tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post1379235850566219088..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: Incompetent Game Writers Demanding We Pay Them More for the Games They Can't Earn a Living onRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-41920185010346038092016-05-11T08:55:55.834-04:002016-05-11T08:55:55.834-04:00And either way M&M is so poorly written and ed...And either way M&M is so poorly written and edited that my group gave up trying to play it and went back to the usual super hero game. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-90907803537795672782016-05-11T00:20:24.785-04:002016-05-11T00:20:24.785-04:00When I was 22, I would have LOVED to pull down $50...When I was 22, I would have LOVED to pull down $50K with health insurance just for designing games. Really. But understand, I was newly married to my beautiful wife of 26 years and couldn't just demand that the universe meet me on my own terms... <br /><br />This is just the responsible thing to do. So I joined the Air Force, because my family was more important to me than having them go without basic needs so I could pursue a dream.<br /><br />I worked really hard, became a military weather forecaster and, eventually, earned two degrees, got a commission, and became an Air Force weather officer. I also deployed to Iraq with the Army and sustained a disabling combat injury in 2003. <br /><br />I'm medically retired now with a spinal cord injury. I walk with a cane and visit the emergency room on a semi-regular basis...<br /><br />But I'm drawing disability retirement and rated 100% by the VA, which is a good thing, since my working days are behind me, and I'd have a hard time putting in a 4-hour workday.<br /><br />However, I CAN self-publish RPG rules, since I set my own hours and can take two weeks off at a time. Robyn's just terrific, and I really couldn't have done any of this without her. We aren't paying the rent with game design, but we ARE getting steady enough royalties to be treat when they hit the mail, and we owe it all to our fans, who AREN'T cheapskates. And we appreciate THEM. Olde House Ruleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672388784118015345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-91771149833537370422016-05-10T15:46:36.157-04:002016-05-10T15:46:36.157-04:00Well technically Stephen Kenson wrote most of M&am...Well technically Stephen Kenson wrote most of M&M. And a lot of the game is still open. You just can't use Freedom City. That is a pretty common practice really. Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-33836129542972620792016-05-10T10:57:47.939-04:002016-05-10T10:57:47.939-04:00Chris is actually a very good game writer. Mutants...Chris is actually a very good game writer. Mutants & Masterminds is my favorite supers game, however, my issue was he used the OGL to publish this games, but did not make his gaming materials open so other publishers could use his game materials and maps for their games.<br /><br />So he used OGL to publish M&M, but the way he did it, I can't publish OGL map updates and adventures for the M&M game world (Freedom City). That is lame to the extreme, and has held me back from buying any new GR stuff the last five or six years or so.GameDaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106807777418881710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-50422160065558187912016-05-10T08:56:50.953-04:002016-05-10T08:56:50.953-04:00$30 is a bargain. I may buy it even with no plans ...$30 is a bargain. I may buy it even with no plans to use it anytime soon just because it looks so damn good and has such universally good reviews. <br /><br />If we all got to choose how much we were paid, no one would have a job except those with extremely low self-esteem or incredible realists. I'd be getting at least twice what I am now. What a fantasy. If he doesn't like the money, he can always quit. At least in a free society. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-57413844204704793822016-05-10T07:36:00.428-04:002016-05-10T07:36:00.428-04:00I bought Maze of the Blue Medusa for $5, which is ...I bought Maze of the Blue Medusa for $5, which is £3.46 in the UK. That would buy me a pint in local city bar. I could pay around $28, or £20 for Hoard of the Dragon Queen, which is by all accounts a much, much worse piece of work. Quality creators are creating amazing stuff at a cheaper price point than some of the big publishers, so I'm more inclined to invest my money in supporting more third party publishers because bigger ones are essentially pricing themselves out of the market.<br /><br />Not sure I have a point here, but I could use a pint. Scott Malthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028866803584444828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-40143657580434588882016-05-10T05:55:04.921-04:002016-05-10T05:55:04.921-04:00I consider myself lucky to be able to spend maybe ...I consider myself lucky to be able to spend maybe 150/200 bucks a month on RPG stuff. That total isn't going to change, regardless of the pricing of RPG books. I have kids, a car, a mortgage and so on. <br />Should the pricing increase, it will only mean I'll be able to by fewer books, so supporting fewer publishers/designers.<br />Kyorouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039756343930755030noreply@blogger.com