Re: Turn Prices?

From: "Roy Pollard" <plod@proweb.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

> Roy Pollard wrote:
>
> > I think either a fiver or three and a half quid is an over-inflated
price
> > for what you normally get in a standard IF/RPG turn. I justify that by
> > comparing what 3-5 can get me on the High Street.
>
> An interesting point. An alternative way of looking at it is that �5 and
> certainly �3.50 is a fairly derogatory sum to pay for over an hour of a
skilled
> individual's time. Given that a decent turn is not really going to be
produced
> in under an hour �5 would seem not unreasonable. The choice to spend their
spare
> cash elsewhere is there for all my players.. but I've had a waiting list
for
> many years now.
>
Yeh, but that's reasonable in the GMs point of view. You've gotta think that
your players are tight-wads who want as much as they can for nothing. When
you look at three or four pages printed-off for an IF turn it looks pretty
sparse even if its packed full of prose.

> > There are VERY FEW people willing to pay anything for RPG PBMs because
the
> > cost (say) of ten turns at 35 quid can't be justified when the game is
> > likely to fold on turn 11.
>
> The main reason I don't currently play any hand-mod games is fear of
investing
> time (&money) only to have it fold under me. In my game however the
players have
> confidence of continuity. The last three cheques I took were for �101, �60
and
> �100. You don't send in those sorts of sums unless you're dead sure the
game
> will still be there in five years (well I wouldn't).
>
Sorry Mark, I should have substitute MOST for ALL (ALL for MOST?) - But you
must accept that Sat bucks an ever-increasing trend.

> > The future for paid-for turns is almost certainly
> > Computer-mod Wargames etc - the core of the hobby these days comprised
of
> > people who see roleplaying as a skill-less art best left to University
> > Students and twelve-year olds with their CCG/Top Trump games.
>
> I suspect you're right. Handmods will maintain a small presence though as
long
> as I'm around :)
>
Good on ya.

> > I earn a good living doing a proper job that I hate, and spend a portion
of
> > my spare time balancing that out by doing the hobby (GMing) which I
love.
> > People who attempt to do the same but in inverse invariably fail and
annoy
> > the faeces out of their players.
>
> I'd substitute the 'invariably' with often since I'm an example of not
failing.
>
Agreed. Sorry.

> > (Look at that, I didn't say 'shit' even once in this post)
>
> Oh you liar! :)

Ooh, you bitch! :-))

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References

Turn Prices?
mwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Turn Prices?
"Roy Pollard" <plod@proweb.co.uk>
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Turn Prices?
mwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000