Recent content by John Lloyd1

I'm waiting for your 'shapshot' when they get released. I don't have the previous Forgotten Realms gazetteers (unless they came on Dndbeyond for free like Baldur's Gate and that is not a platform for reading). So, the DM book seems sort of interesting. But, I am currently running one-shots at...

I was trying to find some stats independent of large cons and came across this: The Most Popular TTRPGs On StartPlaying Games In 2024 | StartPlaying Avatar RPG came out as 36th. Above Traveller and below Tales of the Valiant. Solid, but not earth shattering.

Why would Avatar RPG be appearing at TT cons then? If the interest was focused around the media, then I would expect the games to be focused on media based cons. I have no idea the background of the Avatar RPG fans. Could be the PbtA crowd. Or indie game games. Or just a mixture or crossover crowd.

To bring it back to Cosmere: The success of Cosmere RPG will be based on convincing DMs it will be fun to play and then the DMs convincing enough players.

I was thinking about the Network effect after you raised it and I'm not sure it is as important for many games other than D&D and maybe a few others. I think there are a two other effects that are more important for other games: the status quo effect and the DM effect. The way I see the network...

Agreed. Our bubbles can be weird though. If you look at the GenCon tables it has a very small contingent for WFRP. From that it would appear WFRG is a very niche game. I expect they vary a great deal from location to location. Depending on where you play, the games with sufficent network impact...

Niche, but it appears strong and still going. Not everything needs to be a D&D level success. I think it also had a decent showing at the big UK convention. I've seen DMs offering tables at local RPG days and mini-cons. Maybe the same will happen with Cosmere. Note: I've never read it, played...

I've run two of the three volume I adventures and really like them. Perfect for 3 hour sessions at the FLGS. I've ordered the Volume I hard cover and I'm waiting for the new shipment to arrive in Australia.

Finding GMs to run 130 sessions of your game is an impressive feat and tells me it has some level of interest.

I do wonder if they will sell the character facing cards separately for the full range of classes. It would be neat, but I doubt it will happen.

That is what I thought.

I do wonder how many hours the individual quests take. Would they be suitable for a rolling series of one-shots?

Where did you get the info that Crawford was 'let go'? I doesn't seem to reflect the public statements I've seen.

Exactly. Experienced players will create a character on the spot (probably using dnd beyond). New players can find the existing pregens overwhelming and not always the the sorts of characters they want. Having to figure out what spells to use are an example of this since you need to find them in...

I'm keen on seeing how quickly characters can be created using this set as alternative to pregens. There is a limit to the price I would pay for that.