tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post2524415321190316488..comments2023-12-28T05:31:17.075-06:00Comments on Carto Cacography: Making a Living in the OSRNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-74458860646940628022010-03-16T05:15:06.755-05:002010-03-16T05:15:06.755-05:00It is hard (and almost impossible) to make a livin...It is hard (and almost impossible) to make a living in the <i>mainstream RPG business</i> (which is kind of a contradiction in terms), and that includes not only writers, publishers, and artists, but distributors and game stores as well!<br /><br />But making a living by catering to the OSR alone? Sounds like <i>planning</i> to win in the lottery.Dirk R.http://astropia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-75772972950537479142010-03-10T15:17:12.443-06:002010-03-10T15:17:12.443-06:00The idea that one could even conceive of making a ...<i>The idea that one could even conceive of making a living from our "niche within a niche" completely blew me away...does anyone think that this is possible?</i><br /><br />At this stage I don't believe so, but that's not to say, with the OSR growing as it is, that it won't be impossible later on down the track, although I have my doubts even then.<br /><br />Most OSR publishing "companies" are just one person. Any profit made from a project is often then used to fund the next project, hopefully on a slightly more expanded scale. Given the current size of the OSR market, even with its small overflow into the larger RPG community, I think it is extremely optimistic of anyone to think they could make a real living out of doing this. <br /><br />That doesn't mean I believe people shouldn't try, I just think they should realistically be prepared to fail and in the meantime not give up their day job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com