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Do you mean across the industry as a whole and counting digital/POD? If so I am very confident you are very wrong to think that there...

As above, particularly true for book publishing industry generally; there are fewer houses available who will take risks in a...

Yeah even one 3PP who has a pipeline is able to provide a ton on their own now. If you are in a system that is adaptable and hackable...

The trend you are noticing is real, and is not specific to gaming. Kids books, for example, also saw a huge shift from pulp printing of...

Yeah, the long product lines of yesteryear, especially with TSR and White Wolf, relied on returnable books being sold to book chains...

I think now days I preffer one book of rules, and then a focus on really good adventures. I just hate having to reference a bunch a...

For an Appendix J: Spice and Wolf Additionally, bonus to anyone if they recognize or watched: King Arthur and the Knights of the...

Hi TTRPGers! So I have a confession to make: I like a little gore in my gaming. Even if it's D&D or something rules-lite (e.g...

This recently revised post attempts to organize as many initiative orders as there are out, with some personal preferences listed on...

That's the results of their INdecisons, which Stormonu, by his own statement, has no dominion over. :p

The various games have historically had very different perspectives on the lore. Vampire: Oh, we are descendants of Cain, and so...

...Stormonu glances to the table titled Random Encounter, and picks up a die...

I tend to push pace in places that it doesn’t hurt, such as downtime shopping and combat. If it’s routine and mechanics heavy, I’m gonna...

The new Forgotten Realms book is supposed to reintroduce circle casting- groups casting a single spell. The idea is interesting, but I...

I do side initiative for OSE and OSRIC. I have a list of the players and each round I put a dot next to their name when they take...