tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post4151002892525001510..comments2023-06-20T11:26:01.308-04:00Comments on Quickly, Quietly, Carefully: Do We Need Another Retro-Clone? (A Postmortem)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-1077065750182984632011-01-22T11:50:11.417-05:002011-01-22T11:50:11.417-05:00Well, Mal's game should be here any day now I ...Well, Mal's game should be here any day now I suppose. ;)ze bulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603716850479808633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-18181139518172302902011-01-22T04:33:04.602-05:002011-01-22T04:33:04.602-05:00'It's not something I worry about. The OSR...'It's not something I worry about. The OSR isn't susceptible to damage from market fragmentation or brand diffusion or whatever. ':<br />Totally agree 110%!<br /><br />'I never thought my clone would be profitable, or even see wide use. I took on the project as a way to enrich my games by getting back to the roots of the hobby, and to satisfy my curiosity. I also wanted to give people who had never seen them access to the first rules, particularly since WotC stopped selling the PDF's.':<br />This is what I think most cloners have in mind, but not everyone agrees, unfortunately. :-(<br /><br />'recent shouts of too many retroclones made me less motivated to release something that would be received with hostility':<br />I hope you reconsider, I'd hate to see negativity triumph in this instance. I also enjoy seeing new takes on classics, so....<br /><br />'I also recommend attempting to write a clone as an educational experience for anyone with some curiosity about it. It taught me more about he game than I would have suspected—historical rules trivia, sure, but also how damn elegant the thing is under the hood. As an experience, it made me realize what an enormous amount of work people like Dan Proctor put into their projects; there's a hell of a lot more involved that simply paraphrasing someone else's text.':<br />Sound advice, I think. I believe more people should give it a go, whether they publish(in any form[i.e. blog post, books, PDF]) the results or not. <br /><br />'I'll never be able to resist tinkering with the rules long enough to get an authentic early gameplay experience:':<br />Surprising how fun that is. I built my own rules-set from the bottom-up 26 years ago, and I'm still playing with it. And not just to get things right, either.<br /><br />'share what I learned':<br />Looking forward to it!<br /><br />A very trenchant post on cloning I think most people concerned about it should read.velaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689908090884198784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-63829941594706346462011-01-22T02:38:55.099-05:002011-01-22T02:38:55.099-05:00Maybe. After a few months of having fun playing th...Maybe. After a few months of having fun <i>playing</i> the game, I might feel like coming back to the project.<br /><br />By that time, however, there may be a new close clone of the 1974 rules available, if the email I received today proves accurate. Fingers crossed.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-85667461574643113572011-01-22T02:23:51.378-05:002011-01-22T02:23:51.378-05:00I'm sorry to hear that you feel burned out on ...I'm sorry to hear that you feel burned out on this, I was looking forward to your translation / interpretation. Props for trying to tackle it in the first place! Maybe you just need a break?ze bulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603716850479808633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-38565127462658560382011-01-22T00:35:46.659-05:002011-01-22T00:35:46.659-05:00I'll definitely be interested to see how you d...I'll definitely be interested to see how you decide to disseminate what you've put together Paul! :)migellitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106614212764056058noreply@blogger.com