I think charging for an RPG falls in the same category as buying a hardcover; it depends if you think it's worth it but I agree: A Dragaera RPG should be free and if it ever got the point where the web page cost $$$ to run, I'd be willing to donate cash to the effort. It doesn't make much difference what RPG system you use, I think. I prefer GURPS myself but anything that works is fine. So someone is going to make maps of the place, eh? I remember reading in Dzurlord that Dragaera was the same general shape as Europe, only twice as large with the Empire covering about a 1/3 of it, if that helps. Perhaps Steve can enlighten us a little? On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 10:42 AM, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/4/2002 9:58:13 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > skzb at dreamcafe.com writes: > > >> I hear stories about writers losing copyright over stuff like this. I >> dunno. As far as I'm concerned, as long as no money is changing >> hands, it >> doesn't bother me. >> > > -nodding- Yes. Let me be perfectly clear about this - anything I did > as far > as an RPG goes - website, maps, etc. - would belong to you. Anything > ever > created by anyone playing in said game would also belong to you. I/We > would > own nothing. Frankly, if you ever found anything useful, it would be > flattering. I don't see that happening since there is no way possible > for us > to ever know your world as well as you - my anal-retentiveness demands > that I > remain as close to "canon" as possible so the first step would be to > re-read > the books carefully and take notes on how things "function" in your > world. > > One thing that I would be certain to do would be to put your copyright > notice > on the website, along with a statement to the effect that everything and > anything belonged to you. -thinks- We might even be able to create > something along the lines of an agreement that people had to agree to in > order to be able to play (like the software licenses where you have to > click > the "I Agree" button). Believe me, I have no desire nor intention of > taking > away your copyright. > > I would never exact a charge to anyone who wanted to role-play. The > only > thing I can see ever coming up would be that if suddenly this thing > took off > and the website got so enormous it was costing beaucoup bucks to keep > it up > (I know several fan-related websites that are this big and are in > trouble > because their owners never thought about this until it was too late. I > know > one person whose site costs them $200/month due to its size and the > amount of > traffic). In that case, I might ask for all of us (by "us" I refer to > those > participating in the game) to help chip in with the cost of keeping the > website up and running. But there would be no profit involved > whatsoever. > I've never understood how people could charge for role-playing, nor how > people could sit there and pay for it. To me, the nice thing about > RPGs is > that, once you have the basic books, you don't have to fork over more > cash > (you certainly can do so since all systems have a multitude of > supplemental > books) in order to enjoy role-playing. > > Ack! This went on longer than I intended. > > Stacy > -------- Read The World at the Edge of Time, my new book! http://homepage.mac.com/christurkel