Recent content by Mark Craddock

WFRP was published in 1986 so to me its not "old school". But that is just me.

While some of the authors are considered stars by much of the RPG industry they have made games that just aren't for me. Like you, I hope I'm wrong too.

If I remember correctly, Matt's Dad may have recently passed, and they are dealing with other real-life issues and just don't have the bandwidth for this right now. I don't think people realize how much money there is to be made in the OSR. And that makes some people behave like jerks, either...

In a blackjack system, the DM might assign a modifer to the skill level or say you have to roll above X but still below your skill level. Assuming its a d20 roll and you are rolling a skill with a 12 or less, the DM could say you are have a -4 to the roll or could say you have to roll a 4 or...

I think the type of dice resolution used is a factor, too, though. GURPS & HERO 's bell curve spotlight skill in a better way. A d20 is pretty swingy too so that should factor as well, right? I've been playing with a DM assigned difficulty but as a percentage chance. So the DC would be 40% and...

I'm glad to hear that. I'm not there so I only had this article to go on.

You can only get the DLC with the $160 bundle of physcial and digital books. This is at the top of this article, "The digital DLC is currently only available via an Ultimate Bundle costing $160."

It puts a lot of pressure on completists. The covers in this bundle are the mass market versions. You have to either decide on the covers exclusive to local game stores or the DLC and the mass market versions. It also spits in the eye of those local game stores. As a DnD fan I'd like the DLC...

Since we just found out the only way to get the Forgotten Realms "DLC" is with the $160 digital bundle for physical and digital products I feel like that is a major escalation of competing with local stores. At worst it requires a completist to buy that bundle AND both of the exclusive covers...

Any time. I don't know if I can help but I'm always glad to share industry insights.

I didn't take it as one-upmanship; we are comparing notes based on how long we have been at this. Good for you that you've been doing it since 1993. As for DnD sales today vs the past, our Barnes & Noble does carry DnD, and of course, Amazon is always a source. Shadowdark & Daggerheart are...

I work directly with Darrington Press, they are very professional and refreshing to work with. They sent me my Dagghearts 3 weeks early which was great. I've been tracking sales since they began bundling physical products with Dragonlance. My sales have slowly trended downwards since then. We...

Out of 9 kids 5 are Necromancers. So I made their group attend Swords & Wizardry Academy. The Parents wanted them to learn 5.5, but the kids felt hampered by the rules. Since I've been teaching them how to DM and 2 have run short campaigns, I felt it was best to run a game they were comfortable...

While sales of the 2024 core books were strong initially, I'm not seeing continuing sales hit my projections. Its basically 5.5 and that makes sense but its a shame. Dragon Delves has dramatically underperformed for us. Since the OGL fiasco Hasbro/WotC has made a lot of mistakes with the DnD...

Speaking as a local game store since 1981, I disagree.