Comments on: Publishing procedures vs. publishing components http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/69-publishing-procedures-vs-publishing-components Inside the Mind of Thomas Robertson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rich D. http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/69-publishing-procedures-vs-publishing-components/comment-page-1#comment-724 Rich D. Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/66-publishing-procedures-vs-publishing-components#comment-724 Well the main example we have of that out there is minature gaming where it is what you bought and how you paint it that counts! I think most of us would agree that wargames and RPG's are not the same, but miniature games are certainly successful. Ian's thought above makes me think of Cheapass games. Sell the no frills version in a PDF and the deluxe version with all the color coded dice and stuff. Well the main example we have of that out there is minature gaming where it is what you bought and how you paint it that counts! I think most of us would agree that wargames and RPG’s are not the same, but miniature games are certainly successful.

Ian’s thought above makes me think of Cheapass games. Sell the no frills version in a PDF and the deluxe version with all the color coded dice and stuff.

]]> By: Ian Burton-Oakes http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/69-publishing-procedures-vs-publishing-components/comment-page-1#comment-723 Ian Burton-Oakes Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/66-publishing-procedures-vs-publishing-components#comment-723 I am already liking this new short post form a lot. I can read it at a chop, mull, and come back to reread (quickly again) for absorption. Way cool. As to your question--right on. I think rpg's, esp. some of the shorter Forge-style games could totally go this route, for different reasons. In fact, if this could be pushed, I think it could even advance game development--instead of 'found' game components, you could design the components to perfectly fit the rules you envision. Now, what I don't know is how this would play out in terms of costs-to-publish. My intuition is that this may be one of the obstacles to this sort of thing. Imagine 1001 Nights with attractive bowels and a stash of pretty dice, maybe a fancy table cloth (a la Gencon demos) for one nifty route. Imagine dice with game-specific markings for another. I am already liking this new short post form a lot. I can read it at a chop, mull, and come back to reread (quickly again) for absorption. Way cool.

As to your question–right on. I think rpg’s, esp. some of the shorter Forge-style games could totally go this route, for different reasons. In fact, if this could be pushed, I think it could even advance game development–instead of ‘found’ game components, you could design the components to perfectly fit the rules you envision.

Now, what I don’t know is how this would play out in terms of costs-to-publish. My intuition is that this may be one of the obstacles to this sort of thing.

Imagine 1001 Nights with attractive bowels and a stash of pretty dice, maybe a fancy table cloth (a la Gencon demos) for one nifty route. Imagine dice with game-specific markings for another.

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