From:	Adam J adamj@*********.com
Subject:	Source Vs. Rule
Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:38:15 -0600

At 14:24 31/10/2000 -0500, Lute, David wrote:

> I have always wanted a gaming company to provide all their source
>material on line for a price. Heck I would be willing to pay for a yearly
>subscription of even a book by book payment that was a bit cheaper to
>download it and print it out myself. But alas not a single one even thinks
>of doing it this way.

Sure, some do. They're just generally smaller companies that can't afford
to publish conventionally (The RPG business is not one where you can quit
your day job...) and can afford to "think outside the box".

One such company would be MicroTactix, which publishes SIMPLY ROLEPLAYING,
a generic set of RPG rules, COMPACT COMBAT and BUDGET BATTLEFIELD, rules
for man to man and mass battle combat (All three sets are nice and
compatible), plus a line of CARDSTOCK CREATIONS, which are 25mm building
kids - print 'em out on cardstock, fold them real nice, and you have cheap
terrain.

MT aren't the only guys doing it, either. Look around, you might be
pleasantly surprised.

Adam
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