Is TAS dead?
- Thread starter phavoc
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ShawnDriscoll
Cosmic Mongoose
The forum here isn't being used. But TAS goods are showing up on drive thru.
AndrewW
Emperor Mongoose
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
Yeah, I think the TAS forum could probably just get integrated into the main forum.
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
Jon Brazer Enterprises is continues to support MGT through TAS.
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
I published one adventure via TAS. Unfortunately without the ability to advertise it, it was my lowest selling Traveller product.
I will not be writing any more under TAS.
I will not be writing any more under TAS.
ShawnDriscoll
Cosmic Mongoose
Rikki Tikki Traveller said:
You advertised only your other products?
Gypsy Knights Games
Cosmic Mongoose
ShawnDriscoll said:
No, Shawn.
On DTRPG, publishers get "publisher points" that can be used to purchase ads on the website. Those ads are fairly effective.
However, publishers with TAS products cannot advertise TAS products with those points. So, in effect, you are prevented from putting out those kinds of ads for those products on the OBS sites.
Hope that helps.
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
I will admit, it is considerably harder, but it can still be done, relying much more on social media and your own network of fans still works. The thing DriveThruRPG doesn't realize is that by removing my ability to advertise on their website, they trained me in how to advertise elsewhere. So when I started my own webstore, I just turned that publicity generating machine towards my own site instead of theirs. Which sets me up for the future when I want to have my own non-TAS Traveller setting. I'll be able to do pre-orders right through my own site, reducing DriveThruRPG influence on what I do.
ShawnDriscoll
Cosmic Mongoose
dmccoy1693 said:
I never click on ads on OBS. I only go there to buy what I already know what I'm looking for. Usually through links posted here to drivethru. I expect to see RPG products mentioned on writers' YouTube channels. I don't do Kickstarter. Most of what I buy at drivethru is stuff I've seen reviewed on YouTube.
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
It's not just an ad on DriveThruRPG. It's also emails sent direct to past/potential customers--which I consider to be more valuable than ads--and the deal of the day and a few other things. Even then, the ads are important even if you don't click on them. It helps to keep awareness of the company and their products in people's minds. But as your buying habits show, they have their limits.ShawnDriscoll said:
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
Why go to a different, read separate, forum when my potential customers are right here? They shouldn't go to me; I should go to them.phavoc said:
Not to mention that a separate forum only reinforces the notion that what I produce is less valid for a Traveller game than what Mongoose produces. It's the whole "compatible publishers suck" idea that I'm leaving Pathfinder because of.
ShawnDriscoll
Cosmic Mongoose
dmccoy1693 said:
I also buy when I'm emailed. I forgot about that part of OBS.
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
paltrysum said:
I use InDesign for layout, Photoshop to modify artwork (or I just hire an artist when I want it to actually look good), and Google Docs for the words part. I use some of the artwork in the MGT pack, but mostly I use it as a sample to show an artist how I want a ship or an alien to look. I tried copying the style in the MGT2e core book, but I was not happy with what I came up with. So finally I made my own style.
dmccoy1693
Cosmic Mongoose
Speaking of the Glorious Hype Machine™, be sure to order your copy of the D66 Compendium 2, now available in print at DriveThruRPG. No Traveller GM should be without this book.
