Transparency Agenda Daily September 19th 2016 - Free as a business strat...

Rebellion Sheet created by LPJ Design

I downloaded the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide from Paizo​ and I saw the Rebellion Sheet and I decided that I should do a version for NeoExodus: A House Divided​. So here is my version, free to use and enjoy. It is under NeoExodus Freebies. Enjoy!  

Pirates of the Bronze Sky Playtest 1.01 FOR FREE

OK Pathfinder RPG by Paizo, Pathfinder and Paizo fans, if you have been wondering about our project, Pirates of the Bronze Sky, wonder no further. This video tells you of our plans and better still, where you can get the Pirates of the Bronze Sky Playtest PDF. Enjoy!

By the way the link is at the Louis Porter Jr. Design Facebook page! Talk to you later...

Adding value by going from Free to Pay What You Want…

I think a lot of people like free and take things that are free JUST because they are free.  Things that people have no interest in really, don’t care about and would never find useful once they hear they are free, they are taken by the handfuls. It does not matter if it was free poison we were giving away. Free to many mean "take more than you will need, even if you don't need me". But does free mean value or better put does free equal valuable?

A few years ago I was speaking with Christian Gossett fromThe Red Star comic book fame and he said to me, “Never give anything away for free. People don’t value it at free.” And I have to admit, in “some” cases that is true.  I have given away over ten thousand copies of free products at LPJ Design from Buff Sheet to Daily Spell Sheet to Chase Sheet to many others. Usually we get about a 0.10% of those who downloaded it thanked us for the free product or even take a second out to review it. Why? I think when they get it for free to them there is no real “value” attached to the product. But the second we add a price to it, even with it being Pay what you want we create what Chris Anderson, author of Free: How Today's Smartest Businesses Profit byGiving Something for Nothing calls “friction”, a resistance to the “deal” or sale.

So I started to think how could I maximize both points of view of Free with Pay What You Want? And I think I have come up with something that makes me happy from a customer and business prospective.  From now on when LPJ Design releases a new product that we consider giving away for free, we will make that product available for free for 7 days. After the initial 7 day release, we will convert that product to a Pay What You Want rate. The initial 7 days will determine who is our core fans base and is this product interesting. The following Pay What You Want period will determine is this product interesting AND is there value in this product. 

I have already tried this our recently with several LPJ Design Free products that are now Pay What You Want, to discover there have been a drop on the free downloads, but there have been people who paid us for what we were giving away for free because they found value in it. Best of all, people who paid what they wanted to really determined the real value of the product and that is VERY important to me. Talk to you later… 

Wish you had a free sheet for your Animal Companion, Cohort, Eidolon, Familiar, etc…

We at LPJ Design have just created a record sheet for Animal Companion, Cohort, Eidolon, Familiar, Followers, Mount, Summoned Monster, etc in addition to the other the other freebie sheet we have created for fans of Pathfinder. So stop on by, read our post, grab a few of the NeoExodus freebies and enjoy yourself.  You have earned it.  Thanks for your support. Support the cause! Support 3rd Party Publishers of Pathfinder!

[LPJ Design] Merry Christmas and here’s a free gift!

LPJ Design wishes all the fans of Paizo, Pathfinder and 3^rd Party Publishers a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year. And with that here is our little gift for us to you, Daily Spell List:

Wish you have one place that listed all your spells for the day and you didn’t have to flip through books or searching PDFs to find out what that spell does? Help is coming for you in the form of the LPJ Design’s Free Daily Spell List. For use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game players and GMs!  The Daily Spell List is a printable forms for players and GMs alike which makes managing your daily spell simple and easy.  Keep up with your spells without all the head ache you have been used to.  Best of all the Daily Spell List is completely free, a gift from LPJ Design and your support of the Pathfinder Role Playing Game. Available Here atRPGNow!

[LPJ Design] Free Buff Sheet for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

[LPJ Design] Free Buff Sheet for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Wish you didn’t have to flip through books or searching PDFs every time you want to know what special ability or spell buff one of your stats? You can’t remember the range, duration or save after your buff has been applied? Help is coming for you in the form of the LPJ Design Buff Sheet. For use with OGL 3.5 and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game players and GMs! The Buff Sheet is a printable forms for players and GMs alike which makes managing your buffs simple and easy.  Keep up with your stats with out all the head ache you have been used to.  Best of all the Buff Sheet is completely free, a gift from LPJ Design and your support of the Pathfinder Role Playing Game.   Available Here at RPGNow: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=94114

Not sure about about picking up the new Image Portfolio products by Storn Cook?

Well if you are not sure if you think Storn Cook's artwork is what you are looking for, maybe you should try the upcoming Image Portfolio Platinum Edition Free: Storn Cook.  This product will give you a sample of Storn Cook's style and artistic technique. Best of all this product is absolutely free, so there is no risk for you to try out this series if you have never purchased any of the Image Portfolio products.  So if you want to be a third party publisher (3PP) or just at color artwork to your local game, Image Portfolio Platinum Edition is what you are looking for.  Image Portfolio Platinum Edition Free: Storn Cook will be available exclusively at RPGNow.com.

[LPJ Design] Free Product Undefeatable 21.5 for The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released an all new FREE Product, Undefeatable 21.5 - Cavaliers, for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.  Here is information on this product:

Cavaliers who join the Order of the Wolf devote their lives to hunting something, whether it is a legendary creature (Sir Pellinore and his hunt for the Questing Beast), a fabled treasure (the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail), or a notorious person (Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Robin Hood). These cavaliers have sworn an oath upon their honor never to rest until what they have sought is finally within their possession. They typically work alone, though small groups of  cavaliers hunting the same object are not unknown (and often frighteningly effective.)

Available absolutely FREE at RPGNow.com here: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=85681

Paizo gets it, and you should copy their business plan...

Once again Paizo proves themselves as the heir apparent to the D&D throne. I picked up my copy of Master of the Fallen Fortress from my local gaming store for Free RPG Day this weekend (if you are going to be in South Florida this weekend, you can see & meet me in person at Florida SuperCon in Miami looking to recruit artists) and I also picked up the NPC Guide. Full color, amazing art and layout.  Fantastic all around products. I was talking to some friends and they told me that thye have jumped ship from 4E to Pathfinder.   The main reason? "Pathfinder felt like D&D".  I keep hearing that from more and more people.  "4E isn't bad, but Pathfinder fells more like D&D to me." is what people are saying.  And I have to agree with the people.

Paizo follows a very simple business formula.  It is the same formula that Apple and Zappos use. They turn customers into evangelist of their products. People talk about Paizo products. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad, but you can talk about Paizo and what they do, and I don't get the feeling they just want you to tell them what you feel so they can make their products better. Plus is Paizo makes a mistake like like with their GameMastery Face Cards: Enemies Deck, they just admit it and move on to do better next time.  Paizo gets it, and if you don't get it maybe you should follow what they do and see if it helps you out.  Hell I did. Where do you think the idea of the Quartermaster digital item cards cam from.  Talk to you later...

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