Interview

[ffutures]

I've beem "interviewed" by an Italian gaming website, Intertempol.

http://www.intempol.com.br/NewsView.aspx?id=76&

Seems to be what I said, and just about coherent. But I really shouldn't write my answers to these things at 1 AM...

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Is there anything left of the Pro-RPG industry anymore? I mean, gone are the days when the Virgin megastore in Edinburgh carried a huge section of RPGs.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Quite a lot of D20 stuff, less of other systems, but as I said in the interview a LOT of stuff is being published for a shrinking market of gamers - the inevitable result is that a lot of it goes on the remainder shelf pretty quickly, and costs must be horrendous compared to number of books sold. My honest opinion, it's just going to get more and more difficult for companies to keep going.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Seemed to me, with a lot of the D20 stuff, that somebody would get the license, release a rulebook for something (Buffy and Farscape are the two that spring to mind immediately, but I'm sure there's countless others) and then absolutely nothing more. I mean, for sure it would have been interesting to see some Buffy or Farscape scenarios/campaigns released.

Are Chaosium still going, do you happen to know?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Yes, they're still around and still publishing occasional modules. I think they'll probably out-live most of the D20 companies.