DM's Guild: What Do The Customers Think?

Nylanfs · Mar 8, 2016

Perhaps they need a curator system like what Valve implemented for Steam.

CapnZapp · Mar 8, 2016

TrippyHippy said:
Well, that is my contribution towards what I feel about DMs Guild, whether you like it or not.

True, although I obviously want access to the Player's Handbook, DMs Guide and the Monster Manual too. The point is that without these fundamental books, any PDF collection from 3rd party supplements and the like just doesn't have a frame of reference to a core as I'd like. If I turn up to a game night with my tablet or whatever, I want it to have everything I need. At the moment, for me, everything else is made redundant until that core material is released.

There are no plans to go PDF that we know of.

What do you feel about DM's Guild as it is advertised, i.e. a place to buy 3PP after you have bought the physical core books?

Silverborne · Mar 8, 2016

I've purchased a few things so far. I am mostly looking for small things that can help me as a DM. More monsters and NPC stats, simple locations, villages, basic dungeons, etc. I have my own campaign world and adventures, but it is nice to have a wider array of easy to use tools. The hard part is finding the things I am looking for. A better sorting system would be very nice and it would draw people like me to the kinds of things i am looking for.

Zaran · Mar 8, 2016

I think it's great but it doesn't fulfill the need I have for new content. If they did something like approve vetted items from the DMGuild for Adventurer's League that would be cool. I still rather WotC make more content in house instead of getting people to do it for them while they take half the profits.

Zero Cochrane · Mar 8, 2016

Some products are great quality and some are really bad. I stick with "Pay What You Want" and "Free" because it's hard to know what you are getting. "Full Preview" is a big help, but not all products have this option available. The Star Ratings are helpful, but only if a lot of people have contributed to them.

dracomilan · Mar 8, 2016

I've used all of my publisher's credits to buy products, and I'm pretty satisfied so far.
The review system is quite broken anyway: people who download for free PWYW products should not be entitled to rate/review a product, while ALL buyers should be gently nudged into reviewing a product - and upgrade a review when a product changes.

Gnarl45 · Mar 8, 2016

I have mixed feelings about it. I don't like keeping track of dozens of small products and the quality is so random that I still haven't bought anything yet. I'm not sure I'll buy anything electronic though. I really like my dead trees.

I also find it frustrating. There are so many fantastic ideas that end up being average because there's no budget for copy editing or original art.

Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason nobody is publishing printed products yet?

Morrus · Mar 8, 2016

Gnarl45 said:
Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason nobody is publishing printed products yet?

There's quite a few printed products. Three big hardcovers from Necromancer Games, a full hardcover setting from Sasquatch, a series of softcover adventures from Goodman Games, items from Kobold Press, about a dozen Kickstarters... lots of stuff!

Gnarl45 · Mar 9, 2016

Morrus said:
There's quite a few printed products. Three big hardcovers from Necromancer Games, a full hardcover setting from Sasquatch, a series of softcover adventures from Goodman Games, items from Kobold Press, about a dozen Kickstarters... lots of stuff!

Aren't these OGL products? I was wondering if there wasn't a technical reason why nobody was publishing printed products on it.