[UA] Increasing the Visibility of UA and UA Cards/CRPG

[Gareth Hanrahan]

> Does anyone have any thoughts about how to increase the
> visibility of UNKNOWN ARMIES among gamers and game-store owners?
>
> I really, really hate going into a game store and not seeing any
> of the books up, especially now that I'm getting stuff published
> therein.
>
> How much would it cost to cheaply dupe/xerox and staple a bunch
> of the free download PDFs and send them in other Atlas Game
> packaging? (Or is distribution outsourced?) I'm sure it's not
> negligible, but is it a worthwhile marketing expense? (BTW, Did
> John Nephew drop off the list?)

I think he did, but I'm sure he's made aware of anything interesting...

> I've tried to do my part by writing UA articles for Pyramid, and
> I know there are many people here running con and store games.
> But my exposure is limited here. What other likely venues are
> there?

Eh. I think UA already has a fairly high awareness among the, what, 10% of
gamers who care. The rest are playing Vampire, D&D, Rifts and Shadowrun, and
just aren't interested.

I think the best thing that could happen for UA is for the intellectual
property to branch out into another medium...a UA graphic novel. A UA novel
(how's that coming, Greg). Hell, UA the Movie.
(On the topic of great writers - has anyone heard from James Palmer in the
last month or so?)

>can Atlas crack the Wizards of the Coast store?

Didn't that close?

> An odd thought or two:
>
> * Would it be possible to create a UA CRPG? I'm actually
> thinking Infocom-style text adventure, but there's a certain
> appeal in a first-person shooter (with no God mode, but maybe a
> Godwalker mode) where the action is just BRUTAL. But I'd prefer
> a really huge text-based thingy, given my druthers.

There's a Cthulhu game coming out in a few months. That might be interesting
from a UA standpoint...

> * What about a Card Game? Hear me out; I *dislike* CCGs, but
> love Cheapass Games. I'm really stoked about THE WORKS: THE GIRL
> GENIUS CARD GAME; see
>
> http://www.studiofoglio.com/merchandise/games/works.html
>
> for more info. From the adcopy in Issue One, apparently the card
> layouts can be shifted as cards or played. Then I think of
> old-school ILLUMINATI and new-school INWO, and I think that the
> "canon" factions of UA could make a neat little game of
> treachery and power plays.
>
> Then I think back into the Atlas Games box, and was wondering
> how a UA game along the lines of ONCE UPON A TIME would go.

UA tarot?

> Chad Underkoffler [chadu at yahoo.com]


Gar
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