blackHello everybodies,
I’m quite new to the UA world (it’s been a year now since i’ve bought my first book) and i’m already a huge fan. Since then i’ve put my hands on everything i could get from UA. I just started my first chronicle lately (it’s been 5 games now, and were having a great time).
I got two questions that may seem obvious to you but they are puzzeling me. First one: What happened to the UA product line? I know they don’t write books anymore but anybodies know why? The core rulebook is praised in almost every review i’ve read and the supplements are also well rated…
Second question. Since i’ve never met anyone else who’ve played UA or even less DM it, i’m just wondering how many fans are we out there? I live in Quebec city (Canada) so i know that not many persons here step out of the DnD and world of darkness thing… But then again i’ve met some chtulu fan. Are we a large fan base or not? Anyone got a clue?
Thanks…
-BD
PS(Sorry for my lame english, as you can all guess, it’s not my first language)
John TynesThe books didn’t sell enough to stay profitable, unfortunately. So while UA is indeed critically lauded and has a great community, there just aren’t enough people like us out there. 🙂
blackToo bad then….
I’m just amaze that you answer yourself to such petty questions. I relly enjoyed the UA books. I think that it’s one of the best written RPG book ever. I especially recommend the GM chapter because it’s usefull for any DM/GM ou there. Unknown Armies just changed the way i write and play character and story forever.
Many thanks!
vagina = fun!Yeah UA is kind of a RPG cult. There are a few who like it a lot and the rest of the world has never heard of it and does not care.
Are there any other UA fans in Edmonton?
Chance Lauziere-PetersonSmiths Falls Ont here!!!! *shouts froma small otherspace*
Caesar SaladAtlas Games…the folks who bought UA…isn’t a huge company, so they can’t support stuff that’s expensive to produce and doesn’t sell well. Like their other great game, Feng Shui.
John Q. MayhemI’m engaging in some proselytizing, but there’s not a whole lot of interest ’round here. Too bad, really.
SpoonbridgeAfter hearing a lot of good things about the Unknown Armies game and flipping through the book numerous occasions and liking what I saw, I finally picked up the book last month. I really enjoyed reading through it, much more so then any other RPG book I’ve read. So far, I’ve run one game but sadly, the majority of my group didn’t click with it (they’re more the D&D types), so I’ve been working on a lot of things that I haven’t used yet. Perhaps I’ll submit some to this site. I believe that there are quite a few people who play Unknown Armies around here in the Twin Cities, since Atlas Games is based here, and many people commented positively at the place I got it, but I haven’t gone looking for another group yet.
Simon FostonJudging by the recent update on the Atlas Games website there are more of us than hitherto suspected – UA2 has sold out and they’re planning a third printing. 8)
antonlucksGreetings from Montreal!
I just wanted to let you know that you’re not the only UA fan in the Belle Province.
Once my current campaign ends (Orpheus), I’m planning on trying UA. But since I can’t wait that long (the endgame is still a few months away), I’m going to inflict Jailbreak on my players 🙂
It looks like a pretty good one-shot to sell the product to a wider audience 😉
alucks
WrattsCheers from Switzerland, here.
Hey, it’s a shame this game gets less fame than the other RPGs out there, but hell, as long as you can always rack up a good group of players, it’s guaranteed fun.
On the upside, the fact that alot of experienced RPGamers don’t know it is a great thing when you introduce them into UA — in-game.
As in, putting them through traumatic experiences, making them thirsty for finding out the “truth”, and seeing how they all fall for this game above all others due to the super-fast and simple rules, eventually becoming like drug addicts to the game.
So, considering the “surprise effect”, I guess it has its upsides.
CriticalFaultI’m from Rockford…which wierdly enough is close to alot of locations in the UA universe. (DeKalb for instance…those damn McAtakers) People around here have never even seen a UA book, but if you want to know a place to get them i got you all the hookup! I’ll be posting this in its our thread because of how common it is for people to want these books, just dont buy’em out for me…i still need the rest!
DominusUnknown Armies changed some of my GM style as well. I now set up my NPCs with more dramatic backgrounds/ flaws that are likely to lead them into trouble. It also made me re-think skills. I’m running Vampire: The Masquerade at the moment, and these days I make NPC skill/ attribute specialisations that owe more to the Unknown Armies personal skill style (one NPC has a charisma specialisation in ‘be your best friend’ and another has a melee specialisation of ‘cut you up’).
Vililucky all you
there´re just a half dozen books translated to castilian and not the 2ed
it´s very dificult to read in other language and more to find players in madrid
just the same UA is the rpg i´ve been always looking for, althoug i will continue trying it and lucubrating in the darkness
thanks to greg and john for the best rpg of the history
and sorry for my so bad english
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