Recent content by lynnfredricks

That's possible, but I think there are other complicating factors as well. In the lifetime of 5th edition, we've seen prices get kicked up quite a bit, on the full color printed books. But we've also seen much higher and more monetized use of PDFs. That's not entirely terrible given that console...

Right, it is possible. I imagine that Diamond could have 'hosted' much larger blocks of inventory at Amazon for some savings and so ate it on their margin because they were making enough on other sales. I see that in tech often enough. But it does make me wonder, given that game distribution...

Not a lawyer. But I saw first hand a number of tech companies get screwed out of inventory when some tech distributors and retailers imploded. You have to muster significant legal help to go to bat for you to protect your consignment goods, and it may well be you don't want to spend several...

They don't necessarily do, but I know quite a few older GMs for example, that buy stuff and never end up using it. They have more disposable income.

From a business perspective, that 20% may well be more important if they represent a larger amount of income than the 20%. Those older buyers may not get the most use out of what they buy but, they have income to buy more. But that's not to say millions that don't spend money aren't important...

I think its worth looking at this as a form of business disruption and an opportunity reconfigure how games are made and distributed. The tabletop game industry is made of companies that already make very different products (based on their component parts and what you need to play), so tariffs...

When the first edition came out, most of my gaming friends snapped it up and played Shadows Over Bögenhafen. It was really something fresh.

Probably I have read it. It was much discussed several years ago. But yes, I agree. It also makes me think about the handful of old articles and the DMG 1e talking about crossing AD&D with Boot Hill. Also, I think it also is a reason why when Warhammer Fantasy Role-Playing first appeared, it...

Yes. But as I pointed out also, that's become a part of "D&D-centric" design that influenced both tabletop and computer RPGs. RPGs then created in non-Western countries then pick up the same tropes, even when the games aren't necessarily intended for consumption outside of those non-Western...

I think the metaphor needs a little more to it than simply eurocentricism. D&D is more "western-centric." There is a distinct absence of European medievalisms. Notions of towns and taverns on 'borders' more closely resemble towns of the Old West (absent trains and six guns), for example...

Really? Fact of life in the Pacific Northwest.

I was thinking about that myself. The US has significant lumber resources, much of which haven't been utilized as a result of environmentalist push back.

Changes to 'de minimis threshold' were set to change under the Biden administration, however President Trump has been taking credit for the change. China has been abusing its 'developing country' status in US postal rates for years, which is how Temu and Shein have done so well. Effectively...

Entirely possible some bean counters looked at the cost to come up with Monopoly Go vs Sigil and pulled the plug because of ROI. I think Sigil has a chance if WotC did all the design / set up of great classic modules (like B2, G & D series) for 5e 2024.

I didn't know the man. What strikes me though are the problems of presentism and that context matters. It matters in what they actually said and did, how trustworthy the source is, and how meaningful it is in the repackaging | repurposing | retelling.