[UA] The future of UA? (Was Godwalker Preorders)

[James O'Rance]

"Cassady Toles" <con_job at excite.com> wrote:

  >>>I suspect the market failures of UA are less based on the half-dozen 
gamers who pirate copies of role-playing games (I suspect illegal downloads 
probably affect sales of d20 substantially more than UA).  I suspect, rather 
that UAis ultimately stymied by the precise reasons that I so enjoy it.

It's ultimately a much less approachable RPG than many more successful 
RPG's.<<<

It's like that being an afficionado of Wraith. Even fans of other WW games 
seem to have a hard time simply understanding how you'd play Wraith, let 
alone consider it -worth- playing. I've heard it called unplayable on 
various occasions.

And yet my longest and most worthwhile campaign -ever- was a Wraith game, 
with a group of people who'd never even flipped through a Wraith book before 
beginning (ie, they weren't die-hard fans).

UA seems a bit like that. Fortunately it has a higher mobster/Guy 
Ritchie/Tarantinoesque "cool" factor, so people -can- get into it somewhat 
more easily.


James O’Rance
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