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Inspired by another thread on the topic, I decided to take a slightly different angle and dig a bit deeper into why players lose...

Not just consumed nostalgia: instant nostalgia. We're having remakes of shows, games, movies, etc. that aren't even that old. How to...

Welcome to the capitalist world of consumed nostalgia. 😩

Ugh. More blended-up pop culture slop? This decade sucks.

I understand why people reach for the 2e comparisons — it’s the clearest precedent we have for overextension and audience fragmentation...

Magic isn’t comparable it’s a license to print money. That game single-handedly keeps flgs in business across America. Though, no I’m...

I'm not sure that one-off products, and that's what most of these are - even if a variety of one-offs, would constitute fracturing the...

Perhaps. But then again, WotC has already shown they’re willing to take risks—for example, crossing brands with Magic: The Gathering...

Im with you on this, but I think there is considerable risk to WotC as the only ones capable of doing a mutli-product offering. It may...

They absolutely do, though — D&D is explicitly branded as “the world’s greatest roleplaying game” and continuously positioned as the...

I think there’s a lot of unexamined assumption in that framing. You’re describing an idealized table of close friends who all share...

I recently had the chance to play in a Daggerheart one-shot, and suprprisingly, I really loved it, especially the initiative system! To...

I get the joke, but that's actually driving it home for me. Nobody actually wants to “oppress” other playstyles, yet the structure of...

Just to clarify, this isn’t about advocating for one edition over another, or claiming that any particular approach is superior. The...

That’s a fair observation, but success doesn’t automatically validate design—it only proves the current form is marketable. The recoil...