great entrance to gaming. The rules translate directly to the "full" game as well. If one goes on the SJGames forums, you can get complete adventures and campains for use with GURPS Lite (and even Ultra Lite). What would really help getting younger people into gaming would be more exposure to the free systems put out by the larger companies like WotC and SJGames. .-= Critical Failure´s last blog ..<a href="http://criticalfailuregame.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/an-interview-with-cptcylde/" rel="nofollow">An Interview with CptCylde</a> =-. I can agree with you to some extent. I’m far from a “younger gamer” and even I have a hard time justifying $45 for a new sourcebook.

The bigger problem is that many of the lower cost or free gaming systems are uncommon. I remember getting a popular free RPG system off BBS’s back in the day, and never being able to use it. I resorted to just buying AD&D second edition, so I could at least meet others who gamed.

Thankfully, GURPS Lite exists now, which gives a great entrance to gaming. The rules translate directly to the “full” game as well. If one goes on the SJGames forums, you can get complete adventures and campains for use with GURPS Lite (and even Ultra Lite).

What would really help getting younger people into gaming would be more exposure to the free systems put out by the larger companies like WotC and SJGames.
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]]> By: ambrose http://namelesskingdom.com/2009/07/16/are-high-costs-preventing-younger-players-from-trying-rpgs/comment-page-1/#comment-539 ambrose Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:46:56 +0000 http://namelesskingdom.com/?p=496#comment-539 Well, it's not exactly like I don't have an interest in expanding awareness of free games... But maybe you're right. I'm coming to believe that most parents will buy their kids what they want, which gets to a problem with lack of imagination that I'll save for when I'm much, much older and have earned the right to bitch about the new generation. I personally prefer dusty, canvas-bound, used books with character to a brand new book, but hey, I'll settle for being unusual. Well, it’s not exactly like I don’t have an interest in expanding awareness of free games…

But maybe you’re right. I’m coming to believe that most parents will buy their kids what they want, which gets to a problem with lack of imagination that I’ll save for when I’m much, much older and have earned the right to bitch about the new generation. I personally prefer dusty, canvas-bound, used books with character to a brand new book, but hey, I’ll settle for being unusual.

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