Hey Lar,
if you had been doing that (presenting your games, that is) at the last RPC in Cologne, you - imho would have had a little bit more training - in a much, much smaller scale.
Because the RPC is very much dedicated towards role-playing people, but still very, very much smaller and silent - compared to the Games Com.
So my advice is : If you can, try to do some training on smaller Con's and fairs !
If there are role playing conventions or so in Belgium - why not place a fact sheet about your games there ? - The majority might not look at it (because some pen & paper plyers just despice C-RPGs), but at least you'll show up yourself and a few people might notice ...
dtp, for example, actually had a booth at the German Feen Con, one of the largest pen & paper conventions here in Germany. But on the other hand that was in 2007 I think - I haven't been there in the recent years anymore.
Another example would be in October the "Spiel International" fair in Essen, Germany, always in October. dtp has had a booth there as well in the recent years. This fair has 3-4 mai pillars : Board games (the prime pillar), role-playing (pen 6 paper, mostly), comics, second-hand markets (of all 3 other pillars). You could get at least *some* attention there as well.
And you could do so at other conventions and fais as well, I think.
But it's also a risk. Depending on the convention, you might attract the attention of only 40 % of the people or even less - but no attention at all would be worse, I fear.
Try to look at where ... not the big boys, but rather the middle-tier companies go to.
And a last word : You are very much *authentic* and *honest* in what you write in these status updates here - and that's imho THE difference between you and the marketing-blabla of the "big boys" !
Edit : Dru write some interestzing points : CD Projekt did several things right. How about looking at them, analysing what they did ? What about "using" them for distribution in east european countries ?
Last edited by AlrikFassbauer; 10/06/11 01:26 PM.
