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Frankto:

--- Quote from: g33k on May 17, 2023, 09:44:39 PM ---The novels still get action, particularly the free-ranging speculations & "WAGs" of the "Spoilers" thread.

But, yeah.  Without an active marketing campaign from Evil Hat, the DFRPG line is slowly fading.    :-\

Gamers often like to point out that an older game doesn't "die;" those rules that were fun to play still are fun to play.... but ... when a publisher turns their back on a game, this slow slide into obscurity keeps happening over and over again.
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Someone should do something about that!

(he says, as he is slowly doing something about that)

g33k:

--- Quote from: Frankto on May 17, 2023, 09:47:05 PM ---Someone should do something about that!

(he says, as he is slowly doing something about that)
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Just by talking on the forum, we are doing something!   ;)

But honestly, gamers keep trying other games.  A campaign ends, and they're in the mood for a change, gonna go do an OSR hexcrawl, or a 4color-supers, or what-have-you.

Without the books on the shelves of FLGS's, without active chatter on big fora such as ENworld & RPG.net, etc... there isn't a constant stream of new players, and the prod of older ones to reconsider "yeah, that was game a ton of fun, gonna do another one!" just isn't there.

Wendell_Burke:
Yeah, it's a shame. I love a lot of older games and I've given up mentioning them because whenever I do, the other person immediately suggests playing a newer game of the same genre, and I have a lot of issues with newer game design. I've also just wanted to have a stable long term group that would just keep going with a single game, maybe taking a break from time to time switching to an alternate game, but always back to the other. Continuity has always been super important to me in rpgs.

Frankto:

--- Quote from: Wendell_Burke on May 23, 2023, 02:19:39 AM ---Yeah, it's a shame. I love a lot of older games and I've given up mentioning them because whenever I do, the other person immediately suggests playing a newer game of the same genre, and I have a lot of issues with newer game design. I've also just wanted to have a stable long term group that would just keep going with a single game, maybe taking a break from time to time switching to an alternate game, but always back to the other. Continuity has always been super important to me in rpgs.
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I feel that! I'm working on a project right now to try and put something up on DTRPG. Free book, who can argue with that, right? May as well look up more about the game. At least that's the idea.

Do you play online or in meatspace? There's a non-zero amount of activity on the Fate RPG Discord server. Game looking for players right now if you're into that sort of thing.

Wendell_Burke:
I hope your book does well! My preference is for face to face games in the real world, such that it is. I play a bit on-line, but it's difficult to find the things I'm looking for. I tried the Dresden Files discord but that was a dud. I haven't tried the Fate discord, but every time I mention Dresden Files to anyone on line, the original game is ruled out immediately as 'too complicated' and Accelerated is pushed, and I already think the original is too simple.

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