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I'll counter my sad story with a more promising one. We've all heard of sci-fi and fantasy writers that also did ttrpgs here and there but I remember when the award winning China Miéville danced around the subject of "did he or didn't he" when he had a straight up adventuring party strut into...

100% Local gaming metas are all over the place. "Dead" games are alive and well at one FLGS and one state/province/district over another store the line up of popular games is different. Perfect example I've seen is that Battletech is having a renaissance in popularity and it's popping up at...

Ah. Now Critical Role has to avoid the classic "ttrpg lighting in the bottle" trap. You keep selling out, so you keep printing, each print run being bigger or even bigger than the last one to meet demand - until the demand plateaus. Then you are left with tons of stock in the huge warehouse...

When I was a reporter, I did a story on the state of the small Sheriff's county jail and was told so many jail break stories by the deputies. I asked, "If these guys are so smart, why are they criminals? Why did they get caught?" Answer was, "When you have nothing to do for hours but to focus...

Ticket to Ride and Azul are her go tos. Love Letter once in a while. We are also diving into the "Murder mystery in a box" genre that's gotten pretty big at Barnes and Noble. Little indie guy who got very lucky with a fun IP. The artist is a joy to work with...

Same. Probably the most bizarre interaction I had in the 90s was during a summer job where an older lady assumed the only reason a grown man would run a game store would be because they were a pedophile. Yikes. The down side I've seen to the mainstreaming is a group of players who feel like...

The military in general doesn't surprise me. There's been regular gaming going on for decades now. Nice to confirm it includes the brass now. Sadly in my workplace, it's still not safe for me. The subject of D&D came up and one coworker just quipped, "Oh. That's satanic." in a very matter of...

Thundercats is over $172k now. I am surprised as I thought this KS would be one of the $1M ones right out of the gate. I have to give them props as I assume Dynamite will use their comics for the art assets.

PC Gamer also covered Ohlen move. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/less-than-a-week-after-dropping-a-big-new-trailer-at-the-game-awards-exodus-studio-head-james-ohlen-has-stepped-down-because-he-felt-his-work-on-the-game-was-complete/

It's odd to me how the related Exodus TTRPG was pretty much released with no fan fare and has no Wizards logo on the front (maybe it's on the back?) It's like WotC is acting like its own 3PP. :ROFLMAO: And at the time I checked the website a few months ago, WotC didn't even have a logo on the...

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With profit margins on games as it is, that's going to be break even for some of those publishers if they have to pick up product at their own expense. That's if they can even meet whatever window the warehouse provides for getting their stuff.

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Congrats and wishing him the best of luck!

So there was a bit of proof even from way back in the day that Basic was the best seller for a long time. In my neck of the woods, if someone was still playing D&D, it was AD&D. They would have been shocked to learn in the future, AD&D would be the less popular game in an OSR movement. Though...

That is the advantage to a cyberpunk MMO. All the "Boaty McBoatFace" and "MerlynL33t" avatar names don't break my immersion.

Agreed on all points and will now look up Roll and Play. :ROFLMAO:

Riddermound is a tough fight and now many suggest other adventures, like Troll Spire, as the first mission. I allowed a Myths and Legends roll to let PC know fire is good and also included the Improv Weapon, Torch on the map.

It does, I am also amused how that audience is simultaneously "Look at this masterpiece 10 years in the making!" and yet, "How come WotC can't make stuff like this!: :ROFLMAO: I am a little frustrated they eventually made a modified OSE to run the game as it makes NOT using OSE as your system...

I think some people have a paranoia of having their player agency "manipulated" via family ties or other narrative connections they opt for the nuclear option of the war orphan. Over the years, I've noticed several players who feel they don't have much actual agency in their life, their power...