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Rough numbers via Data Bridge, etc. Comics is around a $10 billion dollar global business (not including related media, etc) with the...

From 1984 to 1994, I don't believe so.* The average Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms novels were selling 100,000 copies or more (and...

Was there any settings back in the TSR days where the RPG outsold the novels?

Well, I have the whole line, but those were my two favorites of the novels. Knight of the Black Rose in particular has a special place...

The debates running throughout the thread on what Ravenloft as a setting or brand is supposed to be are not new. Not long after the...

The Ravenloft setting, starting with the original Ravenloft module was never gothic horror. It was from the beginning, a blend of gothic...

The Ravenloft fiction line was, initially, carefully coordinated with the game material. That changed after 1993 or 1994, but initially...

I'm not sure why they should be interested in B-movies their grandparents or even great grandparents cared about. If Ravenloft is going...

"Demonization of white American males"?? Okay.

Do you maybe have anything constructive to add? Part of one campaign where they could be replaced by cultists, single 4e adventure and...

Since you are speaking to motivation and claiming special knowledge, you really should be sharing your sources.

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back, by Rebecca Giblin and...

While it's not directly related to the Diamond bankruptcy, the New York Times just published a review of a book about private equity...

Sure, people are being hyperbolic. What they mean is "this sucks and is unfair". Which you know, I'm sure.

All of which speaks to how predatory some major hobby market businesses, especially in the US, have become, and how careful you have to...