Recent content by TheAlkaizer

This is exactly my read too. Some strong IPs bring in fans that want to buy anything from the IP. And TTRPG books are generally very nice objects, that are made with passion. But the success of these Kickstarter does not correlate to the game being played. I was surprised to see quite a few...

As someone that dove head first in the OSR like three years ago, a recurring pattern that I saw is that the definition is looser than most think. I've lurked this thread and it's obvious that certain elements like the "lethality" is part of the OSR experience for some, not for others. Games that...

I actually looked into the Galaxy book for Starfinder 2 a few week back and was shocked at the price increase. I'm from Canada, so we get wrecked with the currency conversion, the shipping and all that jazz. Paizo books used to be around 60-65$ CAD in my FLGS (around 45-50$USD). They are now...

Man, I got like two notifications of replies from the thread after I made it. Then nothing. I was kinda busy and thought "Oh well it's just not an interesting topic to people" then as my time frees up, I come here with my afternoon cup of coffee to see that the thread is over 21 pages long...

I absolutely love the OSR and its multitude of products. But that's a gripe I have. The number of "new games" that are basically exactly B/X with a list of minor changes that fit on one sheet of paper is astounding. Thankfully, we're seeing bolder and bolder departures.

If there was a thread about his topic, I missed it. Mearls posted this blog article a little less than two weeks ago. It made its way in several communities I frequent so I got to reading it. TTRPGs: The Next Generation I'm really puzzled by it. It makes little sense to me. The lines he draws...

Interstellar is one of my favorite movies. People often critique the hard sci-fi bits of it. But I actually don't think it's a hard sci-fi movie. One of my critique of science-fiction (not all of it of course) is that it often focuses on such grand questions, or on technical/scientific premises...

Most bigger publishers and established companies need to print at scale to reach acceptable prices and save their margins. Then, they most often sell directly to distributors or outlets, hoping that they'll sell them. I'm sure they want their stuff to sell, but they don't lose money if it...

I don't disagree with most of what you said. But I don't think anyone is asking publishers to do all this stuff. We simply react much more positively to nicer presentation and videos that have motion. A well designed page also communicates better what the product is (not that all graphically...

Maybe they could. I have the temperament and personality to ignore the noise. It's relatively easy for me to ignore comments on social medias, or annoying people in my life and to not care. But I've met numerous people in my life for whom it was very difficult. No amount of "Just don't think...

Yeah... I'm not donating money to a for-profit, no matter how great they are. It just doesn't compute for me.

A niche inside of a niche. It's probably a handful of people being annoying. I can understand the feeling of just not having energy to deal with something, no matter how small it may be.

It's also fascinating to look at yourself and see how you think. We are creatures of patterns and habits. We react much more than we act. And once you look at it, it's really difficult to unsee how we react or hold certain opinions out of psychological shortcuts more than anything.

I keep seeing the elegance and simplicity of 1E referred. Being more interested in games light in rules, I've been wanting to have a look.