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Games you were sold by the author's name

Started by The Butcher, December 03, 2010, 01:00:40 PM

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The Butcher

December 03, 2010, 01:00:40 PM Last Edit: December 03, 2010, 01:31:00 PM by The Butcher
As a foil to the other thread.

Are there any authors whose name, stamped on a cover, might be enough to sell you the game (or supplement)?

Did you ever buy a RPG book on the author's name alone? Were you ever disappointed?

I'm a huge fan of Ken Hite myself, and have to suppress the urge to buy anything with his name on the cover. No disappointments yet.

Ian Warner

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December 03, 2010, 01:09:49 PM
It may be sucking up to the boss but I really enjoy Grim's work.
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Benoist

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December 03, 2010, 01:20:33 PM Last Edit: December 03, 2010, 01:22:41 PM by Benoist
Monte Cook. Robert J. Kuntz.

Was I ever disappointed? I guess a few times yes, when I had overhyped whatever stuff was coming out in my head and found out that wasn't what I expected. But it's not a usual occurrence.

DKChannelBoredom

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December 03, 2010, 01:38:22 PM
If Dennis Detwiller is attached to a project I find it hard not to order it on a whim. Don't think I ever been really disappointed with Dennis' stuff, words or artwork.
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December 03, 2010, 01:39:07 PM
Nope, though Pramas's work on WFRP 2 almost had me sold on picking up The Dragon Age RPG so we'll call it a near miss.
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Simlasa

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December 03, 2010, 01:41:16 PM
I bought Monte Cook's 'world of darkness' book based on how much I liked his 'Dark Space'... Ken Hite alternately pleases/pisses me off... but hearing he's involved with a project will guarantee my having a look.

Seanchai

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December 03, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Kinda like my decision not to let an author's name turn me off a game, they don't really draw me to games either.

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December 03, 2010, 03:06:55 PM
Gygax, especially in more recent years.

Monte Cook. There was a time, when he was doing stuff like When A Star Falls and Requiem for a God, that he seemed to be doing exactly the kind of material I liked. I've yet to be disappointed.

Mike Mearls. I bought Iron Heroes and its attendant books without hesitation. I still like 'em, regardless of what anyone says.
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PaladinCA

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December 03, 2010, 03:09:01 PM
I'm not really sold on a product just because an author's name is on it, but anything Greg Stolze writes usually goes to the top of my list for reading purposes. I really enjoy the man's writing style.

PaladinCA

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December 03, 2010, 03:14:34 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;422822Mike Mearls. I bought Iron Heroes and its attendant books without hesitation. I still like 'em, regardless of what anyone says.

I don't have any issues with the writing style in Iron Heroes or its supplements. I felt they captured the action fantasy genre quite well. Some of the mechanics may need some work (particularly Arcanist and Armigar), but I like the setting tropes/themes presented in the products.

Benoist

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December 03, 2010, 03:41:07 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;422822Gygax, especially in more recent years.
I assumed we were talking about living authors. If not, then yes, Gary's stuff is certainly up there for me too, though the detail is hit (early (A)D&D stuff, Dangerous Journeys, LA) and miss (Cyborg Commando, anyone?), but that's really the case of most if not all RPG authors out there.

Spinachcat

#11
December 03, 2010, 04:25:17 PM
Names in RPGs don't grab me.  However, if an author of something I loved writes something new, I will check it out.

However, I am fanboy with novel authors.  Stephen King, Richard Marcinko, Michael Crichton, Dave Barry and a few others could write "My Adventures Making PooPoo and WeeWee" and I would probably pre-order it.  

Especially if Dave Barry wrote it.  That book would kick ass!

ColonelHardisson

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December 03, 2010, 04:59:00 PM
Quote from: Benoist;422844I assumed we were talking about living authors. If not, then yes, Gary's stuff is certainly up there for me too, though the detail is hit (early (A)D&D stuff, Dangerous Journeys, LA) and miss (Cyborg Commando, anyone?), but that's really the case of most if not all RPG authors out there.

I don't see any reason to limit it to just living writers; the entire RPG hobby is still relatively new enough that even some of the originators of it were, and are, still producing material on a regular basis. Gygax hasn't been gone that long, and he was still producing, or at least working on, material right up until the end. That's what I meant about "in recent years;" I found a lot of his recent material more desirable than some of his stuff from the Cyborg Commando era.

Now that I'm thinking of authors who are no longer with us, I'll mention that one of the first ones besides Gygax whose name could get me to buy a game book was Nigel Findley.
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ggroy

#13
December 03, 2010, 05:03:57 PM
After buying "Cyborg Commando" back in the day, that's when I never bought anything again based solely on somebody's name.

Benoist

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December 03, 2010, 05:04:01 PM
My remark was just pointing out what I was thinking originally. Not that anyone must think like I did, or that I was right, or whatnot. :)
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