Re[2]: [BNW] How much is BNW?

[Arne Reuter <reuter@tse-online.de>]

Cher Wiels (?)

On Sunday, June 03, 2001, 1:07:59 PM, you wrote:

> Too bad...
> Now we just have to hope someone will buy the damn thing.

> Or maybe some very brave new fans could write a NetBook to provide future
> support for the game ?

This is kind of what we are trying to do with the CaC Campaign
setting. See it as a test, just how active our little community can
be...

> I really like this game, and I would therefore be ready to work on it,
> but, since french is my mother language, I would need someone
> to translate my work in english...

Any editing on CaC will be appreciated, but for now I believe we are
ok (we are not "publishing" in a real sense of the word yet ;-).

> The problem are the secrets that have not yet been revealed...

> Matt, maybe you could give us some pointers on the secrets of
> the BNW setting.   It is not necessary to make a long compendium
> on the subject : a few pages could be enough, I think.

I'd rather have those a bit in the unclear and have them formulated in
a well thought-out context later on...

> Let's say you need 30.000 $ to buy the game back.
> If 1000 gamers and fans contribute, it would be a 30$ contribution.
> I can certainly give that money.
> But is there enough fans willing to make it ?

I doubt it. And its hell to organize. On the other hand, if you'd have
AEG state a price... Its value now for them is about 0. So any profit
from the license would be a net gain. You might even get it somewhat
cheaper (than the 30K $). Does anybody know how FASA sold off their
Earthdawn rights? That game is being resurrected, afaik.

>> I'm still noodling around some ideas about how to save the game, but the
>> risk-benefit ratios would have to be right. Unfortunately, I haven't come
>> across the right plan yet. If I do, you'll be among the first to know.

> One way to do it is to make a suscription : you sell the next two compendium
> of BNW before even writing them.   If enough people volunteer to buy it, you
> buy the rights back from AEG, write the compendiums and are sure to sell
> a good number of these...   To motivate fans, you can even release 10
> special editions (you give them at random ) with your beautiful signature
> on them ;-)

That looks like an interesting idea - even though we are looking at a
completely new business model here. E-Books for subscription. This
could actually work - because we all trust Matt to deliver (do we?
;-)).

But i fear the truth is, that we are not enough people anyway. Even
though with the mass of lurkers on the list (yes, you ;-)), we'd need
to actively support (in a marketing sense) the game. That means
setting up more websites, get it talked up in game columns and forums,
etc.

But heck, i don't have to feed anybody but myself yet, but that
sometimes is hard enough. And I daresay that lots of you here on the
list face the same day-to-day problem.

If you want to prove me otherwise, add to the existing BNW-websites
(CaC first of course >:) ), set up your own, participate in
discussion, hold demos in your stores and on conventions or express
your willingness to actually work (the administrative part) of the
"SAVE BNW FUND". Everything else is just talk.

For Love and Liberty,

Arne Reuter

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