[UA] Release schedule stuff

[Jason Schneiderman]

>>There are probably more people in Hunter's intended audience than in UA's.
>
>We didn't write this intending for it to find a small, cultivated audience.

It could be said that anything that's not D&D in today's market is going to
find a small, cultivated audience. :) Comparison between one game of
monster-hunting and the other is left as an exercise to the reader.

>I don't think anyone writes a game thinking "Hey, this is really going to
>appeal to 3% of the people out there!"

No - but when you can simultaneously market a single game to the people who
love the games you put out and those who HATE the games you put out, it
gives you a singular advantage. :)

>Now, am I saying that H:tR is a success BECAUSE they printed 10,000 copies
>and had the Storyteller Companion right on its heels along with a year's
>worth of monthly releases?  No, though I think that stuff contributed.  So
>did the WoD cachet.  So did the fact that (dammit) I think it IS a
>well-written game, even if the art is schizophrenic in relation to the
>text.

All true. (Despite any kidding, I did think HUNTER was well written. It's
just not a game I want to play. And - strictly as a fan - I don't think it
adds much to the WoD.)

>Do I think that if UA would sell better if it had come out with a bigger
>print run, immediate support, and a string of supplements in the pipe?  No
>way to know.  The only NEW game I've seen presented that way was Deadlands.
>
>However, Deadlands was a big hit.

It's compelling evidence.

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Jason Schneiderman, Editor, EDITORIAL HUMOR. E-mail: edhumor at tiac.net



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