Recent content by Firwood

I express my very personal opinion: 3E: talents allow you to customise your character, but they also create imbalances and difficulties at the gaming table. If you decide to use feats, be prepared for endless hours of character creation. 5E: classes/subclasses serve to define a more strategic...

Totally unnecessary and inappropriate. Classic comment made just to give air to the mouth. I NEVER SAID that D&D is going badly. I have disputed, and again confirm, that the numbers boasted by WOTC DO NOT HAVE A COUNTERPROOF. Official documents (Q3 shareholder reports) make no mention of this...

I don't agree with you, sorry. I followed all the situation, i know this article cover only a part of the market, but i absolutely didn't agree with your conclusion. I wait to see the real numbers from third parts source or the Q4 financial report from Hasbro.

Yes, they told this, but there are no confirmation. The only third part source with real number (still in last september after they claim the huge success) is this ( not the article but the source of copy sold): WOTC Inflates Sales Numbers for Player’s Handbook - Physical Book Sales Might Be Low...

Maybe. But WOTC say in september, that the new player's handbook is the fast selling product ever. My doubts are about this statement, doubts later confirmed by Hasbro's Q3 financial report. But... mybe i'm wrong and the handbook sold really very well. It should be nice that such a great success...

No no no. As I explained in a post, I interpreted the sales records ONLY for the 2024 player's manual, whereas the author meant of the entire D&D 5E publishing line from 2014 onward. I have already answered that, understood in its entirety, the 5th edition is without a shadow of a doubt the...

No, at the opposite: BG3 save the company. They have less income in other digital media, but BG3 has the big numbers in HASBRO account.

No data, exactly as anyone else. Only WOTC know the real numbers. As i told many times, i have just the shareholders financial report, in which there is no claim bout this huge success (Q1 through Q3 report, the Q4 is not published yet). And to be clear, i refer to 2024 Player's Handbook sales only.

Oh, you did not specify the entire production of 5E!!! The fact that 5E is the most successful edition in D&D history is established. There is no doubt about that. I understood from reading the post that you were referring to the 2024 manual only! I assure you that I am not interested in the...

No, what I don't know, and apparently no one does, are the sales numbers cited by WOTC (sold more than Tasha, the fastest selling product, etc.). I am limiting myself to the sales figures boasted by WOTC for Q3 for which there is no feedback. I don't know how the trend is in Q4.

The most reliable source is shareholder reports, and there is no record of this incredible sales success. Also I want to mention that in regard to the sales of the Player's Handbook, WOTC has always said “the product,” not “the handbook,” and it is not at all clear what is meant by product. The...

Weell 2009 does not exist. D&D 4E does not exist. They are just nightmares that return from time to time :) Joking aside, I just stated my opinion about the version of the system I enjoyed the least. Those who enjoy it and still use it today do very well to do so. The great thing about TTRPGs...

There is no confirmation of the accuracy of these claims. Hasbro's investor reports for Q3 2024 all show declining numbers (and there have been numerous articles about this), which also led to a class action lawsuit against Hasbro for untrue communications to inflate the numbers. The triumphant...

Are you sure about this sentence? Better than EVER? Someone may just tell this is not true, and WOTC is loosing lot of customer due to their "great work" with 2024 D&D edition. I've been playing since 1985, I've used all the published editions of D&D, and the latest incarnation is, in my...

Totally agree. The d20 system is much better then tha last one! And it's wonderful to play, very immersive (with the right players).