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Chihuahua Zero's avatar

I'm going to watch StartPlaying closely. While a lot of gamers seem to have a visceral aversion to paid GMing, I respect gamemasters who charge for their work. I also had a blast with one of the (free) StartPlaying one-shots stemming from SP's collaboration with Evil Hat. I see potential in SP contributing to RPG scenes beyond Dungeons & Dragons.

At the same time, I'm wary about StartPlaying going the route of venture capitalism. Let's hope they build the company sustainably, as opposed to pursuing tumorous growth and exploitation. I don't know if any GMs are currently using StartPlaying as a significant source of income, but that's an area to be careful about so that the GMs are fairly compensated.

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Thomas M's avatar

I think we're on the exact same page. They say that a lot of people coming to the site have never played before - that is such a big opportunity. A big opportunity to inspire people (and also to scare them off forever). I just hope it works out for indie games!

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Galen Pejeau's avatar

Thank you for the link to the Karlman thread! Very helpful for someone hoping to Root something in Trophy someday.

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Thomas M's avatar

It's a really good framework! I'm definitely keen on working with it as well.

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