tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post7940869377946445479..comments2023-08-29T08:55:23.624-05:00Comments on Prime Requisite Games™: Spreading the brand nameR. Lawrence Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251746447853665858noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post-35124331019258555032010-06-17T16:48:13.875-05:002010-06-17T16:48:13.875-05:00I remember those great (and more often than not ch...I remember those great (and more often than not cheesy) D&D ads from the 70's and early 80's. What I really liked where the ads for games in Dragon magazine and such...much more underground, in-industry stuff that got my imagination fired up with just a touch of text and a simple black and white drawing.Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post-89071138984657422702010-06-16T17:15:55.234-05:002010-06-16T17:15:55.234-05:00The merchandising of the D&D brand came only a...The merchandising of the D&D brand came only after the actual game sales took off. I would rather think that it was the political and cultural influences of the time, which tended toward the fantastic and heroic, which underlie the appeal of the D&D role-playing game. Kids wanted to be emulate their cultural heroes and D&D managed to tap into that suppressed desire. An OSR revival today needs to be viral and it needs to tap into a preexisting cultural moods. In short, what do kids what to BE today and how can rpgs provide that outlet. I believe movies like Kick-Ass and Defendor are indicative of such undercurrents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post-25130251466218094072010-06-16T15:57:50.520-05:002010-06-16T15:57:50.520-05:00Kids are a good target, since Old School is fairly...Kids are a good target, since Old School is fairly easy to play. But with kids, you're competing with video games - its a tough sell.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post-76612509116702621602010-06-16T14:11:38.718-05:002010-06-16T14:11:38.718-05:00Well, I didn't mean to leave the impression th...Well, I didn't mean to leave the impression that money was <b>no</b> object, which is why I stated "small scale" promotion. :)<br /><br />Maybe like a slick magazine ad or several event sponsorships or something of the like.<br /><br />I'm not worried about the idea of selling out because the clones are so...open! There will definitely be elements within hobby publishing that will try to write for the masses (not that I am against this at ALL, but if someone wants to define selling out, I would say that it is writing something you are absolutely against or not into just for the $$$).<br /><br />But no matter how popular a game like Labyrinth Lord can get through various promotional venues, because the game is so open, there will be enough "underground" stuff to go with the fluff.R. Lawrence Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251746447853665858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985723485701513219.post-12790205410876821072010-06-16T13:44:19.513-05:002010-06-16T13:44:19.513-05:00Excellent ideas there, Lawrence. My contribution e...Excellent ideas there, Lawrence. My contribution extends to buying an AD&D t-shirt and wearing it out and about. So far, no takers. I have a limited social circle, not being good at making or keeping friends, so recruiting on that front is a poor prospect. My posters at the library keep being taken down (not sure by who). And did I mention that I work from home?<br /><br />As for suggestions as to what I'd do if money were no object (haha)- I'd get a PR guy or a personal agent and tell them "Get me maximum airtime/exposure for this game. I want to see it everywhere. I want celebrities endorsing it (Vin Diesel, yeah), I want people who've never heard of RPGs saying "What's this?"<br /><br />In the same way that a new fashion or social meme suddenly filters right through the population, it'd be great to get an RPG meme out there and working for us. Joe The Lawyer was talking a while back about the tipping point at which a new phenomenon suddenly becomes cool - how do we get that without certain grognards suggesting that we've sold out and gone all commercial and heavy?<br /><br />Discuss.Daddy Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559857164172090739noreply@blogger.com