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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.I think this gets to a good point. It doesn’t seem that TSR was loosing out on the IP side, but on the publishing and distribution side... -
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It's almost like the ratio between the discount and the full price remained constant! :p -
PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.GDW was hit because while D&D wasn’t a path way to devil worship, it was the gateway drug to TTRPGs.
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
You mean like I noted in the paragraph above the one you quoted? ;) Edit: I did some digging into archived online department store...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.I can attest that D&D was absolutely equated with Satanism when I was getting into the game in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I hid my...
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That is the point is that people don't get how business works.
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Apple came pretty close to going under until Bill Gates saved it from bankruptcy back in 1997.
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Have we heard anything from the Blumes? I understand Brian passed away in 2020, I'm not sure about Kevin. They were certainly involved...
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Gary wasn't "long gone" in '82. He was still one of the guys in charge, even while he was abdicating most of the management...
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"The Fantasy Supplement" was a reference to Chainmail. OD&D references it in several places, and back in day Dave Arneson indicated...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.If I were to assign alignment, I’d give it a solid Lawful-Neutral. I’ve never had any issues there, but it’s not a place I felt...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.Being wrong doesn’t mean that those who are angry for a logical fallacy don’t stop being angry when it’s pointed out. People have been...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.It’s weird, I honestly can remember when the internet was basically just game, car, firearm, & computer “fandoms” for a lack of a better...
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Car people are terrible $&%#-talkers, I ran a racing board 25 years ago. RPG'ers aren't quite as bad, I think most fandoms have their...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.As a greasemonkey who was involved in many Web 1.0 & 2.0 car forums, the hostility towards people posting a question that had already...