Now is the time for Enworld to expand into an untapped market!

[JarooAshstaff]

I'd like a product line with well-organized, shorter adventures with easy-to-parse details and streamlined encounters.

I agree, however there are a million adventures on dms guild, any of which you can prep for 5e. I don' think one needs to wait for WOTC to produce more.

 

[Morrus]

If I were going to make an actual real suggestion instead of the typical snarky comment I usually do, I think there is a market that (to my knowledge) is relatively untapped - at least by the major producers of the game. And that market would have crossover with new players, busy adults, and casual gamers. It's something I frequently complain about on here in the way WotC produces their adventures.
I'd like a product line with well-organized, shorter adventures with easy-to-parse details and streamlined encounters. Something akin to what Necrotic Gnome does with their OSE adventures. Compared to those, the adventures WotC makes are stuck with the design and layout of the early 2000s - huge blocks of text, mountains of read-aloud text, incessant page-flipping to get to stats you need.
There was a push in the end of 3.5 to break-up the format of official adventures (I remember Ravenloft was done this way) and in 4e to break into "encounter zones" and include stats in the relevant sections.
If a DM buys your product, it should save them time. You shouldn't have to spend nearly as much time prepping the purchased adventure as you would writing your own.

All of this exists. And if you look beyond D&D, it really exists. Rather than WotC do that I’d rather see smaller publishers get a lift.

 

[Professor Murder]

All of this exists. And if you look beyond D&D, it really exists. Rather than WotC do that I’d rather see smaller publishers get a lift.

Honestly, this is the heart of the issue. This isnt a demand for material. This is a demand for the spotlight.

 

[Retreater]

All of this exists. And if you look beyond D&D, it really exists. Rather than WotC do that I’d rather see smaller publishers get a lift.

I haven't found any 5e stuff that does it this way (maybe with the exception of one adventure that has been converted from OSE). All of the 3PP 5e stuff I've seen copies the same style from WotC - or even worse.
Does anyone have examples of adventures that other companies are making that fit that description?

 

[payn]

They need D20 Mid-Century Modern!

 

[Guest 7034872]

Huh.

See, from the title I totally thought this thread was going to be about pineapple pizzas.

Never mind.

 

[J.Quondam]

"Enjoy the complete 'Grandmother Rule' experience at... ENWorld-branded nursing homes!"

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Huh.

See, from the title I totally thought this thread was going to be about pineapple pizzas.

Never mind.

Coming soon from ENWorld Publishing ....

Bard Up: The Complete Book of Lyres and Jokers.

 

[Zaroden]

What do the over 55 crowd want?

They're kinda a big demographic.

While they have similarities, they're going to be hard to take into account, especially when it comes to tabletop RPGs.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[BookTenTiger]

EN World should start planning a D&D themed retirement community!