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

[Alex Lampros]

UA can be really easy to get into, in a way. You can take a person whose 
never gamed and hasn't reads the books, and plunk them down in 
Jailbreak. If they know how to play pretend and roll with the punches, 
they'll be fine. The big problem with the game used to be coming up with 
plots, but that's not as much of an issue now. 2nd edition helped a lot, 
and you could make a campaign just with the premade scenarios.

I think the bigger problem is convincing people to come to gaming night. 
The book doesn't appeal to as many people as the Vampire or D&D books 
do. But once you get people in, I imagine they'd usually stay. Its just 
a very very well made game.

Alex


James O'Rance wrote:

> "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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