So I am continuing with the #RPGaDAY but I have more exciting news!
The August issue of the Rolemaster Fanzine is now for sale on RPGNow and this is the Shadow World special.
This issue has a reprint of two of my favourite BriH Shadow World articles from the blog, the interview with Terry and chapter one of the Loremaster Legacy, Terry’s novel.
Whilst not RM related I am really pleased to be able to link to my game on Amazon. This is my latest achievement and it is really nice to see the book in print. The PDF and print version should be on OneBookShelf this week and the Kindle edition the week after.
So with that out of the way here are my RPGaDAY questions.
12th Which RPG has the most inspiring interior art?
One of the funny things about these questions is that it makes you think about things that you may otherwise not given a thought to. I think the original MERP art was probably the best I have ever seen and was definitely in keeping with the original LotR books.
13th Describe a game experience that changed how you play.
I think I have told this story before. We were meeting for the first session of a spacemaster game. Rather than all sitting around creating characters together we were split up and the GM started us playing our characters, describing the scenes and we started role playing before the characters were rolled up. The GM shuttled between us nipping from kitchen to living room and I had drawn the short straw and had the bathroom! This was the first time I actually knew my character before I put pen to paper and picked skills. Now I always have that really strong concept before I even start. Incidentally, that was the shortest campaign I ever played in as we all accidentally killed each other at the first meeting after only one character uttered just one word. There had been a sort of cat and mouse game going on with each character thinking they were being followed or were following a bad guy. We ended up in a mexican stand off but with concealed weapons in a taverna until one character who seemed to be oblivious to all of this walked in, came to our table and said “Hello” at which point everyone opened fire. I was using an assault blaster at point blank range and I remember rolling a straight 66 for my critical. I also ended up bleading about 8hits a round from several wounds by the end of the round, stunned and about to pass out. I don’t think anyone survived beyond fire phase A of the first round.
14th Which rpg do you prefer for open-ended campaign play?
This has to be Rolemaster and RMC for me and to further clarify my level-less and profession-less variant. I am not going to bang on about it because you have all heard it before.
Congratulations on the Amazon listing! Was CreateSpace easy to use? I’m planning to list at least something on Amazon at some point and probably via CreateSpace.
Yes it is very easy.
You cannot use the same cover pdf for both OBS and CreateSspace as CreateSpace provide an ISBN and barcode.
The kindle version is taking the most work.
So far what’s been keeping from listing outside of OBS is the OBS exclusivity bonus. It’s only 5%, so I have been waiting to get enough Pathfinder-compatible products that it would probably be worth diversifying, as I plan to go for the Paizo store, Open Gaming Store and Amazon at the same time, even if not with the same products. Perhaps Steve Jackson’s store as well. I only really have one supplement I’d probably list on Amazon at the moment anyway.
I weighed up the idea that the people who are buying RPGs on Amazon are not the same people who buy RPGs at OBS. Therefore the lost of the 5% exclusivity on OBS in return for the potential millions of buyers on Amazon was worth the trade off.