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The people declaring "everything should be open" did not do that with their own material built off of more open licenses There's a...
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It's notable that the two largest publishers that use the ORC took someone else's design and then locked it away in the ORC, rather than...
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I agree. Put your SRDs into CC!
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WOTC isn't the only one to release their material in the CC. Evil Hat, EN World Publishing, Jonathan Harper, Shawn Tompkin – lots of...
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Monty Martin of Dungeon Dundes: "Whether or not we do conversions for other systems depends on a lot of variables. Audience size, cost...
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Broadly I think that the difference between the current market and the 90s market is that while TTRPG is bigger now, there's more games...
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See, that's precisely the issue. I don't think the OP is complaining about the lack of books overall, but rather about the support for...
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TTRPG lines have made a decided shift toward fewer releases. I think Paizo is the only company still doing monthly, physical releases...
Jun 8, 2025
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Hasbro has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
Jun 6, 2025
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It zoomed up after the release date, and then bounced up near 100 once stores started selling out. From what I have heard, it sold out...
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Someone once said "a difference that makes no difference is no difference". The thing that makes a psion different to a wizard is the...
Jun 2, 2025
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It's really tricky to ask people to learn a new mechanic that does something the game already does. That goes double if the procedure is...
Jun 2, 2025
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Doing some semi-necromancy to say I 100% agree. They're so easy to run, they actually cash in on the idea that adventures save me time.
May 31, 2025
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These adventure anthologies should be an example for the industry. No unneccessary text. Layout is easy to use at the table while...
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