Re: UK RPGs?

From: casbahcarl@aol.com (CasbahCarl)

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Plod Wrote:

> I've had a few US players, but they tend to want to play either
> megalomaniacs or hippies - some kind of American pshche emerging?

Why on earth would I want to roleplay something I'm in real life? ;)

> That's a surprise - Not saying it's a problem but a surprise as I've
> never thought US players to be big on Roleplaying PBMs. I think,
> though, it probably works better for US players as they're possibly
> more gregarious than their UK cousins.

Well, my guess is that it's a small minority of U.S. PBM'ers who are playing
email RPGs. Based on personal conversations with players and GMs though, I
think it's a growing minority. The UK has a greater number of GMs operating
postal RPGs than we do in the U.S. and, as email RPGs become more common, so do
the opportunities for players to come from this side of the pond. :)

I think there's a vast untapped market in the United States among FTF roleplay
gamers for email games. Unfortunately, the labor-intensive nature of roleplay
gaming makes it a market with limited profit potential for
commercially-oriented GMs. So maybe growth will always be limited to those
willing to GM games mostly as labors of love.

Chuck

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References

Re: UK RPGs?
"Plod" <Wyvern@the-isles.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: UK RPGs?
"Plod" <Wyvern@the-isles.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000