Roleplayer #6, August 1987
Roleplayer Goes Commercial
Until now, Roleplayer has been a tremendous bargain -- for absolutely
nothing, you've gotten updates on GURPS products,
errata, answers to rules
questions, and some new GURPS
material.
Unfortunately, Roleplayer costs a lot of money to produce -- especially
since our print run broke 4,000. So, beginning with issue 7, Roleplayer
will cost $1 per issue. But we don't expect you to pay for the same thing
you used to get for free -- we're going to make Roleplayer better.
The first improvement you'll notice is frequency. While it was free, we
published Roleplayer whenever we had the time. From now on, we're
going to make time, once every two months.
Inside Roleplayer, you'll see more new GURPS
material -- advantages, disads
and skills,
optional and expanded rules, spells and gadgets, articles on GMing, new
races, and perhaps short adventures. We'll also run exerpts from new
releases, but for the most part, Roleplayer will be a forum for
never-before-published material.
Where's all this new material going to fome from? From you, we hope. Since
we're charging for Roleplayer, we're also going to start paying
our authors. Roleplayer won't make you rich, but it's a good way
to start writing for SJ Games.
Of course, Roleplayer will continue to do all the things its always
done. Each issue will include GURPS
Q&A and Errata
to keep your campaigns running smoothly, as well as Coming Attractions
and Short Notes
to let you know what's going on at SJ Games.
In future issues of Roleplayer, you'll find more information on
and expansions for GURPS, keeping you up on the
latest developments in roleplaying. We still believe Roleplayer's
a heck of a deal, and we think you'll agree.
SEND US YOUR MONEY!
We didn't want to take the space for a subscription form, and figured you'd
agree. So if you want to keep receiving Roleplayer, just send us
a check or money order for as many issues as you want (but no more than
10, please), at $1 per issue. Our address is Steve Jackson Games, Box
18957, Austin, TX 78760-8957.
Thank you for your support.
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