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

[Chad Underkoffler]

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'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?

Heck, can Atlas crack the Wizards of the Coast store?

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.

* 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.

Just some idea; love to hear y'all's comments.






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Chad Underkoffler [chadu at yahoo.com]
http://www.geocities.com/chadu/index.html
God isn't silent, he just speaks very softly. In Etruscan.

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