Some of the other threads got me thinking about this. What are the main forums/media that game publishers are now using or are frequenting?
From what I've seen:
G+ Gareth Skarka, Raggi (and a few others I'm sure; I'm not a big presence on G+)
Here: Pundit, Brendan, J Arcane, myself, Flying Mice, and I know I'm forgetting at least two dammit!
RPG.net: Is Steven Conan Tristam (I think that's his name) the only one left who is a frequent poster? I know there are a couple others, but only infrequently post in the Game Design area.
TGD: ?
Dragonsfoot: Mentzer and several of the OSR crowd
I post a *lot* on G+. I also run the Roleplaying Games Community on G+ with a few thousand members, as well as being an admin at a few other communities. :D
I still post at tBP. Even with its inherent signal to noise ratio problem, there are still so damn many people on it that some are bound to find some of my stuff interesting.
I hardly ever post design stuff here any more as I never get much feedback. My fault, as I don't develop stuff this place is actually interested in, like tBP.
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Quote from: Sacrosanct;678390Some of the other threads got me thinking about this. What are the main forums/media that game publishers are now using or are frequenting?
Perhaps, mostly the publisher's own forums?
I've seen plenty of publishers pop in to Rpg.net, Rpgsite, etc. to promote their products or clarify confusion over their Rpg. But many seem to post the most content on their own company's forums.
Quote from: K Peterson;678409I've seen plenty of publishers pop in to Rpg.net, Rpgsite, etc. to promote their products or clarify confusion over their Rpg. But many seem to post the most content on their own company's forums.
RPGnet can often be counted on to have the latest information on what White Wolf is up to, to the extent that for instance the current
Demon speculation threads on the actual WW boards largely just recap what the authors have revealed over there.
I prefer to lurk about here, but find there's more exposure for RQ and our books over at tBP. However I don't post much over there either. Most of the time Loz and I answer queries raised on our own company forum.
Invisible. Again!
Quote from: Silverlion;678580Invisible. Again!
One of the forgotten two! :D
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Quote from: flyingmice;678601One of the forgotten two! :D
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Yep! Now I only have one left ;)
Sorry about that Silverlion.
Quote from: Sacrosanct;678390Some of the other threads got me thinking about this. What are the main forums/media that game publishers are now using or are frequenting?
In terms of RPGnet, the other ones I have seen and can think of off the top of my head:
Nel for Esteren
Steve for Outrider Studios
Andy for Kotodama Heavy Industries
Ewen for Starline Publishing
The Onyx Path
Jerry for Khepara Press
Steve Kenson and Jack for Green Ronin
Cam Banks for MWP and Atlas Games
Greg Stolze
J Snead
Sage LaTorra (also posted here at TheRPGSite)
Evil Hat
Jay Little for FFG
Vincent Baker
Kevin Crawford of Sine Nomine sometimes posts here and at RPG.net. Usually just about his own games.
The ASSH guy seems to get around as well.
Quote from: flyingmice;678601One of the forgotten two! :D
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I'm sorry, do we know you gentlemen? :D
On a related note, does anyone know of a forum where Paul Mason or any of the A&E crowd post?
Quote from: TristramEvans;678645On a related note, does anyone know of a forum where Paul Mason or any of the A&E crowd post?
If you mean aces & eights - in aces and eights forums over at Kenzo&Co site.
Quote from: Rincewind1;678647If you mean aces & eights - in aces and eights forums over at Kenzo&Co site.
Alarums & Excursions
There are serious numbers of publishers who post here that haven't been mentioned on that list yet.
However, I should note I'm not one of them. I've never published a game in my life; I've written a few that other people have published.
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Quote from: Sacrosanct;678607Sorry about that Silverlion.
No worries, I'm pretty sure I'm neither "angry" enough, nor "controversial" enough to be remembered most of the time.
Quote from: Silverlion;679100No worries, I'm pretty sure I'm neither "angry" enough, nor "controversial" enough to be remembered most of the time.
Speaking personally, those ain't no guarantee either. ;)
Look at how many people posting on this thread alone are publishers and/or writers. Seriously, theRPGsite has a stupid number of small and medium press people frequenting it. Per capita, vastly more than rpg.net
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Lots and lots of publishers post at EnWorld.
Simon Washbourne posts here now and then.
Honestly, a lot of people here have written a game that they may or may not have taken the time to publish one way or another. The great majority that haven’t written one are perfectly capable of doing so, if they so choose. It’s therpgsite, nearly everyone here could write something on par with their favored game. It is the best thing about the forum.
Like Pete, I mostly lurk.
But I do ensure that any product or release news is posted to the Adverts section.
There are more Q&As about our games on RPGnet than here, but the vast bulk of things raised and addressed on our own forum.
I'll post everywhere with press releases (when we actually release something!). But otherwise I'm lurking around various boards with casual interest.
Quote from: Kuroth;679787Simon Washbourne posts here now and then.
You're right, I do. :)
I'm posting today :)
Quote from: RPGPundit;679681Look at how many people posting on this thread alone are publishers and/or writers. Seriously, theRPGsite has a stupid number of small and medium press people frequenting it. Per capita, vastly more than rpg.net
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We don't go out of our way to start flamewars with them or call them Nazis. ;)
JG
Quote from: brettmb;680671I'm posting today :)
Me too. :-)
Thanks everyone. If anything, this thread is a good place to have all these links to indie publishers all in one place.
Mainly I just read the train-wreck threads. But technically I'm a publisher, although it's the other people at Frog God who actually do the work; I just write stuff. I hang out at the older-school joints like here, DF, and K&KA, other Frogs hang out at Paizo, all of us on FB and G+. I think we're pretty thin on the ground at RPGnet, ENworld, and WotC.
Didn't see it mentioned yet, but Exalted's Holden Shearer is an rpg.net moderator. As is Rose Bailey, head developer for Vampire: the Requiem.
The paizo forums is filled with 3rd Party guys who do D20/Pathfinder work. There's an entire subforum for them and news updates on products. (http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/licensees)