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[Jd Smith1]

Most games would be better off without support and new editions.

There is a good deal of truth in this.

 

[Maxperson]

Old Hotness: That's not a pizza because you don't put THAT on a pizza.

New Hotness: That's not a burger because you don't put THAT on a burger.

 

[Maxperson]

I will start putting pizza on a burger and then my revenge against Hawaian pizza will finally be complete!

A teriyaki burger with pineapple?

 

[Maxperson]

Hawaiian pizza is awesome
Earth is flat, but NASA put up guard rails to prevent accidents
Moon landing is a hoax (duh)
Oswald acted alone
That Tic Tac that the American pilot saw? Yeah, that's just a Tic Tac
Wrestling is real

It's a conspiracy theorist! Run!

 

[Jd Smith1]

WotC has owned D&D for 26 years. Other than Eberron and the Nentir Vale, it's been a constant remix of TSR settings, lore, and concepts, and now MtG. It's well past time to leave FR behind, as well as the TSR lore, and make something new for the game. Keep supporting the old, but move the energy to something new, with its own takes on monsters and cosmology and so forth. You know, like Nentir Vale did.

Far cheaper to just add a bit of lore and keep the TSR material, then hire the talent needed to create something new.

New gamers find the old stuff to be new, a lot of GMs have built upon the foundations of the old settings, so a truly new setting would literally compete with their own products while appealing only to a minority. And a minority whose interest in new things means they will move on after the new wears off.

 

[Aldarc]

Of course there is. Unless they are solo games you have to convince a critical mass of people to come along with you to play them. RPGs are not board games or card games, they require a larger emotional and time investment. They’re usually more complicated too and require more prep.

If you want support for your game - expansions, modules etc you need enough interest to pay the cost to that publishers costs + profit. How many games systems are launched and then sit dead in the water with no ongoing support.

Variety absolutely comes with cons.

So sunk cost fallacy?

 

[overgeeked]

Hell, with the DMs Guild, just make the old stuff available and open it up to the community. There will be a 500 page Dark Sun 5E book in about a month, probably of higher quality than the official team would put out.

It wouldn’t take that long. The fan-made stuff that’s already out there would be put up on the DMs Guild within a few minutes.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Old Hotness: That's not a pizza because you don't put THAT on a pizza.

New Hotness: That's not a burger because you don't put THAT on a burger.

I'm not someone who yucks another person's yum, generally, but a lot of Eureka Burger is about what looks good in an Instagram photo, not what tastes good in your mouth. IMO, etc.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

A teriyaki burger with pineapple?

Delicious!

 

[Gradine]

Wait, is Eureka is a chain now? I've literally eaten at the Eureka Burger on Eureka Street. Are they franchising out overpriced fancy burgers with ill-advised toppings?

Mainly in California.

Though oddly enough not in Eureka, CA