Recent content by Mark Craddock

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    Cross Planes Blog Update

    Primal's Man Bats for Barrows & Borderlands and Swords & Wizardry Monster Monday: Primal's Man Bats for Barrows & Borderlands
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    Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed

    At the price of the box, just buy a PHB or a DMG too.
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    Jess Lanzillo Joins White Wolf as Creative Director

    Except for all the lay-offs at Christmas and in the Spring. I'd imagine you can only see co-workers getting laid off for so long without wanting to go out on your own terms.
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    Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head

    What it means is that just as the first TV or film comes out they will shut it down. This is what happened when the DnD moviem came out a few years ago.
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    D&D's New Solo Player Guideline Explained

    Probably because the bosses at WotC approached some poor designer at the last minute to add to the book or fired the designer before they were finished.
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    Chaosium Names New CEO, Mike Mearls Departs Company

    Its a more action packed "version" set on Glorantha. Its not meant to replace the current RQ but to offer a more tactical version as a parallel release.
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    D&D General No One Reads Conan Now -- So What Are They Reading?

    Well, I carry them in my 2 comic shops and the graphic novels and new novels are carrying them in local book stores and on Amazon. I've never seen a rhino locally but I know they exist.
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    D&D General D&D Editions: Anybody Else Feel Like They Don't Fit In?

    I started playing in College in 1991. I turn 53 this year. Shouldn't it make sense that some of us feel like we don't fit it? Companies market to demographics that are much younger than me and I think that's okay. And after decades of playing a game, especially in a busy world, I find I prefer...
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    WotC Mike Mearls: "D&D Is Uncool Again"

    I think there are extenuating factors, first: 5E was a great product but the killer app was Critical Role. Second, WotC expects DnD numbers like Magic numbers and they just aren't the same thing. Third, WotC chewed up and spit out and then stopped on all of the goodwill their products and...
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    D&D General No One Reads Conan Now -- So What Are They Reading?

    New Conan novels and a comic book and a magazine sure point to the property being relevant.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Take A Deeper Look At The New D&D Starter Set's Card-Based Characters

    I think you underestimate how important Critical Role was to 5E's success.
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    Invincible RPG Announced by Free League

    I wonder if it will use the dice pool version or the newer one that has you roll different polyhedral dice?
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    Hasbro Stock Price Surges After Elon Musk Makes Comments About Purchasing Company

    Yeah, Twitter was a terrible deal that illustrates why many people dislike Musk. Inferring "fraud" in relationship to Musk's poor decision making speaks volumes too. Its really easy to remain a billionaire when you start out rich.
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