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I recently watched Matt Colville's long video about finding an online community in the TTRPG space, and I wanted to share a thought I... -
Retros_x reacted to Christian Hoffer's post in the thread James Haeck Joins Wizards of the Coast as Senior D&D Designer with
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James Haeck, one of the co-writers of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, has joined Wizards of the Coast... -
Retros_x replied to the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons.Thx for confirming in D&D what is the same problem in every online forum: Active members massively overestimating their alignment with...
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Retros_x reacted to mearls's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with
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There was a fair amount of market research as part of 5e, mainly because the gap between forums and the reality of sales was so large... -
Retros_x reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Anecdotally and locally, maybe: but WotC is spending really serious amounts of money on advanced market research...although, mostly...
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Retros_x reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Which they do have: that's why WotC art in their books is usually on trend.
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Retros_x reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Do we really need to go down the Orc road again? The real issue is where is my Conan-esque Sword and Sorcery setting?!
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Retros_x reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Humans fight all the time in the real world. Orcs not being evil in the womb in no way means that orc adults won't be enemies of dwarf...
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Retros_x reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
The lore didnt change. Orcs and elves still have the same history as before, and orcs havent been necessarily any given alignment even...
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Retros_x reacted to mearls's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
If we lived in a world where game designers got ahead based on their ability to design and work with a team, rather than their...
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Retros_x reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
He handles the rules design, not the marketing or production of products once they are past the design step. Not being able to answer if...
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Retros_x reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Those points aren’t decided by him, so it makes sense he can’t answer non-design questions with certainty. It’s a big company.
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Retros_x reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Maybe a hot take: Find Traps should not find traps. It completely trivializes one of the best parts of dungeon crawls. It is perfectly...
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Retros_x reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with
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Retros_x reacted to M.T. Black's post in the thread Justice Ramin Arman Promoted to Game Design Director of Dungeons & Dragons with Like.
Justice is an old friend, so I am biased. But I think he is a genuinely good human being, very talented at game design, and also a...