The ever changing world in which we live in...

From: Richard Meints <rmeints_at_ford.com>
Date: 20 Jul 1998 11:38:20 -0400

• Resending note of 07/20/98 11:45 = =E9 Hello, to: glorantha_at_chaosium.com

Rick threw the cat amongst the pigeons...

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My, I'm not sure I got the desired effect out of my post, but there certainly has been an increase in Digest activity. A few things along the way caught my eye. PS to Matin Laurie: If you want to avoid the Compuserve garble problem, press Enter well before the natural end of each line. You'll never exceed the character/line limit that way.

Convention attendence:
Chicago 97, Victoria 97, Australia 98, and LA 98 all suffered almost the same fate. Somewhere around 75-100 people showed up and they were lucky if they broke even.

Rick proposes some con ideas and overuses ellipses...

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1. You need at leasst 150 attendees to make it a go, moneywise

   and eventwise.

2. You cannot advertise too much. The advertising campaign must

   extend beyond a web page (which should allow email registration)    and putting posts on the daily. It should also focus on "new    blood" from the region.

3. Events need to focus on getting new players interested. Just

   appealing to the old timers isn't enough any more.

4. More games, freeforms, and interactive events, and less seminars.

5. Many hands make light the work. You need a team of organisers,

   not just one or two dedicated (and overworked) heroes.

The state of the Game...

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While a part of me loves living in the past, I also realise it's not a healthy thing to do most of the time. Reminisce, enjoy today and build a pleasant tomorrow. Remember, even at it's height, Chaosium only had 3-4 RQ supplements and 2 issues of Wyrm's Footnotes come out in a year. Quality aside, it's not like we were ever drowned in product releases. The fact that RQ/Glorantha still has the support it does says something strongly. Think of all the other game systems that were big in the 70's/80's/or 90's that are totally dead!

We can change the state of things. Get involved. Get friends involved. Play, write, organise cons...

To end on a positive note...

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Tales 18 Will be out this Fall. The Best of Tales (spanning issues 1-10, plus a variety of new stuff) will also be out this Fall. Tales 19 is shaping up to be a Christmas special. MIG 2 should also be out by then. Stay tuned. Submit your articles now. The Megacorp needs you!

Some would call this a production pipeline...

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