Re: Turn Prices?

From: Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Mwilliams wrote:

> Just out of idle curiosity. What sort of turn fees are people
> charging for hand-moderated role-playing PBMs these days? I know
> there are some free ones (note if anyone knows of a free really
> good long-lived hand moderated role-playing PBM with space going
> please let me know!) but for those that aim to support the GM
> to some extent what's the going rate?
>
> I guess it's a blurred line as many GMs charge but at infeasibly
> low rates. As a Saturnalia GM I charge �5 a turn and spend a
> little over an hour on a typical reply. I know some of my fellow
> Sat GMs charge �3.50 and never spend less than 4 hours on a reply.
> Are there any that successful charge at a living-wage level, say
> �10 per 2-3 page turn?

Not as far as I know - the listings in FLAGSHIP's Galactic View
indicate turn charges of 4.00 (Exile, This Blasted Land) and 4.50
(Dragonhelm, Mammon Inc) for good RPGs. Not all the cheaper ones
are poor quality, of course: The Apoch seems a steal at 2.25!
Chevian Chronicles is 3.00, but it uses the shared-report system.

GMs sometimes ask to be dropped from our listings when their games
are full, so there may be games that aren't on the list which
charge more than a fiver.

Carol

References

Turn Prices?
mwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000