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I'm familiar with the video game industry. I teach economics (along with political science and history) :) "Small" is relative compared to the giant pile BG3 made. Then too, I doubt a full-blown sequel would have made less than BG3. I think Larian's decision was more about artistic freedom than...

If Larian wanted to do more BG3 conteent or a BG4 they would have made new contacts not moved on. They wanted a fresh start. As for WotC, I doubt they are averse to making money and a BG3 expansion or a sequel would have been coining money for WotC and Larian. Well, color me silly. Firing off a...

Because the Redshirts... er lieutenants are expendable :)

Yes, my game has been on the silver standard ever since this issue. Thanks indeed, Mr. Pulsipher (and Dragon Magazine)!

Thank you, a print / PDF bundle is exactly what I wanted.

It wasn't just D&D art. Look at the covers from fantasy novels published in that period. I started buying paper back science fiction and fantasy in the late 1960s and armor was, for the most part, not a thing on females.

I would agree, but we only have this information from one side. I think EGG is drumming up support to get a settlement. It may, or may not, be justified. The "evil corporation" is a trope, but generally corporations don't act without sufficient money being involved. And this doesn't sound like...

It's been quite a while and I didn't go back and research the particulars, but this sounds right. They released material they were not supposed to and their license was canned.

They were releasing material in sync with the current movies, and then they got ahead of the movies... oops. They released a couple of Star Trek the Next Generation titles. there was a lot going on between Paramount, Rodenberry. and FASA. The conflicting thoughts on Star Trek figured into it...

Most of you are probably too young to remember FASA and the Star Trek license fiasco. The Star Trek RPG was doing very well, a cash cow for FASA and probably worth a few bucks to Paramount as well. Then FASA inadvertently violated an NDA / product embargo by releasing a product early. No more...

I don't know just how "minor" the violation of the NDA was, or how irritated Netflix had to be (and why) to cancel the contract. It definitely sucks for the creatives involved. As for a chance to steal work cheaply... if Netflix / Snyder wanted a world bible they could have chucked 50k at a...

This is my last year. I'm pulling the plug. Retirement is just around the corner. Increasing game time is just around the corner. The only hitch is moving. My wife wants to move to the DC area (probably Northern Virginia) from central California to be closer to my daughter. Just need to find a...

Unless they raised their prices the inflation rate isn't a big deal. They sold more books at the same price point they had before the pandemic. I know the 5E books didn't go up. I don't know about Magic prices though.

Interesting bit about in-person importance. I'd guess the pandemic increased the value people place on in-person interaction.

I watched a review of it at Questing Beast and, yes, it looks amazing. It's a setting and rulebook combination. It's getting my money and I don't really go for setting related books (I have my own). The game system is pretty much OSE / B/X with new races, and monsters.

Well, I have decided I have little interest in CR's games... but I am jealous of anyone who's going to be at Gencon! There is that :D

That constant tension and fear is actually what made those games fun. When you survived and gained experience (and maybe levelled up) there was a real sense of accomplishment. Players always needed to be on their game and involved.

I teach the U.S. end of it every year as part of the survey of U.S. History (History B-17B). I review the origins of the war as part of it. My fathers experience was what led me into history. And yes, Versailles wasn't enforced and Britain and France missed an opportunity to head the whole thing...

Germany and Italy supported Nationalist / Fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Italy was far more involved than Germany btw. Britain and France failed to support Czechoslovakia after the Munich Agreement was violated and Germany occupied the rest of that country. The Czechs had...

Thanks as always. I mainly remember this one for the cover :) My brother used the weather chart for his campaign (and still does). I had my own, simpler system already. As I flip back through it, it's a solid issue, but not, to me, that memorable. And yeah, I'd pay $10 for a monthly magaize like...