tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post776304561469978017..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: Sci-FiTalysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-69024033603191829712010-09-28T16:19:34.971-07:002010-09-28T16:19:34.971-07:00@rainswept:
"... the failure of TSR in the 9...@rainswept:<br /><br />"... the failure of TSR in the 90s might be due to a boatload of products that sought to answer that question without considering that most of their customers didn't want it answered."<br /><br />Or that they tried to rely on a butt-load of products without accepting that specific answers would only appeal to specific audiences. A thing like Spelljammer is going to have an audience, but not as huge an audience as D&D in general. A hobbyist press approach could do well with a product like Spelljammer, but a company aspiring to be huge just can't generate the numbers it wants out of narrow target audiences.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-2010802447822640252010-09-28T13:40:32.308-07:002010-09-28T13:40:32.308-07:00Another way of looking at it is that D&D asks ...Another way of looking at it is that D&D asks the question "what sort of fantasy are you after?" and leaves it to individual groups to answer.<br /><br />Most sci-fi games start by answering the question and only groups that would have answered the same way wind up participating in that line.<br /><br />Now that I phrase it that way, the failure of TSR in the 90s might be due to a boatload of products that sought to answer that question without considering that most of their customers didn't want it answered.rainswepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165059567790555748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-41565568583858727662010-09-27T12:18:12.803-07:002010-09-27T12:18:12.803-07:00"And not everyone likes every type of sci-fi...."And not everyone likes every type of sci-fi."<br /><br />Ah, see that's what I've been thinking too. There's so many genres of sci-fi, and fantasy tends to be it's own goulash (to borrow Grognardia's term) anyway. Getting people to agree is easier in that sense, but sci-fi always has a distinctive flavor, and like you said, it's tougher to make it palatable to everyone's taste.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.com