Re: Adventurers' Guild

From: burgesmw@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 00:13:41 +0000

>>Play Adventurers Guild! No Dark Arenas, no wasted money trying to find a
>>halfway decent rollup from a money munching company like RSI.
>
> 	Sure, have them send me a copy of the rules and a set-up and I'll
> think about it.
>
> 	What's that?  You say I have to lay out good money just to learn
> whether or not I want to play?  And you call RSI money-munching?  If AG
> wants to keep potential players away, charging for a copy of the rules and
> a first-time set-up is the best way to do it.
>
>>Mike Lee
> --
> The Hero Warriors       "The moment had come, I swallowed my gum,
> Veastian Arena          We knew there'd be blood on the sands pretty soon!
> Fighting and Dying      The crowd held its breath, hoping that death
> Since Turn #117         Would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon."

Charging $3.50 for the rules is very fair considering that it is over 30
pages long (double-sided).  That covers postage and handling along with
printing costs and such.  You would be hard pressed to find a game that would
send you the COMPLETE rules free of charge.  If you want, just send a SASE and
ask for the AG pamphlet.  It is just as good as the two page description RSI
gives you.  You only get the sparse rules that RSI gives when you finally do
play.  I don't know where you got this first time set-up charge.  You get
everything you need to play for that $3.50 you send in.  If you decide to play,
send in the adventure creation sheet along with your $9.75 and your character
will fight his first turn in the guild you specify.  If you decide you don't
like the character you made, then start another and don't play the first one.
There is no extra cost to start and make the new character unlike RSI who
charges you to get rid of a character.  That IS money grubbing.

RSI is far more money grubbing than most games.  To start DM, you have to
send in $5.00 just for the over-views and rules compared to AG's $3.50 for the
rules.  With DM you HAVE to play to find out about the game and what the
character sheets look like, etc.  AG has it all laid out in the rules.

You shouldn't talk about a game you have never played or seen and compare it
to a sorry game like DM.  I played DM for over three years so I KNOW all about
the game and CAN compare them.  I also can compare the companies and believe
me, AG blows RSI away as far as customer service and adding innovations to the
game.  DM is STILL the same game it was eight or nine years ago.  Why?  Because
RSI doesn't give a damn because the money keeps coming in.

Matt
a.k.a Crystar from numerous arenas.

Matt stands up.
"I am proud to say that I have been Duelmasters free for one year and nine
   months."

Adventurer's Guild :  Entertainment Plus
                      P.O. Box 2578
                      Appleton, WI
                      54913-2578

References

DM - Lifes in the arena is so unfair.
steve@mhd.moorhead.msus.edu (MORGOTH)
Mon, 03 May 1993 21:57:40 +0000
Re: DM - Lifes in the arena is so unfair.
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Tue, 04 May 1993 06:10:13 +0000
Adventurers' Guild
gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris)
Tue, 04 May 1993 18:06:24 +0000

Referenced By

DM - Lifes in the arena is so unfair.
steve@mhd.moorhead.msus.edu (MORGOTH)
Mon, 03 May 1993 21:57:40 +0000
Re: DM - Lifes in the arena is so unfair.
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Tue, 04 May 1993 06:10:13 +0000
Adventurers' Guild
gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris)
Tue, 04 May 1993 18:06:24 +0000