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Parmandur reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with
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That is true of any adventure someone claims is the best thing ever. There is not correct answer to that - it is, like D&D, very... -
Parmandur reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
The core of the module's "story" isn't anything special, really. The beauty is in how it presents a very quickly "open" set of...
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Parmandur reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
the answer might be that at that point it is entirely / mostly recycled material that many have already, reducing the number of people...
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Parmandur reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Rich is an incredibly underrated adventure designer. Forge of Fury is one of the best D&D adventures ever, and Phandelver probably has...
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Parmandur reacted to Spellslinging Sellsword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Yeah kind of a head scratcher why the hard back didn't combine the starter and essential boxed sets into a combined campaign.
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies..Weirdly, I think the parallels between T1 Village of Hommlet and what happened with the final messy Temple of Elemental Evil book and...
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Parmandur reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
I lucked out and got the free Beyond version offered during the Pandemic. I was disappointed that both Phandelver and the Shattered...
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Parmandur reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Its the best adventure for D&D writen in the last 20 years, maybe since Nights Dark Terror? So I believe it. I own 4 copies. Just to...
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Parmandur reacted to darjr's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Author of the Phandelver starter box that in 2018 alone sold 300 thousand copies in the US.
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Parmandur reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
I haven't read the book or the online essay (and won't), but declaring something "dead" is probably the most clickbait-y phrase on the...
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Parmandur reacted to darjr's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Things are different now. Not like the end of the hobby different. But it does seem like a new age of the hobby. A great one. For me...
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Parmandur reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Indeed. I'm also of the opinion that we're living in a real golden age: the hobby is widespread, the flagship game is successful, there...
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Parmandur reacted to mamba's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
yeah, SD was timed perfectly to benefit from it. Not sure anyone else managed to catch that window at all though, rather than just a...
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Parmandur reacted to darjr's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Still Selling well and getting play. Mostly anecdotal but also not.
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Parmandur reacted to darjr's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Thanks for that overview! I usually try to count the seats sat in. Also not sure where to count the demos. Finally what do you mean...