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5 Sessions in, and Daggerheart continues to work. My players have said that they feel really powerful and cool, and things just seem to...

I get what you’re saying — Essentials isn’t a different edition, and it’s fair to point that out. But there are good reasons why people...

No need to wonder. This is exactly the strategy they are pursuing and they have made no secret of that. Every release is an EVENT...

(Caveat: Psychological research is devilishly hard to interpret correctly, often does not generalize, and also often can't be...

When people talk about “modern” tabletop roleplaying game mechanics, they often imply a chronological boundary — as if certain design...

You’re not wrong, but I think that’s an oversimplified way to frame it. This Kickstarter exists because fans (and retailers?) were...

Yeah. You see it everywhere. Box office figures, mobile phone brands, D&D editions, etc. To be fair, it's not like I don't feed into it...

We could also just ask why this validation chase matters in the first place. Do people at your table really stop to check Kickstarter...

I agree with you that raw numbers will always be read as a signal, but the key context is what’s actually being measured. This...

Appreciate the clarification on card size. I had the same impression from the video, so you weren’t alone in that. Thanks for confirming...

Thank you for this. I still have issues with it and with some of your points but I only wanted to respond to one because I feel...

From what I’ve seen so far, these Class Decks are essentially premium, pre-packed domain sets tied to each class. That makes them...

Well, wasn't thinking of more than; the pendulum of as expressed by fanatics is really not more than a tiny portion of the actual...

I think you’re right that 5E’s accessibility expanded the player base in ways that benefit the whole industry. But I’d add that the...