New to LoW - Help a Rookie Promoter Out!

[petem41]

Hello all, I just recently discovered LoW & received my first sets of cards Thursday (color starter, expansion 6, & several special cards…Beefcake, Valentine, Heenan, Cornette, etc).

I’m just starting to scratch the surface of discovering community & game. Love what I have seen thus far!

Anyway, looking for any advice experienced promoters might want to throw a rookie new to the game. Good resources, federation advice, examples to see/follow, booking card & match ideas, etc.

Seems like there is a great following & community for the game & I can already say from experience that the people at Filsinger games are incredible.

I was a 70s baby, 80s kid who grew up on the major Wrestling federations of the 80s, WWF, NWA as I’m sure many others here did.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions, advice, resources, etc.

Pete

["Emperor Norton" (Mark T)]

Welcome.

There's really no "wrong" way to play the game. It's just about putting together the kind of stuff that makes you happy. Some people are high on keeping stats and records and rankings. Others just enjoy putting together storylines. Some only book fun matches. Or you could just run tournaments. Whatever feels right to you.

Personally, I suggest a manageable roster size with a handful of top guys, a solid midcard, and the underneath talent to support them all. It's not real fun to have fifteen main event guys and have to delegate half of them to the opening match because the roster is too top heavy. Then you can rotate wrestlers in and out a few at a time every so often to keep it fresh.

And if you can't find a groove at first, just try again.

As we always say, it's up to you.

[neilybob]

Start with a small roster at first and then add more as you see fit. it's all up to you.

[TTX]

80s roster is a great way to go and then you can dip your toe into other eras if you wish.

[victoryroll84]

Hi Petem41!

If you end up wanting to run angles and programs Bullet points are nice and sweet (unless you enjoy long descriptions to your fed). You could build to a super card or special event down the way (6-8 matches per card is a good spot but run what you are comfortable with). For example I run 5 matches a card and after every 8 cards I hold a special event or big super card. Welcome to this great game man

[on_the_edge]

There is good advice already provided but I think the best thing is right here.

May 7, 2022 16:55:14 GMT -5 "Emperor Norton" (Mark T) said:

Welcome.

There's really no "wrong" way to play the game.

I would just suggest rolling a few matches to get the hang of it. Read the posted results of several different posters if you have not already. Then decide how you want to play the game and go from there. You may want to keep some notes as you go along, either in notebooks if old school or on your computer. If for no other reason that a few years down the road it can be fun to go back and see where you start to where you are down the road.

[pikemojo]

Welcome to the game! My biggest piece of advice is to simply play the game the way it is most fun for you to play it. Some people love sharing their results, others don't. Some people do really detailed write ups, others just have basic match results. Whatever way you find to run a fed and play the game, that feels the most fun and allows you to continue playing, do that. And if your preferences change along the way, so be it. If restarting your fed or doing a soft-reboot or whatever, is what it takes for the game and your fed to continue to be fun, do it.

[petem41]

This is all great advice! Thanks guys.

I played a handful of matches, quickly picked up the game & decided to have a 16 man singles tournament & a 4 team tag tournament to begin with. Primarily wrestlers from the 80s. I’m going to use this to jump start the fed (still unsure of name), get my belt holders, develop some feuds, etc. So my roster is 24 (maybe thats to many)? There seems to be a consensus on keeping the roster small. Once my tournaments are done, I will have my first “card”. Gonna keep it small. 4-5 matches. Then do the Supercard idea several times a year. I am recording some notes, results on paper, but found a great idea for a spreadsheet on google docs someone made to record stats, rankings, etc.

Thanks again,

Pete

[Bazzy]

Base it around WWF or NWA doesn't have to have the same wrestlers in it as it did back in the did . Use say WWF same as they do in a year using PPV (Maybe change the names slightly if you want) Royal Rumble , Wrestlemania , Summerslam and Survivor Series . I try to add new wrestlers or sets every say 6 months to a fed . After a while the wrestlers that don't to seem to be doing much in your fed . Thinking about changing them around somehow . Create your own feuds , you don't have to repeat history . Same with factions say Heenan Family doesn't have to be the same as it was in WWE .

Good luck

["Emperor Norton" (Mark T)]

For roster size, I like 24-30 so there are enough wrestlers to mix it up, but not so many you get overwhelmed trying to find a spot for them all.

With legends I found a fun way to have roster size set to "unlimited" is to run it as if my main group is the largest territory with other "background" territories I can pull talent from for a series of matches, supercard match, or just a quick run to shake things up. For example "Tommy Rich is here from Georgia and he wants to get his hands on Masked Superstar to settle some unfinished business". Then you do your series and one or the other can fade into the background territory until needed again.