Talk:Living campaigns

message: There's simply no way to justify separate articles on each of these campaigns. All the information appropriate to Wikipedia can be encompassed in this one article. --Orange Mike  | Talk 21:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I'm sorry

message: I don't have time to address this, but for someone that does (or wants to research it more) they should look into how many Living-style games and modules run at gaming conventions and the impact it has on product development and sales. For example Living Greyhawk has to be considered a huge success for Hasbro and it's no surprise to see them replacing it with a Living Forgotten Realms for D&D 4.0. It may also be interesting to see how it has affected other companies -- e.g. how much influence did Heroes of Rokugan (formerly Living Rokugan when it was part of the RPGA) have on AEG's decision to drop the d20 line and the hybrid books and go back to their Roll and Keep roots? Note that the person in charge of the HoR campaign has been an editor on the last two L5R books AEG has put out and there is a strong turnout at Orgins and Gencon for HoR. Or how much of an impact has Living Spycraft had on Crafty Games? Anyway, just some food for thought. Argel1200 (talk) 00:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the notability tag off as anyone familiar with gaming conventions knows this is a notable enough topic. Even moreso given that gaming companies suh as Hasbro/WoTC and others are factoring in Living-style campaigns when designing and marketing products. The problem with this article is that it needs to be expanded to show the notability of it and the other problem may be finding good sources of information. Argel1200 (talk) 23:18, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: I have constructed the following paragraph to replace the curent lead paragraph. The rationale for this change is to provide a better degree of context for readers who are unfamiliar with the topic. Input is requested.
Living Campaigns are a gaming format within the table-top role-playing game community that provide the opportunity for play by an extended community within a shared universe. In contrast to traditional isolated role-playing games, Living Campaigns allow and encourage players to develop characters that can be played at games run by many different game masters, but which share a game world and campaign setting, as well as a plot line that is overseen by a central core of professional or volunteer editors and contributors. Many living campaigns serve a dual role of providing a creative outlet for highly involved volunteer contributors while also serving as a marketing tool for the publisher of the game system that is the focus of the living campaign. While the earliest living campaigns were run by the RPGA (Role Playing Gamer's Association), now a division of Wizards of the Coast, many groups around the world run active living campaigns which are independent or sponsored by other publishers.
(Howie23 (talk) 09:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well done, I like it! Wyatt Riot (talk) 14:24, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Update to Lead Paragraph 

message: There is some chance for wider distribution of the adventures, so I kept the AoA campaign under the active section for now. If that falls through after Origins, we should move it to the extinct/concluded category. Alphastream (talk) 16:34, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ashes of Athas 

message: This article has in poor shape for far too long. It no longer reflect reality in Organized play/Living campaigns. For years the largest campaign at the Flagship con, [Gencon], has been Pathfinder. They outstrip every other Organized Play program by leaps and bounds. This article needs to be updated, and needs sources to update it. Lets get to work. Dominick (TALK) 11:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: LFR is no longer run by WOTC. RPGA no longer exists. Most of the cmapaigns under the sponsored link were never run by WOTC in the first place and only Arcainis was supported by them, but it was administered by a different organization than RPGA. The term Living is not used by the vast majority of OP campaigns (check the references). I also went through the events pages of many of the campaigns, and if thy no longer have events for the past year, they went in the extinct pile. Conspicuously absent is the Dungeons and Dragons AL reference for the campaign. That edit is coming when I have time later to add it to this list. It may be better to refactor the whole bottom of this page, and sort by founding year. Dominick (TALK) 16:27, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: One other thing, Wizards Play Network administered the oldest game on the list LFR. LG was run by RPGA, but by then it was a shell organization for WoTC Marketing. Dominick (TALK) 16:37, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories of Organized Play 

message: The last edit to remove almost every mention of anything but wizards is a bit issue. The largest in terms of numbers has been DDAL and PFS. This article has no mention of either now. Removing content because we are not a list of links, doesn't serve the topic. Working on an edit. Put your two cents in now! Dominick (TALK) 11:08, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Hatchet edits