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History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme, the more things change the more they stay the same. We can't expect an exact repeat of...

I remember when I was younger reading some sci-fi story about the protagonist reading a physical book instead of on some device long...

Hmmmm...as the DM, I can't give up my digital tools. They save me so much time! And for D&D Club, they allow me to bring in kids who...

I had a literal 5 minutes to do some research and found an article from 2017 How Well is 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Selling?. D&D...

Also post something other than a statement that PF never outsold 4e because that has nothing to do with the sales of 5e.

Post the actual numbers then. Hard numbers.

I remember them saying that while the thought they were just releasing 5e to keep the IP alive, sales from day 1 greatly exceeded...

Where are we getting this "the first year of 5e was really weak." My recollection of the numbers that we've seen and of interviews with...

Unless there's some internally generated "History of D&D" I don't think we'll ever really know. Especially now that the entire sales...

Until we see hard numbers yeah. 3.0 sold gangbusters year one as well.

It did have a good first year and then sales tanked. Just like every previous editions after D&D's initial growth. The release may...

The last time WotC substantially changed some D&D mechanics was 4e. That worked out well for Paizo. How did it work out for WotC...

Yeah, that Beyond can currently change very little (can't even do some of the 3PP stuff, heck, IIRC still can't do some Tasha's stuff...

Maybe don't try to fluff up your opinions with sparkle. There are many approaches to game design, many goals, many treatises written on...

Elegant is just more (ooh! a chance to use my new phrase!) sparkle talk. Dressing your opinion on what the game should be as "elegant"...