Re: [DL] Looking for Gamers (in all the wrong places)

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

John Goff wrote:

> > 1) The groups in the store are self-sustaining; it's better to have an
> > outside group in a public place 'cause not only do they buy all the books
> > themselves <g>, but we've got deniability with unhappy players/customers.
> > ;-)
> >
>
> While that was a light-hearted post (as you've all probably guessed from
> _everything_ I've posted this morning), after a moment, I realized it
> actually ties into something I've noticed (anecdotally, of course) about
> this hobby.

>
> It seems to me that one person in a group tends to buy most of the books for
> an RPG (not just Deadlands); in the case of my group--which has been running
> for 4 years--it's me <g>. This plays into a lot of things both business and
> creatively for me, so I'd like as much input as you folks would care to
> give.
>

Well, Two people in our group buy ALL the Deadlands & HOE books, but we take
turns marshaling, so it's only fair.  Our players occasionally buy the books...
that or we buy a book or two for the players as b-day or christmas presents,
usually for whichever type of character they are playing.


>
> How many of posses out there just use the Marshal's books?
>
> How many players purchase _only_ the book appropriate to their particular
> character?
>

A couple of our players do.

>
> How many Marshals _don't_ want the players reading the Posse sections in
> each book?
>
> One thing we've always tried to do with our books was set up a "Posse" and a
> "Marshal" section so a player could get some use from the book as well.
>
> Now, obviously, some books (in spite of player info) are purely Marshal
> draws (RVC II comes immediately to mind here) and some don't even have
> player info at all (adventures). What I'm interested in is for
> setting/informational sourcebooks like, say, the Back East and other
> location books, Tales o' Terror, etc.
>
> I doubt we'll change the format, but I'm wondering about the space devoted
> to the Posse section in these works. If only the Marshal is buying/reading
> them, we'd best be serving you guys by reducing the size of the Posse
> sections in these books and _increasing_ the Marshal section.
>

I like the current format, I ust wish there was a way to get them to STOP
reading when they get to the marshal section.  I have one player in particular
who will flip through a book, see something cool and not realize he's reading
the marshal section until I tell him he doesn't know that particular piece of
info in game.

--Dirk


>
> Thoughts?
>
> John
>
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