Recent content by Desdichado

Yes, I have. Because it has. Repeatedly, blatantly, obviously, consistently, persistently, and ubiquitously. Are you suggesting that I should believe you instead of my own lying eyes? C'mon. No, that was the FIRST time it happened. Factually completely incorrect. Speaking of which, weren't you...

Uh... no. I've seen it already half a dozen times in the last three months. And it's kinda funny that this "imaginary nonsense" comes straight out of mainstream journalism, and literally out of the mouths of the actors, directors, showrunners, and more. It's not out of date at all, in fact it's...

Index Card RPG. Admittedly, not the catchiest title. But a lot of folks say it does D&D better than D&D does these days.

The problem with the concept of the fantasy heartbreaker is that there isn't any need for one. They imitate D&D too closely, and there's no compelling reason to not just play D&D. Context is different when there now are much more compelling reasons to not play D&D specifically.

If they've been taking their cues from Hollywood, that's not the worst case. They double down, blame the fans for not liking the OGL 1.1, and call everyone racists or sexists or something (Williams is a woman after all... although maybe its presumptuous these days to assume that) and get all...

Yeah, that movie isn't giving off great vibes. It looks like an aging star who's prime is past making a made for TV movie. I'd like it to be good, but I doubt that it will be better than made by committee mediocre, and I'm bearish on box office for it. Here's hoping that I'm pleasantly...

Eric was specifically talking about the values of Paizo and how much they value open gaming. He also said that they can't be expected to have a coherent response so soon when it impacts their business so deeply, but to expect an announcement soon, and that we'd REALLY hear it. That's what I'm...

Based on Eric Mona's comments on that Age of Worms stream earlier, it doesn't look like there's been any real change there.

2:09:00 is another interest snippet.

However, unfortunate connotations to Sauron and the Rings, which have been comparisons that are too easy to resist this week.

And strangely, you don't mention the Twitter Files. Equally strangely; is it bad for WotC to be grasping and go after every penny at any moral cost, but GOOD for Twitter to do so? Look, it was probably a bad comparison anyway, and shouldn't have been made, and I shouldn't have jumped on to...

Indeed, let's look at Twitter. Since Musk's takeover, downloads and activity on Twitter as reported by independent analysts Apptopia and Sensor Tower, are up 23% since the month before Musk took over, and 42% since this time last year. And, as has been proved in numerous data drops from Twitter...

There's more going on that just WotC and the OGL. 3PP and the industry overall may like to have someone to point at and shriek, but the reality is pretty evident when looking at Hasbro's financials, which are driven by WotC and have been for years. The stock price has been steadily declining for...

Indeed. Going back to the launch of 3.5, when nobody on the development team thought that it was a good idea, but Hasbro wanted to pump profits. 4e's launch and the GSL was an even bigger debacle, obviously. It does seem that the magnitude of the debacles continues to grow over time, but...

First time? Flippancy aside, that's nonsense. WotC isn't coming to your table with attorneys telling you how to play. It's pretty easy to avoid all of this drama by just continuing to use all of your 5e material, and in fact, buying anything for it 3pp that you had your eye on. Most likely, you...