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I disagree that we're in the midst of a generational shift. The article claims: By that standard, we’re not even close. The majority...

That’s not what he’s saying. He called 5e a 4th generation game, and he thinks the successors to 5e will split between continuing the...

I don’t know, that’s their job to figure out. Maybe they could sell it print on demand, or maybe they could include that content in the...

My solution is to offer a physical version. So, what you’re saying is they’ve turned up the temperature of the water slowly enough that...

I don’t think the ethics of digital piracy is really appropriate to discuss here, mea culpa for bringing it up in the first place. But...

Huh. I had started to write a reply and deleted it (or so I thought), because I didn’t think it was going to contribute anything...

I think there are a lot of issues with the forge’s model. But, I also think it’s important to note that a model’s utility is not...

As we like to say in science communication: all models are wrong. Some models are useful.

Oh yeah, I was just being jokey. More seriously, yeah, the Forge nonsense is at least trying to be categorically useful for discussing...

I don’t mind some small things being digital only. Updates to pre-2024 subclasses feel to me like something that should be available in...

If I'm buying a PDF, hopefully, I'm getting a PDF that I can save on my own media.

That was not my read on it, and I neither had any particular skin in that game, nor have a particularly strong preference for...

Yeah, I noticed the same. If his goal was to say, "hey, in the 21st century, we started designing around what was good for WotC, and now...

I agree in part - I don't know that being simple for the GM is all that new, or will ultimately be seen as the focus of today's games...

For generations 1-3, I suppose what he says is fair enough. At 4th generation, he gets very muddy, and unfortunately the change to his...