One Bad Egg going dark

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Looks like sales of 4e products weren't strong enough to warrant more goodies from this 3rd party publisher of quality 4e stuff.

 

[jdrakeh]

This is the first time I've even heard of One Bad Egg. That said, I'm sorry to hear about any company closing their doors. The story that you link to, however, makes it clear that sales were not the only factor influencing their decision to close up shop.

 

[Jack99]

This is the first time I've even heard of One Bad Egg.

If you play 4e, then it's a pity. They consistently made the best 3PP products for the game.

It's a pity that more people didn't buy their products.

 

[Crothian]

They wrote good pdfs and it's sad to hewar they are stopping.

 

[JeffB]

This is the first time I've even heard of One Bad Egg.

That ^

I'll agree though with something I saw on that link - WOTC is doing a dang good job of supporting 4E. Last year I was worried, but I really am not missing much in the way of/feeling the need for 3rd party support. Goodman covers my bases as far as easily adaptable modules go with the 4E DCCs (though there are a few clunkers).

 

[CapnZapp]

I have never heard of OBE.

Of course, I have never gone hunting for 4E 3PP products. Never felt the need.

Guess my experiences with sloppy inexperienced dreck during the 3E era made me realize only the very best in 3PP publishers are worth my time and effort: Malhavoc, Necromancer, Green Ronin, Penumbra...

And with the GSL as is, that critical mass simply isn't going to materialize for the fourth edition.

I fear lots of customers dont bother going above and beyond WotC; not only because 3PPs simply don't have the market presence they used to have; but because there is much truth to the suspicion those few 3PPs that's left simply can't compete with Wizards quality-wise.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I think 3rd party publishers are running into something much worse than only WoTC putting out a lot of support this time around. They're running into WoTC actually supporting the game electroincally and none of them have access to that feature. I love Goodman Games stuff for example, but given the ease of using the DDI or hand writing all of that stuff out? I know which route I'm going.

 

[Rechan]

If you play 4e, then it's a pity. They consistently made the best 3PP products for the game.

It's a pity that more people didn't buy their products.

This.

Every product was well put together. I never worried about the balance. And they were chocked full of ideas.

 

[Nifft]

I hadn't heard of them previously either. Did they write stuff for 3.x?

Apropos of nothing, this is what I found when I looked for "Dark Egg" on Google image search:

Cheers, -- N

 

[Glyfair]

I think 3rd party publishers are running into something much worse than only WoTC putting out a lot of support this time around. They're running into WoTC actually supporting the game electroincally and none of them have access to that feature. I love Goodman Games stuff for example, but given the ease of using the DDI or hand writing all of that stuff out? I know which route I'm going.

I agree with this. Plus, their early material was pretty much classes and races. That's something I really don't feel much need for beyond the official WotC stuff. After the release of the character builder, I felt even less use for that.

Their later themes expanded beyond that, but even there I didn't see too many themes that attracted me. The armies product is the only thing I considered.

This.

Every product was well put together. I never worried about the balance. And they were chocked full of ideas.

I admit I learned from 3.X third party products to avoid classes from third parties. Companies that got reputation for classes that were "balanced" seemed either horribly boring or very underpowered. Everyone seemed to go the overpowered route. I think the sole exception I saw was Monte's Arcana Evolved.