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Parmandur replied to the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead'.Bingo-bango. -
Parmandur reacted to soviet's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with
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I self-published a game many years ago, and a supplement for it, and I am working vaguely on something else in my spare time. Even if my... -
Parmandur reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
I do not see how you can get this from what you are responding to. It appears to me as a statement that some creators work in a niche...
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Parmandur replied to the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead'.More than that, he really only seems to mean "Ben Riggs Personal Vibes About d&D"
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Parmandur replied to the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead'.A "Golden Age" is a pretty tenuous concept to begin with. For whom is an age "Golden", and how can we measure that at all...? I do...
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Parmandur reacted to EthanSental's post in the thread D&D General "It’s A Gardening Exercise”: D&D’s Greg Bilsland On Remembering The Forgotten Realms In 2025 Fadomentals Article with Like.
I enjoyed Greg’s work and videos when 5e came out and sounds like he’s got a good D&D head on his shoulders so I’m optimistic he and the...
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Parmandur reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Personally, I'm not blind to the trend, I simply don't like it. I've got no delusions about inverting it...
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Parmandur reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
A reminder, as people were insisting that D&D was on the path to microtransactions, WotC eliminated DnDBeyond microtransactions.
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Parmandur reacted to occam's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Can you source that? What I recall is one instance of a WotC representative using the word "monetization", which some interpreted...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set.As a trained literary critic...that's not how art works. Both are untrue statements. I can say "Atlas Shrugged is a terrible novel" or...
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Parmandur reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
That you can make sweeping statements about literature and cinema doesn't mean you should, or that those sweeping statements actually...
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Parmandur reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
While I (as a long-time veteran player) do not necessarily see much gain myself in the "player mat" format that this new starter set...
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Parmandur replied to the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead'.I mean...compared to messaging forums?? I don't really care for Discord, and like Forums too...but the people are at where the people...
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Parmandur reacted to AlViking's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
I think they're just acknowledging that in-person play is important and to counter the argument that I've seen made that they're pushing...
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Parmandur reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
And you still could John Hight! A movie that's available on THREE streaming platforms in the US and in the top 50 on two of them...