Re: Charging for rules

From: Mark Wardell <PNMarkW2@aol.com>

Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 19:29:26 +0000

jonmmorris@aol.comnospam (John Morris) wrote:
> Good point.
>
> I run a closed-ended conquer-the-world type game.  Too many inactive
players
> can harm that type of game so I do all that I can to weed out the
> marginally-interested players before they join.
> I'd rather run one game full of interested players than many games
half-filled
> with dropouts.
> I have found it helpful to post lots of free information (rules,
sample
> turnsheets, newsletters, game-in-progress information, prices, etc.)
on the
> website so prospective players can qualify themselves.
>
> If I were running a role-playing game I might think differently.
There's much
> less harm if someone pays for a bunch of turns they never use.

I couldn't agree more. A closed-ended game must do what it can to make
sure that as many players as possible will finish the game. If half
drop out by turn five then what have you got left? (I know, the other
half of the players *grin*). The game I run right now is an endless
game, so having players drop out after five turns while a pain is no
big deal in game terms. In the next few months (how long have I been
saying that?) we'll be finishing a revision of my game and one of the
additions will help recycle inactive positions.

Bringing this back to charging for rules perhaps an option for a closed-
ended game would be to offer free rules, but charge a setup to begin
the game. That's just a thought off the top of my head, I don't run a
closed-end yet so I've not looked into all of the different issues
going into starting/finishing such a game. And of course what works for
me and my game(s) may not work for others.

-Mark
-MMJ Enterprises

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References

Re: Charging for rules
Mark Wardell <PNMarkW2@aol.com>
Fri, 01 Sep 2000 06:48:10 +0000
Re: Charging for rules
jonmmorris@aol.comnospam (John Morris)
Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:35:20 +0000

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Re: Charging for rules
Mark Wardell <PNMarkW2@aol.com>
Fri, 01 Sep 2000 06:48:10 +0000
Re: Charging for rules
jonmmorris@aol.comnospam (John Morris)
Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:35:20 +0000