07-19-2017, 02:36 PM
Charles,
I must admit that I've not been as active here as I would have liked. I've been in library school in addition to working a full-time job. I certainly understand how difficult it is to get a 'zine out -- I've been struggling to get the first issue of my (single-authored) print SF games 'zine out for a while.
Have you considered:
I have enjoyed S&D very much. Thank you so much for putting it together, over the last few years.
As for actually playing PBMs and PBeMs: Although I'm only playing one PB(e)M game currently (FBI's Rift Lords), I have tried Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire, and there are a couple of games that I'm on the edge of trying (now that my schedule's freed up a bit) that I don't think that I'd have encountered without S&D.
I'm in the RL-2 game (turns every two weeks) which I've found pretty manageable. The pace of PBtSE was a little too much for me (especially taking into account the in-character message board activity -- the community is supportive and friendly, however). The other games that I might join have weekly or every other week schedules.
I must admit that I've not been as active here as I would have liked. I've been in library school in addition to working a full-time job. I certainly understand how difficult it is to get a 'zine out -- I've been struggling to get the first issue of my (single-authored) print SF games 'zine out for a while.
Have you considered:
- reducing the frequency of scheduled publication? I think that every other month, quarterly, or even semi-annually would be more than acceptable to most of your readers.
- reducing the page? I'm not surprised that you find getting S&D out the door a strain. Each issue is MASSIVE. Again, I suspect that even if each issue were to weigh in at half the page count (or even a quarter), your readers would be delighted to see it continue.
I have enjoyed S&D very much. Thank you so much for putting it together, over the last few years.
As for actually playing PBMs and PBeMs: Although I'm only playing one PB(e)M game currently (FBI's Rift Lords), I have tried Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire, and there are a couple of games that I'm on the edge of trying (now that my schedule's freed up a bit) that I don't think that I'd have encountered without S&D.
I'm in the RL-2 game (turns every two weeks) which I've found pretty manageable. The pace of PBtSE was a little too much for me (especially taking into account the in-character message board activity -- the community is supportive and friendly, however). The other games that I might join have weekly or every other week schedules.