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Been reading Nimble 2e and wrote up a short partial review (part 1, “the roses”): Big standouts so far: Tense combat: No-to-hit rolls...

Yeah and I don't disagree, but I think d20 caused a temporary burst of investment by companies and people who could barely afford it...

My point was that pre OGL release the TTRPG market was pretty bare (more companies left then new ones showed up), and post OGL release...

So how did that story end exactly? Remind me. No, it's absolutely an offense and disrespect to basically all creative professions...

Manga fans as a group strongly prefer preserving right-to-left, primarily because mirroring the art changes stuff. Every right-handed...

Oh, got you. All my manga is right to left so just got used to it. I wonder if mirroring the pages could be done in software for digital...

Not super-chuffed that bloody GitS is now a retrofuture, goddamn the linear passage of time.

Well, the Arise Kickstarter mentioned that it takes place in 2027, so there IS a deadline coming up.

Mantic Games has announced a new Ghost in the Shell TTRPG, based solely off of the acclaimed manga. Mantic Games has announced that they...

Intentionally attempting to destroy competition is not legit. It may be legal sometimes (often it's grey area or even outright illegal...

My feelings exactly. If I wasn't already fully invested in Shadowdark and Dragonbane this would be in an instant purchase for me.

This is a real non sequitur following the rest of your argument, and seems like a very narrow and specific question that I very much...

In the short term that was precisely how it turned out. Just not in the longer term.

You're right, and I'm fine with all of that. I'm not taking issue with the net effect of the OGL, it's great. I'm just taking issue with...

I feel like this take doesn't actually understand how the market works, particularly not how it worked when most people obtained RPGs...