Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
DMs to pay for D&D Encounter materials?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 6150847" data-attributes="member: 11365"><p>Paizo has almost certainly surpassed WotC in revenue, but they haven't fundamentally changed the RPG business equation. It is very hard to find out the financial picture of either company. How many subscribers to Paizo? How many to DDI? How many brick-and-mortar sales? How many on DnDClassics? How many directly from the Paizo store? What are the costs to run all of these sales vehicles, and what is the resulting profit (if any)?</p><p></p><p>It really isn't clear how well Paizo is doing and whether any success is sustainable across multiple editions. Another edition of Pathfinder is likely inevitable - we can see that many of the "ultimate" products resemble those at the end of an RPG's lifecycle. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it is all to say that companies should experiment with different models and adjust over time, because this is an industry where historically there has been very little profit. I expect Wizards will over time adjust this Encounters module to make it more likely for a DM to keep running the adventure at the store. And, we don't know if/how this might link to any living campaign efforts they might start up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alphastream, post: 6150847, member: 11365"] Paizo has almost certainly surpassed WotC in revenue, but they haven't fundamentally changed the RPG business equation. It is very hard to find out the financial picture of either company. How many subscribers to Paizo? How many to DDI? How many brick-and-mortar sales? How many on DnDClassics? How many directly from the Paizo store? What are the costs to run all of these sales vehicles, and what is the resulting profit (if any)? It really isn't clear how well Paizo is doing and whether any success is sustainable across multiple editions. Another edition of Pathfinder is likely inevitable - we can see that many of the "ultimate" products resemble those at the end of an RPG's lifecycle. Anyway, it is all to say that companies should experiment with different models and adjust over time, because this is an industry where historically there has been very little profit. I expect Wizards will over time adjust this Encounters module to make it more likely for a DM to keep running the adventure at the store. And, we don't know if/how this might link to any living campaign efforts they might start up. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
DMs to pay for D&D Encounter materials?
Top